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Ricciardo in 'advanced discussions' over F1 move - CtrlF.XYZ

Ricciardo in 'advanced discussions' over F1 move

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Daniel Ricciardo appears progressively apt to beryllium retired the 2023 Formula 1 season, with the Australian reportedly successful "advanced discussions" to articulation Mercedes arsenic its reserve driver.

The 33-year-old was dumped by McLaren with a twelvemonth remaining connected his contract, with the Woking-based squad signing chap Aussie Oscar Piastri to spouse Lando Norris.

Only 3 of the 20 spots connected the grid stay unconfirmed for 2023, astatine Alpine, Haas and Williams.

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AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly is favoured to instrumentality the vacant spot astatine Alpine, with existent Mercedes reserve Nyck De Vries likely to regenerate Gasly.

At Haas, the determination appears to beryllium betwixt the team's existent operator Mick Schumacher and chap German Nico Hulkenberg, portion Williams inferior operator Logan Sargeant is the expected prime to spouse Alex Albon.

French broadcasters Canal+ are reporting Ricciardo is firming arsenic the apt 3rd operator astatine Mercedes, the aforesaid relation Piastri presently has with Alpine.

Speculation went into overdrive astatine the Singapore Grand Prix when Ricciardo was spotted leaving the Mercedes hospitality area.

But whether the tie-up with the Silver Arrows leads to a contention thrust for Ricciardo down the way remains to beryllium seen.

George Russell is successful the archetypal twelvemonth of what's described arsenic a "long-term" woody with the team, portion the signs are progressively pointing towards Lewis Hamilton continuing beyond the 2023 expiration of his contract.

In an interrogation with Channel 4, squad brag Toto Wolff floated the thought of the 37-year-old continuing good beyond his 40th birthday.

"The vantage is we talk a batch together," Wolff said. "Just past week we sat down and helium says 'look, I person different 5 years successful me, however bash you spot that?'

"He's the shining prima connected and disconnected track. I deliberation we would suffer the top property that Formula 1 ever had.

"We are wholly transparent with each other. Lewis volition beryllium the archetypal 1 to accidental 'I can't bash this anymore', due to the fact that I consciousness I haven't got the reactions anymore, oregon I've conscionable mislaid amusive doing it and determination is different procreation increasing up that is conscionable precise strong.

"So I person nary uncertainty that immoderate we hold connected a declaration extension, which is going to happen, that we some are ever going to discuss, precise openly, what does the aboriginal hold."

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