Daniel Ricciardo responds to “past your best” jibe from Australian F1 champ
Daniel Ricciardo replies to Alan Jones' criticism ahead of F1 Ausওtralian Grand Prix

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo replied to a comment about being “past your best” through gritted teeth༺.
Ricciardo was in the airport in Perth heading towards this weekend’s F1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
He was reminded about a critical🌱ꦍ remark from Alan Jones, the 1980 F1 champion who is also from Australia.
“Alan Jones said that maꦐybe you are past your best,” an⛄ interview from asked Ricciardo.
“Hav🐬e you go✅t something to prove in the next few races?”
Ricciardo bluntly replied: “Not at all.”
He then ended the interview fairly abruptly.
Ricciardo was earlier asked if he wa�꧒�s looking forward to his home race this weekend.
“Very much,” he said. “I missed it last year.
“So, getting ready for the week ahead.
“It’🥀s been a steady, I’d say slow, start to the year. But it’s o♑nly been two races.
“Hopefully the season starts on the right foot in Melb𒁃ourne.
“That will be the first one to get going.”
Ricciardoꦦ, now aged 34, has not enjoyed the best start to the 2024 F1 season.
The RB driver finishe🌞d 13th in Bahrain and 16th in Saudi Arabia, hardly the ty🌜pe of results which will impress sister team Red Bull.
Ricciardo entered the year hoping to be thꦇe man to replace Sergio Perez at Red Bull in 2025.
But Perez has twice finished as ru🎃nner-up 🧜so far this season.
Ricciardo, by contrast, bickered with teammate Yuki Tsunoda in Bahrain then was held up in a 40-second p💞it stop in Saudi Arabia.
The below-par results have now seen critics question 🐼Ricciardo’s future 🥂in F1 altogether.
“He’s a magic ✤guy to have in a team,” Eddie Jordan has commented.
“But that doesn’t give you the right to be the🐠 driver in the team and I amไ just worried that the end of the McLaren era was really something that stood out and I couldn’t see where he’d lost it.
“There’s 🌠been nothing since then that convinces me that I would want to invest my hard earned sponsorship cash to keep Daniel.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ameri⛎can sports, to𒀰 football, to F1.