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Daniel Ricciardo insists he’s “at peace” with the prospect of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix being his ultimate race in F1 in emotional scenes after the race.
The 35-year-old Australian secured the quickest lap of the race on the finish, stealing a degree away from race winner Lando Norris, however completed again in 18th for RB.
Hypothesis is rife within the paddock that Pink Bull reserve Liam Lawson is changing Ricciardo for the ultimate six races of the season, beginning in Austin on 20 October.
And Ricciardo was in tears within the media pen after the 62-lap grand prix, following a profession which has spanned 14 years and has seen him win eight races. The Australian was additionally given a guard of honour outdoors RB’s hospitality unit.
“I do really feel, let’s say, at peace with it,” Ricciardo stated. “Sooner or later, it’ll come for all of us.
“I attempted to get again into Pink Bull, it didn’t work out, so then I additionally must say, ‘OK, what else am I in the end doing right here and making an attempt to attain?’… Let’s say perhaps the fairytale ending didn’t occur, however I additionally must look again on what it’s been.
“Fourteen or so years and I’m proud.
“I believe once you’ve skilled the highs of successful, you may solely battle for P10 for therefore lengthy. There’s nothing like that feeling, and if that now not is feasible, and whether it is turning into slightly more durable – that’s the reality.
“I used to be capable of do some moments of perhaps greatness this 12 months, but it surely was trickier to do it week in, week out.
“Possibly that’s [being] 35, perhaps that’s the competitors’s getting higher and higher. Who is aware of?”
Pressed additional on whether or not Singapore could be his ultimate F1 race, the favored Australian replied: “Probably, I’ve to acknowledge that. It’s been slightly little bit of a race-by-race state of affairs and I might have clearly liked the weekend to have gone higher.
“It didn’t, so I’ve to ready for this perhaps being it.”
Ricciardo was axed by McLaren on the finish of the 2022 season however was handed a second likelihood at Pink Bull’s sister crew halfway by way of final 12 months, changing Nyck de Vries.
Nonetheless, he has struggled for constant efficiency and trails team-mate Yuki Tsunoda by 10 factors within the championship standings.