Daniel Ricciardo made a shocking admission about his life after Method 1 amid hypothesis that his days within the paddock might be numbered. The 35-year-old Australian, who downplayed rumors that he could lose his RB seat to rookie Liam Lawson after the Singapore Grand Prix, mentioned there’s one other racing collection he “want to attempt to expertise”.
“I grew up a fan of NASCAR,” he mentioned in an interview with Tourism Western Australia this week. “I might prefer to drive a NASCAR, I might like to drive round Daytona for instance. However would I prefer to compete? Sure and no,” he went on.
“I do know it is not what I grew up doing and I will in all probability get smoked,” Ricciardo admitted. “[So] I do not know if I want that [but] I might like to expertise it.”
The eight-time Grand Prix winner beforehand drove Dale Earnhardt’s 1984 Monte Carlo Chevrolet on the US Grand Prix in 2021. Ricciardo grew up idolizing the late NASCAR legend, and has since drawn reward from his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who mentioned he appreciates the F1 driver’s help for his household’s legacy.
Together with inventory automobiles, Ricciardo’s love of motorbikes has been well-documented on social media. He mentioned he’d additionally prefer to attempt his hand at MotoGP, telling Tourism WA, “I like motorbikes … however I might be very, very gradual and doubtless horrendous.”
It comes amid hypothesis that Ricciardo might be changed by Liam Lawson after the Singapore Grand Prix.
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On house soil, the previous Purple Bull driver mentioned he’d love to do a number of laps across the famed circuit at Bathurst. “Clearly it’s the V8 that do the race there, however you understand there’s the 12 hour and stuff so possibly that is one I may compete in. If a V8 group mentioned ‘hey, do you need to do a number of laps round Bathurst, no stress, simply to expertise it,’ then I will positively take that up.”
The Perth native, who has taken up residence in each Los Angeles and Monaco since becoming a member of the F1 grid in 2011, additionally revealed he is probably to return to his roots when he retires for good. “I may genuinely see myself retiring in Margaret River sooner or later,” he mentioned of the sleepy area in Western Australia. “I simply love the lifestyle … It’s a breath of contemporary air, the whole lot slows down.”
He went on, “I feel everyone seems to be simply so linked down there to the place, to the land … everybody simply feels so free and pleased. The lifestyle there’s simply my imaginative and prescient of retirement.”
His feedback come amid hypothesis that Purple Bull and RB’s senior administration will decide after this weekend’s race in Singapore about their 2025 driver line-ups, which may spell the tip of Ricciardo’s 13-year F1 profession.
