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Daniel Ricciardo declares end of Formula One career: 'I'm done!'
- Ludo van Denderen
Daniel Ricciardo will not return to F1. When asked about his future of the sport after getting replaced earlier this season at VCARB, during a PR event, the Australian got straight to his point.
When a fan wanted to take a photo with Daniel Ricciardo, he asked the former Red Bull Racing driver whether he would return to compete for the 11th team that will join in the 2026 season, Cadillac. "No, I'm done," Ricciardo underlined, before also gesturing it's over.
The event was held in the United States, where the driver is hugely popular. The link between the driver and the Americans were therefore immediately established, and recently, it was rumoured that the experienced driver Cadillac would hope to sign was him, together with the projected second driver Colton Herta.
GPBlog knows, however, that Mario Andretti - who was appointed director of the board and has an important say in who gets to drive the cars - was not a big supporter of signing the Australian. Stories about negotiations between the two parties therefore appear to be false.
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