Ricciardo won’t be in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up after McLaren opted to terminate his contract a year early, and replace him with rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri, as a result of his poor form.

The veteran Australian haꦡs now revealed how his on-track struggles followed him in his personal life too.

“Whenever we thought we would found a solution, along would come another set of challenges,” he told the Dai▨ly Mail. 

“When you put s✨o much into something and it does💃n’t work out there is sadness. It gets to you.

“Last 🉐year it affected me a little bit too much. 

“I wouldn’t be my usual bubbly self. I would be reluctant if someone said let’s go♊ out for dinner. I would need some﷽ cajoling. I let it get to me. 

“I started to speak to a psychologist last year. The most༒ challenging year I have had. 

“Racing is very much results driven and dictates your 🔜Sunday happiness. I was neglecting friendships and thought it would be good to talk to someone to make sure the two sides of my life didn’t cross over.

“You need perspective. And with the calendar being so long, it was hard to remove yourself from what wa▨s happening in the racing.”

Ricciardo is 12th in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings after being drastically outperformed by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris in 2022.

McLaren opted not to keep him for 2023 and he ha𓂃s not found an agreement to stay on the grid with another team.

“It is fair to say it was unexpected, given I was on a three-year deal that had a year to run🌌,” he said about McLaren’s decisi🐈on.

“It is not something you can prepare for. But I’d already had some honest discussions with Andreas෴ Seidl [team principal] and Zak Brown [chief executive] earlier in the year to see what🦩 we could do to improve things.

“It was a concern on both sides. I didn’t want to keep coming 14th or 15th. I kept the faith that something would click. But it 🌜hadn’t happened by mid-season and they took the decision they did. 

“It put me in a tough position of thi♏nking: ‘What next?’”

Ricciardo has confirmed that he remains in talks with F1 teams about a different role, reportedly as a reserve driver. He has been heavily linked with Mercedes as back-up to168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

“It would be good to get next year ☂sorted before the final race in Abu Dhabi,” hཧe said.