Ricciardo 'at peace' with uncertain F1 future

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Daniel Ricciardo is "at peace" with the anticipation the last 2 F1 races of the twelvemonth successful Brazil and Abu Dhabi could the the past of his career.

Ricciardo was sacked by McLaren successful September with a twelvemonth near connected his contract, and has been strongly-linked with a reserve relation astatine Mercedes for adjacent year, with an oculus connected securing a spot backmost connected the grid for 2024.

Facing a silly play that is shaping up to beryllium arsenic choky arsenic this year's, Ricciardo said he's made his bid with the imaginable this could beryllium the extremity of his F1 journey.

"If that's the case, I'm lasting with my decision," helium told Racer.

"Look, I don't privation this to beryllium my past 2 races successful F1, but if it is past I judge that could beryllium an outcome."

Ahead of this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix, the West Australian said helium believed jumping into an uncompetitive 2023 contention spot would person ended his vocation anyway, and that taking a twelvemonth disconnected was the lesser of 2 evils.

"It's shown present successful my clip astatine McLaren that nothing's guaranteed successful presumption of performance," helium told Racer.

"So if (2023) was, for immoderate reason, to beryllium a comparatively unsuccessful campaign, I deliberation personally I would astir apt beryllium done with the sport. So that hazard seems mode bigger than the hazard of sitting retired a year."

The 2024 silly play is already shaping up to beryllium arsenic choky arsenic this year's, with fewer seats up for grabs. Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin each person their lineups locked successful astatine slightest until the extremity of 2024.

With AlphaTauri and Alpine considered unlikely - and McLaren evidently removed from the equation - it leaves conscionable Alfa Romeo, Williams and Haas. That's fundamentally the aforesaid seats connected connection for adjacent year.

Alfa Romeo, which volition revert to its Sauber sanction for adjacent season, volition go an Audi works squad erstwhile the caller motor regulations footwear successful in 2026.

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