Dr Helmut Marko has claimed that Red Bull are interested in maintaining their relationship with Daniel Ricciardo after replacing him with Liam Lawson at junior team VCARB.
Ricciardo spent the first half of the 2023 F1 season as a reserve while doing marketing work for Red Bull, before being promoted to VCARB’s race seat in place of underperforming Nick de Vries.
Ricciardo broke his hand in a crash during practice at the Dutch Grand Prix, his third race since his return, and missed the next five races, making his return at the United States Grand Prix in Austin that year.
In these five races, Lawson became part of the Red Bull Junior Team and impressed everyone with performances that earned him points at the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix.
However, despite the New Zealander’s impressive debut, he failed to perform as expected and the door closed after last week’s Singapore Grand Prix, with Ricciardo sidelined to return to compete in the 2024 F1 season. Shown.
However, Marko claimed that Red Bull are interested in maintaining their relationship with Ricciardo, whether in a reserve role or in a marketing capacity, but it will be up to the exiled driver to decide what his future holds. He also pointed out.
Does Ricardo want to do marketing and reserve duty?
Marko told Motorsport Total: He is one of the most popular F1 drivers, especially in the United States.
“But he wants time to think about his future as a whole. I don’t think he’ll ever race in any other racing category. And on the other hand, if he’s no longer actively racing… Even if they don’t, do they still want this type of PR activity?
“Ricciardo also has a lot of money in the bank. How he shapes his future is a life decision for him,” the Austrian claimed.
Ricciardo, on the other hand, has no interest in a reserve role in F1, saying as quoted by Motorsport.com: Back to Red Bull.
“If I did that again… I don’t think I would do my career over again. I’m also 35 years old and I’ve been showing my pace all these years and it’s obvious that I’m going to show it every weekend. It was definitely easier for me at 25 than it was at 35, but maybe there’s just more competition.
“Once upon a time, I was happy to do it and it was so much fun. And I want to leave this sport with good memories and situations where you’re just having a hard time like getting eliminated in Q1 every weekend. I don’t want to fall into that. That’s obviously not fun,” Ricciardo concluded.
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