“He wouldn’t really get anything out of it,” Jenson Button suggests Daniel Ricciardo to ‘stay away’ from a reserve driver role for 2023
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Daniel Ricciardo is getting off the books of the McLaren F1 team at the end of the current campaign, and as things stand, he is still not brought on board by any other team who has a seat available for next year.
Former F1 World Champion, Jenson Button has recently weighed in on the peculiar situation of Daniel Ricciardo and has indicated that it will not be right for him to operate in a reserve driver capacity next year.
The Brit is completely against the idea and while talking about it, said, “Being a third driver for someone of his caliber, it’s a very, very strange situation he’s found himself in.”
“I don’t know what he would get out of being a third driver. He’s not a young driver, so he can’t drive the car next year in race weekends (free practice), it has to be a young driver.”
“So he wouldn’t really get anything out of it.”
Jenson Button has dismissed the idea of seeing the former Red Bull man in a reserve driver role and has indirectly suggested to him that, he should avoid a reserve driver role if any F1 team comes knocking on his door.
Jenson Button feels Daniel Ricciardo cannot get a seat at Mercedes
Recently, in the F1 paddock, rumors were swirling about Lewis Hamilton’s plans in F1 and whether he would continue in the future years or not.
However, all those rumors were put to bed by the Silver Arrows Team Principal, Toto Wolff, who said that Lewis has told him that he still has got 5 more years left in him.
Jenson Button feels that Daniel might be looking for an opportunity at Mercedes and while talking about it, added, “I guess he’ll probably think well, Lewis might retire and then I’ll jump in his seat, but Lewis says he’s going to be around for five years, so he would be waiting a long time.”
“It needs to be the team where he thinks he can get a seat for 2024, otherwise it’s game over because you get forgotten after a year in F1.”
Moreover, as things stand, Daniel has got a few options for next year, but to get a seat he would have to pull out of his best form during the remaining 5 races of the season.
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