Daniel Ricciardo ‘in pain’ and cuts ‘sad figure’ at F1 Australian GP, says Ted Kravitz
The eight-time grand prix winner lost his place on the F1 grid this year after agreeing to part company with McLaren following two f💜rustrating seasons.
But Ricciardo is back in the F1 paddock at his home race in Melbourne this weekend as he makes his first official appearance in his new role as Red Bull’s reserve driver༺.
Speaking on his ‘Ted’s Notebook’ show after qualifying, Sky Sports pitlane reporter Kravitz suggested Ricciardo is “starting to ꦚfeel the pain of nไot being an F1 driver”.
“The first ꦐrace Danny Ri❀c has been at and he’s cut a bit of a sad figure I want to say,” Kravitz said.
"He's been on the pit wall, th꧅e Red Bull pit wall and I think he's starting to feel the pain of not being a Formula 1 driver. The first race he has been to as not a Formula 1 driver for a long time. And I get a sense he is starting to feel it a little bit.
"I saw Danny Ric o🦩n the Red Bull pit wall watching thꦿe sessions and he looked to be in pain, he looked to be hating it.
“I thought ‘you don’t want to be there Danny Ric. You don’t want to be watching everybody going around doing what you꧃ used to love or still love doing.
"It's not a good place, don’t do 𝓰it, don’t be on the pit wall’. I think it’s much better for Danny Ric to be in with the eng🐟ineers where he has been all the other times.”
Having bumped into Ricciardo in the paddock during the show, Kravitz told the 33-year-old Australian: “Just a ൩tip, I’m not sure you look good on that pit wall.”
To which, Ricciardo replied:♔ “I look good in these colours though. I can𝔉 do it for a year, it's all good. It's not forever.”
Ricciardo’s options of sealing a competitive seat for 2024 appear limited, but Haas boss Guenther Steiner has 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:left the door open to welcoming the Australian back into F1 on a full-time baꦿsis.
"It's a bit early to speak about a driver change already for next year so let's see what we are doingಌ with these drivers,” St🔯einer said on Friday.
“For sure, at some point, maybe I'll speak withไ him, but I cannot promise 💃anything because if our two guys do a good job, I think [that's] where I stand with it."
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