And it is McLaren, the team who got rid of Ricciardo, who will pay the vast majority of it instead of🦂 Red Bull, his new e𒈔mployers.

The veteran Australian will take on a role as Red Bull’s third driver in 2023 - driving in the simulator, helping to develop the RB19 which 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez will dr🦩ive, and appearing at ambassadorial events.

Red Buꦯll will pay him €2 million (£1.7m / $2.1m) for the year, according to Sportune.fr.

But Ricciardo will also pocket €21m (£18m / $22.2m) from McLaren as a stipulation f🥀or terminating the third year of his contract, the report says.

The total o🔯f €23m (£19.8m / $24.2m) is the biggest annual salary that Ricciardo has ever earned - and probably for the least amount of driving!

It will bring his total career earnings from F1 to approximately €115m (£98.8m / $121.4m).

The deal also wor꧙ks out nicely for McLaren, though.

They knew it was actually cheaper to pay-off Ricciardo by terminating the final year of his contract and acquire his r🐷eplacement Oscar Piastri than it would have been to keep Ricciardo.

That is because Ricciardo was contractually obliged to a pay-rise in 2023 - he was already the joint-fifth top earner in the list of 2022 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 salaries.

But a disappointing year, where he finished 11th in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings, meant McLaren opted to get rid.