“I’ve liked this sport my entire life,” started Ricciardo’s message. “It’s wild and fantastic and been a journey. To the groups and people which have performed their half, thanks. To the followers who love the game generally greater than me haha thanks.
“It’ll all the time have its highs and lows however it’s been enjoyable and fact be informed I wouldn’t change it. Till the subsequent journey.”
ANALYSIS: Ricciardo’s F1 profession seems to be to be over – how did it come to this?
Purple Bull reserve Lawson has been named as Ricciardo’s substitute for the remainder of the season, beginning with the upcoming United States Grand Prix in Austin. This can permit them to guage him in opposition to workforce mate Yuki Tsunoda, who’s having fun with his finest marketing campaign in F1 and already has a contract for subsequent season.
“Everybody right here at VCARB wish to thank Daniel for his exhausting work throughout the final two seasons with us,” mentioned boss Laurent Mekies.
“He has introduced lots of expertise and expertise to the Staff with a unbelievable perspective, which has helped everybody to develop and foster a good workforce spirit.
