Is Daniel Ricciardo's third driver move to Red Bull the start of a non-goodbye goodbye to F1 ?
Is Daniel Ricciardo heading for ‘soft retirement’ with 2023 Red Bull F1 reserve role?Beware of falling in love with the smiling sportsmen, because they will be the ones who let you down in the end.
A similar fate is potentially in store for Ricciardo, who made his final F1 appearance for the foreseeable future at last month’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to bring an end to two seasons of torture at McLaren. Having fled Red Bull because he couldn’t stomach the thought of becoming Verstappen’s number two, Ricciardo has returned ‘home’It is his stated aim to return to the grid on a full-time basis in 2024, but are we potentially witnessing the unfolding of another of sport’s ‘soft’ retirements?
As Ricciardo’s former team-mate Sebastian Vettel discovered in the weeks leading up to his retirement in Abu Dhabi, those emotions are deliberately played on in the age of social media and against the backdrop of the modern obsession with the last qualifying session, the last drive out of the garage and – yes, finally – the last lap.
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