Daniel Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo will return to the Australian Grand Prix this week without a car, but with the biggest fanbase at Albert Park.

It will still hurt Ricciardo to be at the track, watching on without a seat. “There’s an element of that competitor in me wanting to remind people that I’m still here, still a professional and still contributing to success,” he said. “I’m back in an environment and ultimately a family that I have a lot of good memories with, and it feels really good to be back there,” he said. [Ricciardo was the big winner of the season opener](https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/formula-one/daniel-ricciardo-was-big-winner-from-formula-1-season-opener/news-story/378693a20293dd68d8acc4753888f6be) in Bahrain and the reaction was very much the same after McLaren finished out of the points once again in Jeddah. A photo captured by one Formula 1 fan captured in perfect detail why it is such a sad situation for the 33-year-old and the McLaren team that has become the biggest disappointment of the 2023 season. The veteran driver will be there to haunt — and be haunted by — his former McLaren team after he was sensationally sacked last year and replaced with Aussie rookie Oscar Piastri.

1980 World Champion Alan Jones believes Daniel Ricciardo becoming too distracted on activities away from F1 has ultimately resulted in him not being on the ...

Aussie Formula One legend Alan Jones has made the sensational call that Daniel Ricciardo has been too focused on outside interests and will never race at F1 ...

'I doubt [he will be on the grid in 2024]. That's my opinion.' 'It's very difficult when you have been at the sharp end to race in Formula One and be motivated if you are in a less competitive car. Jones was the last Australian to win the Formula One championship, taking out the title with Williams in 1980 - and he has Jones was the last Australian to win a Formula One driver's title with Williams in 1980 and he told fellow world champion Damon Hill that he believed Ricciardo would not get a drive in 2023 and would struggle to find a new position beyond that. [Max Verstappen](/sport/max-verstappen/index.html) and teammate [Sergio Perez](/sport/sergio-perez/index.html) with a view of returning to the grid fulltime in 2024, however Jones thinks that ship has sailed.

World champion Alan Jones doesn't believe Daniel Ricciardo will ever race again in Formula One after his disastrous exit from McLaren last year.

[check our sport page](https://metro.co.uk/sport/). That’s my opinion.’ I just can’t see him getting back into Formula One. [Oscar Piastri](https://metro.co.uk/tag/oscar-piastri/?ico=auto_link_sport_P3_LNK1). [Herald Sun](https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=HSWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fsport%2Fmotorsport%2Fformula-one%2Ff1-australian-grabd-prix-2023-reat-alan-jones-doubts-daniel-ricciardo-will-race-again-in-formula-one%2Fnews-story%2F2490c6018bded97f1ffbb59923ac6847&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&BT=sport). [Lando Norris](https://metro.co.uk/tag/lando-norris/?ico=auto_link_sport_P2_LNK1) costing him his seat.

Daniel Ricciardo has been told he will never race in Formula 1 again as a result of becoming too distracted away from the track.

Aussie fans always bring a lot of energy and I’m excited to see the F1 fans in Melbourne." “Obviously everybody likes to go out on a high note and it's just unfortunate that for whatever reason, and I don't even think he knows himself, why his performance dropped off. Daniel Ricciardo will never race in Formula 1 again with distractions away from the track proving costly for the Australian driver, according to 1980 world champion Alan Jones. ”I don’t think he will get a drive at Red Bull unless something happens to the two current drivers,” Jones told the At the end of the day, there is probably no reason why Red Bull won’t re-sign Perez, and obviously, Verstappen. That's my opinion.”

Ricciardo, dropped by McLaren at the end of 2022, will not be racing at his home grand prix this weekend.

At the end of the day, there is probably no reason why Red Bull won’t re-sign Perez, and obviously, Verstappen. I can’t see anybody at Ferrari resigning or going away, so I just can’t see where he can go. That’s my opinion.”

The eight-time race winner had limited options to stay on the grid for the F1 2023 season and instead chose to return “home” to Red Bull in a third driver role, ...

With that in mind, Jones’ comments on Ricciardo’s chances of returning to the grid look to be pretty accurate ones. “I doubt [he will be on the grid in 2024]. Ricciardo lost all momentum and, when you stand still in F1, you are effectively going backwards. But the actual situation is much more complex than that. A problem axed F1 drivers are all too familiar with. That’s my opinion.”

Ricciardo has joined Red Bull as a reserve driver, with the hopes of returning to the F1 grid in 2024. Read more here.

Formula 1's favorite Aussie takes a road trip across his home continent in the RB7, the car that gave Vettel his second world championship in 2011.

You can’t help but smile at the opening shot of Ricciardo’s head bobbing inside the cockpit of an old RB7 car — the car Sebastien Vettel drove to a World Championship with Red Bull in 2011, the V8 screaming as Ricciardo passes a semi. But we’re going to overlook this little bit of storyline to preserve the ruse. Most F1 teams just don’t seem to know how to take advantage of Ricciardo’s goofy personality like Red Bull does, and that’s a darn shame. However, with Ricciardo back at Red Bull, it looks like the team decided to take advantage of the sports’ most friendly and charismatic driver, and put him back on camera to [run an old Red Bull F1 car through the Outback in his home country of Australia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIGP0KFwRbQ). But there is one ray of sunshine in the Red Bull garage this year: [Daniel Ricciardo](https://jalopnik.com/daniel-ricciardo-talks-nascar-with-jalopnik-1848753555). [Red Bull fans](https://jalopnik.com/ford-returns-to-formula-1-in-2026-with-red-bull-1850069966) out there, and, well, a lot of former fans who have likely buried every piece of Red Bull attire [in frustration after how the last two seasons of Formula 1 ended ](https://jalopnik.com/the-biggest-red-flag-at-the-saudi-arabian-grand-prix-wa-1848165476)(looking at you [Max Verstappen and Christian Horner](https://jalopnik.com/f1-sells-no-michael-no-saudi-arabia-quote-fans-angry-1850273434)).

Daniel Ricciardo drives the Red Bull RB7 taking us on a tour of the Outback, Mount Panorama, and other sights before Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.

The most challenging part is a series of turns known as the Esses and the Dipper, which are long series of curves similar to the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca. It's similar to other videos Red Bull has produced, including This time he has to dodge Toby Prices in his Red Bull Mitsubishi Triton Trophy Truck and avoid some of Australia's most famous residents, including a koala bear, kangaroo, and an emu. Showcasing his talent, humor, and personality, he entertains us in the latest Oracle Red Bull Racing video entitled "F1 Car vs. The Red Bull RB7 looks at home at Bathurst. A quick pit stop at the Silverton Hotel in the Outback lets him swap his "off-road" tires for racing slicks before heading to the Sea Cliff Bridge.