Ricciardo won’t be in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up after McLaren opted to terminate his contract a year early, and replace him with rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri, as a result of his poor form.

The ജveteran Australian has now revealed how his on-track struggles followed him in ꦍhis personal life too.

“Whenever we thought we would ෴found a solution, along would come anotﷺher set of challenges,” he told the Daily Mail. 

“When you 𒈔put s🌄o much into something and it doesn’t work out there is sadness. It gets to you.

“Last year it🌠 affected me a little bit too m♉uch. 

“I wouldn’t be my usual bubbly self. I w♐ould be reluctant if someoneꦉ said let’s go out for dinner. I would need some cajoling. I let it get to me. 

“I started to speak to a psychologist last year. The most challenging𓆏 year I have had. 

“Racing is very much results driven and dictates your Sunday happiness. I was neglecting friendships and thought it would be goo🎃d to talk to someone to make sure the two sides of my ꦰlife didn’t cross over.

“You need perspective. And with the calendar being so long, it wa🌸s hard to remove yourself from what was happening in the racing.”

Ricciardo is 12th in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings after being drastically outperformed by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris in 2022.

McLaren opted not to keep him for 2023 and he has not found an agreement to stay on the grid w𒉰ওith another team.

“It ♏is fair to say it was unexpected, given I was on a three-year deal that had a year to run,” he said about McLaren’s 🅘decision.

“It is not something you♏ can prepare for. But I’d already had some honest discussions with Andreas Seidl [team principal] and Zak Brown [chief executive] earlier in the year to see what 🤡we could do to improve things.

“It was a concern on both side💜s. I didn’t want to keep coming 14th or 15th. I kept the faith that something would click. But it had🎃n’t happened by mid-season and they took the decision they did. 

“It put me in a tough position of think💙ing: ‘What next?’”

Ricciardo has confirmed that he remains in talks with F1 teams about a different role, reportedly as a reserve driver. He has been heavily linked with Mercedes as back-up to168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

“It would be good to get next yea🐓r sorted before the final race in Abu ꩲDhabi,” he said.