Ricciardo drops bombshell on Formula 1 future

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Daniel Ricciardo has fixed his strongest denotation yet that helium won't diagnostic successful the driver's spot during the 2023 Formula One season, saying he'll hold for "better opportunities" the pursuing year.

With quality coming done earlier connected Saturday that Pierre Gasly would beryllium joining Alpine for adjacent season, potential landing spots for Ricciardo person practically dried up.

After it was confirmed successful August that his clip with McLaren would travel to an extremity aft this season, the Australian has present made bid with waiting for a amended opening than the 2 - astatine Haas and Williams - that are inactive disposable for 2023.

"I deliberation the world is present I won't beryllium connected the grid successful 2023. I deliberation it's present conscionable trying to acceptable up for 2024," Ricciardo told reporters successful Tokyo.

"I deliberation determination could beryllium immoderate amended opportunities then. So that's truly what each this confirms, and present wherever the sights are set."

While immoderate person wondered if this is the extremity for the fashionable Australian, who debuted successful F1 backmost successful 2011, helium said that helium has nary tendency to locomotion distant from the sport.

"The program is inactive to beryllium progressive successful F1," helium said.

"It's benignant of conscionable hitting intermission for a small bit, arsenic I spot it, arsenic acold arsenic my F1 vocation goes.

"The afloat volition is for 2024."

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