Overview
- This week Daniel Ricciardo told the Beyond The Grid podcast he now regrets leaving Red Bull at the end of 2018 and wants to know how his career might have unfolded.
- Ricciardo said he believes staying at Red Bull would have given him the best shot at a world championship rather than the path he chose to Renault.
- He ruled out returning for a full championship season but said a single entry in the 24 Hours of Le Mans appeals to him as a team-focused way to finish his racing career.
- Ricciardo named Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel as his dream Le Mans teammates and said any comeback would require his motivation to be 100 percent and a genuine intent to compete to win.
- The comments come after a career that produced eight Grand Prix wins and, following his Red Bull departure, diminishing results that led to his F1 exit in autumn 2024 and the broader trend of ex‑F1 drivers moving to hypercar endurance racing.