Daniel Ricciardo announces retirement from racing

Australian Daniel Ricciardo has decided to enactment an extremity to his racing days. In an affectional letter, which helium wrote to his caller leader Ford, this 36-year-old operator made it wide that helium volition nary longer beryllium down the instrumentality successful a competitory sense.

He returned to Formula 1 successful mid-2023 with the AlphaTauri team, aft antecedently having a not-so-great spell astatine McLaren. His privation was to regain his spot successful Red Bull, which helium near successful 2018. However, helium failed to person the leaders capable and aft Singapore past October, helium mislaid that dream. He hasn't raced since.

In the past months, determination were rumors that helium mightiness effort his luck successful different series, but present it appears that the determination is final. Ford has confirmed that the experienced operator volition go their planetary ambassador.

“Although my racing days are down me, my emotion for each things connected wheels volition ever stay strong, which is wherefore I americium arrogant to beryllium joining Ford to go a planetary Ford Racing ambassador,” said the eight-time expansive prix winner.

“I volition enactment intimately with the Ford Racing squad and absorption specifically connected the unthinkable Raptor marque and the manner that Raptor has go for truthful galore Ford customers.”

“Why now, and wherefore me? When I decided it was clip to measurement down, I thought agelong and hard astir however to find the astir authentic mode to enactment connected to the satellite of motorsport.”

“For me, racing has ever been astir enjoyment. It has made maine blessed and created memories that volition past a lifetime.”

Ford executives

Ricciardo had the accidental to conscionable Ford executives, including Jim Farley, successful aboriginal 2023, erstwhile Red Bull announced a concern with the American giant.

"I couldn't beryllium much excited astir each the astonishing rides up with Ford and each the large projects Ford Racing has successful store," helium added.

"from F1 to Dakar and from Le Mans to Bathurst, determination are fewer companies that person been astatine this arsenic agelong arsenic you. From what I've seen, we person an unthinkable aboriginal up of america and I'm precise arrogant to beryllium joining the team."

This made it wide that his racing days were implicit and a full caller section was astir to begin.