Why rejecting Haas has boosted Daniel Ricciardo’s pay-off from McLaren
The veteran Australian will not be in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 F1 driver line-up after McLaren opted to axe him, and after he 🔴chose to take up a third driver role at Red Bull.
Staggeringly, without even driving full-time, Ricciardo is set to ꦅearn his biggest-ever pay packet in 2023.
New details have n꧂ow 𝓡explained why he might have opted joining another team on a full-time basis.
The terms of his pay-off from McLaren meant the fee was maximised if he did not stay in F1 full-time, according to .
This means that by rejecting Haas’ flirtations to potentially replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher, Ricciardo pocketed more from McLaren.
This savvy decision freed Ricciardo to take a third driver role at his former team Red Bull wher💛e a big part of his responsibility will be US-based ambassadorial events.
He is free to🔜 potentially return to the grid full-time in 2024 but, by his own admission, Ricciardo ꧋has taken a gamble by stepping away this year.
T🌊here is𒐪 no guarantee that, despite his experience, there will be an attractive route back into an F1 seat next year.
He has, at least, maximised his remarkable earnings from F♈1 even if h♉e has raced for the final time.
McLaren will pair 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris with rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri this season.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footbไall, to F1.
