‘He’s proven himself as a great driver’ – Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda share their support for Daniel Ricciardo amid speculation over his future

“Daniel’s an awesome man, I believe he has confirmed himself as an awesome F1 driver,” stated Verstappen, who spent three seasons alongside Ricciardo at Crimson Bull. “He’s a pal of mine and I believe, generally, all the time being in this sort of place isn’t good.

“Alternatively, I don’t suppose he has to really feel sorry for himself. Generally issues possibly don’t work out the way in which you need them in sure levels of your profession, however you continue to have achieved so much – greater than anybody may ever dream of of their lives.

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“Even when that is the final race or no matter, he can nonetheless look again at one thing wonderful, that not many individuals can obtain, and do one thing else in life. There are various different race collection, or not, possibly simply chill again on the farm and have loads of enjoyable!

“For me, it doesn’t actually matter or not if you happen to deserve or… Lots of people should be right here, some don’t should be right here. That’s life, additionally in all types of sport – it’s the way it goes.”

Tsunoda, who was joined by Ricciardo at RB – then referred to as AlphaTauri – halfway by way of the 2023 season, admitted there’s a lot he has realized, and continues to be studying, from his extra skilled crew mate’s approach of going racing.