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Jolly Daniel Ricciardo Summarizes Singapore GP in Three Words

Published 10/02/2022, 6:00 PM EDT

Daniel Ricciardo has made a comeback from the bottom of the barrel after a long time. He has decided to move on from McLaren after the end of the season this year. With a few options in hand, the Australian has still not told fans about any concrete plans for next year. However, with his astounding comeback with P5 at the Singapore GP, will things change for the Australian?

Singapore faced a long wet race and it ended rather well for the long-struggling Daniel Ricciardo. All smiles, the Australian shared in an interview post the race, “I’m pretty sleepy right now, but I’m very happy to finally get back in the top 5. It is my first this year, so I’m a little sad but I’m also finally very happy to get back in there. A good one for the team as well.”

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“You wanna be a hero and make up- it’s a chance to make up big time. As tempting as it was, I just feel like we just needed to buy our time and Russell George went out, and I think he was quite still slow for a bit and then Gasly as well.”

“So, we were gaining time, and even though, timing didn’t feel that great, it was still the smart thing to do. I think we were patient. And then we got the safety car, and that made everything pretty peachy for us.”

“So… maturity, patience, top 5 aim.”

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Is Daniel Ricciardo really thinking of taking a back seat after being behind the wheel and delivering remarkable performances in the past? With the looks of it, he seems to be coming back into his own. Can he be joining forces with the Silver Arrows as their reserve driver?

Daniel Ricciardo was spotted leaving Mercedes Garage ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix

Recently, Ricciardo was spotted on camera exiting the Mercedes Garage. He was greeted by a few fans right outside the gate. This was surely an interesting sight to see as Daniel is reportedly being considered for the role of the official reserve driver at Mercedes.

This can release Nyck de Vries from his current Mercedes Reserve Driver role further allowing him to possibly partner with Yuki Tsunoda at AlphaTauri next season in case Pierre Gasly moves to Alpine.

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Talking about his order of preference for next season, he said, “Of course, Plan A would to be on the grid, so nothing’s changed, but I don’t want to just jump at the first seat available.”

“I know the landscape has probably changed as well at the end of next year with contracts or whatever, so I’m remaining open”

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What do you think? Will he stay behind the wheel for the next season? And if he does, which race suit do you think he will don?

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Nida Chakraborty is a Formula 1 Author at EssentiallySports. After completing her undergrad from St Xavier's College with a degree in Psychology, she had gone on to take up multiple journalistic ventures in Radio and Television. Not only has she been a producer for Fever 104 FM, one of India's leading FM radio stations, but she has also worked for MTV and Channel V.

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Ranvijay Singh

Jolly Daniel Ricciardo Summarizes Singapore GP in Three Words

Daniel Ricciardo was spotted leaving Mercedes Garage ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix

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