Daniel Ricciardo admits he would consider a one-year F1 sabbatical ‘if it made sense’ after announcing McLaren exit

Daniel Ricciardo has revealed he’s willing to take a one-year sabbatical from F1 if it’s the “right thing to do”. The comments came shortly after he announced he will be parting ways with McLaren at the end of the current F1 season, and despite insisting his priority is to remain in the sport, has refused to rule out a break.

Ad Ricciardo and McLaren mutually agreed to terminate the Australian’s contract a year early after an underwhelming spell alongside teammate Lando Norris, who largely outperformed his colleague. Formula 1Ricciardo to leave McLaren at end of 2022, Piastri expected to replace himYESTERDAY AT 14:43 The 33-year-old expressed disappointment at the way things turned out at McLaren, but praised the way he and the team worked hard to find answers.

“The outcome wasn't desired, as a collective we didn’t really get it right, we put in a lot of effort and tried to get through it and understand things with the car and with myself gelling with it, getting the maximum out of it, but there were too many weekends that was obviously just a bit of a struggle, so that was how the decision came about,” he explained. “It's not the nicest feeling, but I can look back on it and I can hold my head high in terms of applying myself and trying to make it work and putting everything in, sometimes you just have to accept, ok I tried and it didn’t necessarily work out.

“But from that point of view I don’t look back in terms of “yeah, I was slacking off and that’s why I earned this or whatever,” it’s just one of those things. “I’m proud of the way we tried to make it happen and persist through it, but some things maybe you say they’re not meant to be.” On his future, Ricciardo backed himself to overcome his poor run of form, but