Feb.22 (GMM) Daniel Ricciardo continues to be not denying that he’s opening eyeing a return to Pink Bull’s high Method 1 crew for 2025.
Some insiders assume the transfer may even occur mid-season this 12 months, if Sergio Perez continues to battle alongside Max Verstappen – which might open up Ricciardo’s present ‘RB’ seat on the junior crew for Liam Lawson.
34-year-old Ricciardo, nonetheless, says he’s not getting carried away but.
“The return to Pink Bull Racing is the larger image,” he’s quoted as saying on the Bahrain take a look at by Pace Week. “However to be trustworthy, I’m not fascinated by it in the meanwhile.
“I now need to focus totally on my work right here – it gained’t do me any good to dream about one thing else. My contribution final 12 months was appreciated and I need to proceed to contribute right here.”
Certainly, Ricciardo had been sacked by McLaren simply months earlier than Pink Bull’s junior crew ousted the equally underperforming Nyck de Vries mid final season and pulled the 34-year-old Australian off the reserve bench.
He admits the McLaren saga had left him drained, however now insists that he was “continuously on the telephone” to his new F1 bosses over the current winter interval.
“I used to be a bit of stunned at myself, how keen I’m to work and drive,” stated Ricciardo. “That’s the unmistakable signal for me that I’m prepared for the season.
“It didn’t really feel like a break in any respect, however my 2023 was so uncommon that I didn’t want it. I need to carry out so nicely right here that I power myself into that (Pink Bull) seat.”
