“Everybody is expecting” Daniel Ricciardo to lose his 2025 F1 drive with RB, Ted Kra🅰vitz has claimed.

The whisper came from inside the Monza paddock at last weekend’s Italian Gran🔯d Prix.

Ricciardo has spoken openl꧒y and honestly about the looꦰming threat of being ditched from his drive for next season.

Sky Sports’🤪 Kravitz wondered in Italy: “Are we going to have a driver announcement at RB before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix?

“We are all expecting it. ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤💮⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚRicciardopretty much telegraphed it on Thursday.

“Is that driver announcement going to be that Liam Lawson will partner Yuk🍰i Tsunoda next year?

“That is what everyone is expecting.”

The revelation is a bitter blow to Ricciardo.

He is out of c💧ontract at the end of this season, and the 2025 F1 driver ✅line-up has just two vacant seats available.

RB (Ricciardo’s current drive) and Sauber are debating their driver choices before next year’s grid is 𝔉complet🐷e.

Red Bull chief Helmut Marko recently piꦰled the pressure onto Ricciardo by insisting that their reserve driver Lawson was guarante🍨ed a 2025 race seat.

🍎All signs pointed towards Lawson replacing Ricciardo.

But, Christian Horner clarifi♈ed Marko’s statement by saying Lawson was not necessarily being placed in either of thei♏r teams’ cars.

“I haven’t had any unreasonable pressure,” Ricciardo said in Monza last week🔜end.

“I haven’t had a hand on the shoulder pullꦉing me into a room to say ‘do this,ไ or else…’

“But I know what’s required. Maybe th𓆏e tough♔ talk doesn’t need to happen. I’ve known Helmut a long time. We all know what is required.

“Has he put extra pressure 📖on me or been unreasonable? No.

“I don’t feel anything additi⛄onal from it. But I know, I know what’s requ🐼ired.”

Ricciardo caused contact with Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg and served two time penalties at the Italian Grand Prix be✱fore a lacklustre P13 finish.

He will be behind the wheel of the RB again in Baku, despite questions in Monza ab♌out whether he will be replaced mꦿidseason.

But time might have already run out for Ricciardo to impress🍷 Red Bull bosses enough to earn 𒊎a new contract.