Overview
- Racing Bulls confirmed that Liam Lawson replaced Ricciardo after the Singapore Grand Prix in 2024, which became Ricciardo’s final F1 race and closed a 13-year career with eight Grand Prix wins.
- Ricciardo says his loss of edge and struggles to match teammate pace at McLaren in 2022 cost him a seat, and a hand-breaking crash at Zandvoort in 2023 further stalled a comeback opportunity.
- He told DRIVE with Jim Farley that being let go twice left him exhausted and that he felt grateful the teams 'pulled the trigger' rather than forcing himself to decide to stop racing.
- On the Beyond the Grid podcast Ricciardo described months of hiding from a feeling of humiliation, then retreating to Australia to address personal matters and process the end of his career.
- He is now a Global Ambassador for Ford Racing and says the experience has made him reframe his legacy, underscoring how team lineup moves and younger drivers can abruptly reshape an F1 career.