“Not available” - Helmut Marko rules out Daniel Ricciardo as possible Lewis Hamilton replacement
One less driver is available to Mercedes with Helmut Marko ruling Daniel Ricciardo out of a potential sw🌼itch.

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has poured cold water on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo as a potential replacement for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2025.
Mercedes will have to find a new driver to partner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell from 2025 after Hamilton decided that he꧟ will leave th🏅e team for Ferrari.
The Brac♓kley-based team’s options are limited in terms of true𓃲 superstars.
Max Verstappen is locked in at Red Bull until 2028, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris have re💧cently signed new multi-year deals with Ferrari and McLaren.
Oscar Piastri is also off the mark🍸et, contracte🤪d to McLaren until the end of 2026.
Mercedes could opt to sign 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz, effectively a direct swap with Hamilton.
Other options, according to recent reports, have included 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso or Mercedes junio🌠r driver, Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
One driver that could be ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚ♏ᩚᩚon the market is Ricciardo.
Ricciardo is currently at Visa CashApp RB, and should Red Bull overlook him as a replacement for Sergio Perez in 2025, Mercedes could turn ♑to the foﷺrmer Renault driver.
Howev♉er, Red Bull consultant Marko has made it clear that Ricciardo "is not available".
“Ricciardo still has a long-term contract and i🙈s not available,ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ” the Austrian told F1-insider.com
Ricciardo’s chances of returning to a top team,𒈔 like Red Bull or Mercedes, will come down to how he fares in 2024.
His return to F1 in 2023 was generally underwhelming, albeit it w💦as compromised by the injury he sustained at the Dutch Grand Prix.
The eight-time F1 grand prix winner will need to get the better of the ever-improving168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Yuki Tsunoda, while hoping either Red Bull decide to replace Perez for n🐈ext year.

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