{"id":233943,"date":"2022-08-21T14:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T14:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=233943"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:00:39","slug":"ricciardos-defiant-message-as-f1-axing-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=233943","title":{"rendered":"Ricciardo's defiant message as F1 axing looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Ricciardo<\/a> has delivered a defiant message as whispers of his sacking continue to swirl, declaring "I still believe I belong" in Formula 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old has spoken out as McLaren reportedly gets set to axe him in favour of fellow Australian Oscar Piastri<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alpine announced Piastri<\/a> as Fernando Alonso's replacement, only for the 21-year-old to deny the statement in an extraordinary social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It now appears likely that Piastri will replace Ricciardo at McLaren and Ricciardo will return to Alpine, for whom he drove when the team was called Renault.<\/p>\n

That's despite the fact Ricciardo still has a year to run on his McLaren contract.<\/p>\n

"The truth is, the highs you get are just so high because so much goes into it," Ricciardo told speedcafe.com.<\/p>\n

"Of course you take risks, like to win a race, for example, you haven't gone for a Sunday drive, you've put it all on the line, the team has, you've pushed your body, mentally and physically.<\/p>\n

"So then the high and the reward is pretty amazing and pretty spectacular.<\/p>\n

"I could probably keep going, but there are a few things.<\/p>\n

"I believe I still thrive off it because I still believe I belong and can do it.<\/p>\n

"That's what really gets me jacked.<\/p>\n

"And the love of it, as well as knowing that any weekend that could be there, like it could be around the corner, you know."<\/p>\n

\"Piastri<\/p>\n

Ricciardo isn't willing to leave McLaren mid-contract without a fight, with speedcafe.com claiming he's demanded a $21 million payout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite the eye-watering request Ricciardo's said to have made, Australia's last world champion, Alan Jones, wrote in his latest Wide World of Sports column that the eight-win star would "certainly" not be at McLaren in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

"There's no way in the wide world that's going to happen," Jones wrote.<\/p>\n

Ricciardo recalled in his interview with speedcafe.com his drought-breaking win at last year's Monza Grand Prix<\/a>, when he scored his first victory since conquering Monaco with Red Bull in 2018.<\/p>\n

"Monza last year, that was \u2026 you know, a week before in Zandvoort, no one was predicting that, not even myself, so even just the thought of a weekend like that could be one week away, it's pretty cool," Ricciardo said.<\/p>\n

Ricciardo is sitting in 12th in the world championship standings at the summer break, having registered 19 points.<\/p>\n

McLaren teammate Lando Norris, 22, is placed seventh, having tallied 76 points.<\/p>\n

The season will resume at the Belgium Grand Prix this weekend.<\/p>\n

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