Formula 1: Daniel Ricciardo claims he has ‘FULL SUPPORT’ from McLaren amid rumours of nearing sack Under-pressure Australian Daniel Ricciardo on Friday said he has spoken to McLaren team boss Zak Brown and felt he had the team’s full support amid speculation surrounding his Formula One future with the former champions. Follow Formula 1 Updates with InsideSport.IN
The 32-year-old moved to McLaren from Renault last season with his contract running until the end of 2023.
Formula 1: Daniel Ricciardo claims he has ‘FULL SUPPORT’ from McLaren amid rumours of nearing sack
“Yeah, so, firstly we’ve spoken, we’ve had a catch up,” Ricciardo told reporters at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
“The clarity is clear for us moving forward, my contract is clear with the team until the end of next year, I’m fully committed.
“I have the full support of the team and we want to do it together,” he added.
Ricciardo, an eight-time grand prix winner who handed McLaren their first victory since the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2012 at Italy’s Monza last year, has scored points just twice this season, one of which was in Saturday’s ‘Sprint’ race in Imola.
Formula 1: Daniel Ricciardo claims he has ‘FULL SUPPORT’ from McLaren amid rumours of nearing sack
Team mate Lando Norris, who beat Ricciardo last season and was given a new contract this season stretching to the end of 2025, has scored a podium and six points finishes, including the Imola ‘Sprint’, from seven races so far.
Ricciardo, who twice finished third in the overall drivers’ standings while racing for Red Bull, said he hadn’t read too much into Brown’s comments adding his self-belief was intact.
“I think stripping it back to the core, I still know what I can do, I still believe I have it,” he said.
“It’s not a place of like low self-confidence or low self-esteem… I think in this sport that everything operates at such a high level and if something’s a little bit out of tune it can have a carry on effect.
“So it’s really just for me to get back in that place where I’m fully in tune with the car and then it’ll come.”
Formula 1: Daniel Ricciardo claims he has ‘FULL SUPPORT’ from McLaren amid rumours of nearing sack
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