Former staff mates Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen have been stuffed with reward for one another on the latest Singapore Grand Prix, the place it steadily grew to become clear that the Australian was contesting his last Formulation 1 race weekend with RB.
Ricciardo confronted query after query about his future because the occasion wore on and admitted in an emotional post-race interview that “I’ve to be ready for this being it” – which was in the end confirmed to be the case when the staff opted to herald Liam Lawson to exchange him..
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With the rumours persevering with to swirl after the chequered flag, Verstappen paid tribute to Ricciardo as he accomplished his TV interview duties – noting the mark the eight-time Grand Prix winner made on the game within the cockpit and off the monitor.
“Daniel and I in fact go a good distance again,” Verstappen mentioned, having partnered Ricciardo at Purple Bull from early in 2016 to 2018. “We have now all the time had a terrific relationship, nice friendship, lots of respect for one another as nicely, so he’s only a nice man.
“[We] hit it off, it simply clicks. There isn’t any faux particular person, we simply get alongside and are easy-going, we’re like that. He’ll for certain be remembered as a really quick driver, I believe everybody is aware of that, but additionally as a terrific man within the paddock.”