RB imply Daniel Ricciardo won't return with fastest lap explanation

RB say they wan🔯ted to give Daniel Ricciardo the chance to "go out wi൲th the fastest lap" in Singapore.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

RB have implied that168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Daniel Ricciardo may have driven his last F1 race for the team at the Singapore Grand Prix.

The Australian is expected to be replaced at Red Bull’s sister team before the next race in Austin by reserve🎐 driver Liam Lawson.

RB pitted Ricciardo, who finished 18th and last, for fresh softs near the🐷 end so he could set the fastest lap, an action 🀅which appears to have been a final hurrah for the 35-year-old in F1.

The fastest lap critically took a point away from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris and McLaren, aiding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and Red Bull's title bids. 

RB team principal Laurent Mekies admitted in th𒉰e team’s post-race press release that Singapore “may ✱have been Daniel’s last race”.

“Starting from further back, we really needed a Safety Car opportunity for Daniel to get back ಌinto the fight for points,” Mekies said.

“Dan was on an aggressive strategy starting on Softs and has put in some very good laps through the race, but had effectively no chance to get back into the good positions from so🌺 far back. He never gave up and fought all rꦺace long.

“Given this may h👍ave been Daniel’s last race, we wanted to give h🥀im the chance to savour it and go out with the fastest lap.”

Ricciardo’s future will ultimately be decided by Red Bull’s top management, including team principa𒐪l Christian Horner and motorsport advisor Helmut Marko.

Following the race in Singapore, Ricciardo appeared resigned to hiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs F1 career being over.

Asked on whether Singapore may have been his last grand prix, Ricc🌞iardo said: “Possibly, I have to acknowledge that.

“It’s been a little bit of a race-by-race situation and I would have obviously loved the w🅠eekend to have gone bet🤡ter. It didn’t, so I have to prepared for this maybe being it.

“I do feel, let’s say, at peace with it. At some point, it’ll come for all of us… I think also, I tried to get back into Red Bull, it didn’t work out, so then I also have to say, ‘Okay, what else am I ultimately doing here and trying to achieve?’... Let’s say maybe the fairytale ending didn’t h♑appen, but I also have to look back on what it’s been. Fourteen or so years and I’m proud.

“I think when you’ve experienced the highs of winning, you can only fight for P10 for so long. There is nothing like that feeling, and if that no longer is possible, and if it is becoming a little har🦋der – that’s the truth: I was able to do some momentsꦿ of maybe greatness this year, but it was trickier to do it week in, week out. Maybe that’s [being] 35, maybe that’s the competition’s getting better and better. Who knows?”

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