Daniel Ricciardo reveals F1 comeback plan: “Movies and junk food? That’s just not me”
The veteran driver, speaking in his home country at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Australian Grand Prix where he is conspicuously absent from driving, has previously been non-commi﷽ttal abouꦗt ever returning.
He was 🍷axed by McLaren last season, turned down several opportunities including at Haas, and is currently Red Bull’s third driv🍸er.
Ricciardo described his year sꦆo far without an F1 drive: “I’ve actually weirdly found the days that I’ve 🍌got no schedule, they are the days that I’ve actually done training.
“I🧔t’s not being my o𝓀wn boss, but writing my own schedule has actually brought out a lot of things in me.
“I thought ‘I’ll just sit on the couch and🔴 watch movies all day and eat junk food’, but ওI’m not. That’s not me.
“So even these thin♕gs made me realise how much I do care about it꧑.
“The signs are pointi♈ng towards getting back on the grid.
“I feel like that’s currently where I’m tracking, at least in m🌃y head. Just a little few other habits that I’m having or doing is pointed toward𒁏s that.”
Quite where Ricciardo might go is unknown.
Red Bull are unlikely to lose Sergio Perez to create a vacancy, while in the unlikely event Lewis Hamilton left ꩲMercedes, they might not turn to Ricciardo fir𝄹st.
Options further down the grid, for examp🐠le Haas or Williams, could emerge.
The Australian Grand Prix is the first race of 2023 that Ricciardo has attended, and 🎶he said: “The fizz is there.𓆏 I’m also content being here this weekend and not racing. I’m content just being part of the team.
“I♉’m hap𝐆py to learn from the outside because I think I will see more.
“I feel like I still need a bit of this time to understand a little more, with the perspective I’ve got to kind of complete me♊ as a driver moving forward.
“So I’m not yet champing at the bit to get in the car but it dไoes feel good to be here.
“I’mღ going to sit on the pit wall🅘 during the sessions and I’m sure I’ll be watching the drivers pull out of the pits and be ‘oh, it would be cool to be in the car’.
“But I’m not yet foaming at the mouth. I’m still j♎ust trying to be a sponge.
“I see the advantage, of course; every driver on the grid now has the adv🍷antage of being behind the wheel. 🅠But I have the advantage of looking at it through a wide-angle lens.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for 𓆏a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
