Daniel Ricciardo to leave RB with immediate effect as team get set for mid-season driver change

Daniel Ricciardo will depart RB with speedy impact, bringing his second stint in Method 1 to an finish.

The Australian returned to a Method 1 race seat final 12 months in Hungary with AlphaTauri and stayed on after they turned RB for this marketing campaign.

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Ricciardo scored factors on 5 events, together with an excellent fourth within the Dash in Miami, and sits 14th within the drivers’ standings, 10 factors behind staff mate Yuki Tsunoda.

Nevertheless, his type hasn’t been sufficient to persuade the Pink Bull household to maintain him on. That makes final weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix – the place he ended up 18th with the quickest lap – his last race.

It stays unclear what the longer term holds for Ricciardo, nevertheless it’s unlikely to contain a race seat on the 2025 Method 1 grid.