F1 News: Daniel Ricciardo Doesn't Rule Out Red Bull Switch In 2025
Visa Cash App RB driver Daniel Ricciardo has recently been linked to a Red Bull seat, especially after he openly announced that his dream is to retire from Formula 1 from the seat of one of the Milton Keynes machines. In 2025, there are high chances of his dream fructifying into reality to race for VCARB's parent team.
Key Takeaways:
- Daniel Ricciardo has frequently been associated with a move to the main Red Bull team, driven by his expressed dream of retiring from Formula 1 after racing for Red Bull. The possibility of this dream becoming a reality in 2025 is being considered.
- Ricciardo is often considered a potential replacement for Sergio Perez, whose contract with Red Bull concludes at the end of 2024. Despite multiple options for Red Bull to choose a teammate for Max Verstappen, Ricciardo is focused on proving himself in the current season.
- With his VCARB contract expiring this year, Ricciardo's primary focus is on delivering strong performances to improve his position. While not ruling out a potential move to Red Bull in the future, he intends to assess his options once he has demonstrated his capabilities on the track.
He has often been the first name to crop up as a Sergio Perez replacement, whose contract with Red Bull ends at the end of 2024. While the team has plenty of options for who they could place alongside Max Verstappen, Ricciardo is gearing up to prove himself this season.
With his VCARB contract expiring this year, Ricciardo emphasized at the Bahrain International Circuit that his immediate focus remains to produce results that can help him elevate positions.
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Speaking about his plans for the upcoming 24-race season, the Australian driver hasn't denied a potential move to Red Bull next year, emphasizing that he intends to "see" what options remain after he has proven himself. Speaking to the media, he said:
"It’s kind of a big picture.
"It's not something on my mind in respect to where I currently am as well. A long season ahead. The way I get back to the front of the grid is trying to hustle this car as hard as possible. And produce weekends like Mexico. And obviously do that more consistently.
"Then see what happens. But, yeah, sitting here now, it's fully focused on where I'm at and trying to establish myself again. I feel like I started to do that a little bit last year, coming back into the sport.
"I feel like there are a lot of races this year to try and do that and prove it to myself. Then I’ll see what happens around."