{"id":47113,"date":"2021-03-20T04:03:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T05:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=47113"},"modified":"2021-03-20T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T06:00:10","slug":"ricciardo-reveals-hurt-behind-renault-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=47113","title":{"rendered":"Ricciardo reveals 'hurt' behind Renault split"},"content":{"rendered":"

Further details have emerged regarding Daniel Ricciardo's<\/a> split with former team Renault,<\/a> with the Australian revealing exactly why he decided to move on.<\/p>\n

Ricciardo announced prior to the 2020 season that his second year at Renault would be his last, signing a three-year deal with McLaren<\/a> that began this year.<\/p>\n

At the time of his departure Renault hadn't scored a single podium since returning to the sport in 2016, although Ricciardo did later manage two third-place finishes in 2020.<\/p>\n

Renault finished fifth in the constructors' championship in both years Ricciardo was at the team, and the Western Australian says that was the main reason behind his departure.<\/p>\n

Speaking on season three of the Netflix series Drive to Survive<\/em>, the 31-year-old revealed the question he asked himself, with the answer locking in his fate.<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

"Can I win with all cars finishing? It still hurts to say this (but) the reality is no," he said.<\/p>\n

"Deep down I knew I had to leave."<\/p>\n

Ricciardo's decision to sign for McLaren before the 2020 season had even begun created friction with team boss Cyril Abiteboul,<\/a> with the pair practically ignoring each other in one scene.<\/p>\n

"Every single one of us at Renault, our focus is on the stability of the team. Pure focus on this season's performance," Abiteboul says at the beginning of the episode.<\/p>\n

"We need to be in a position for podiums and then fight for wins and then fight for championships \u2013 but Daniel has put a stop to all of that."<\/p>\n

The tension in the Renault team was apparent to Ricciardo's former boss, Christian Horner.<\/p>\n

"Is Cyril talking to you yet?" Horner asks Ricciardo at one point.<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

"Yeah," Ricciardo replies, clearly uncomfortably.<\/p>\n

Horner could sympathise with Abiteboul, having seen Ricciardo announce his departure from Red Bull midway through the 2018 season.<\/p>\n

"It's probably a bit like being dumped by a girlfriend but she hasn't moved out of the house yet," Horner said.<\/p>\n

"It must be an odd dynamic for Cyril, knowing for the entirety of the season he's going to their biggest competitor. It is tough.<\/p>\n

"You naturally shut down to that individual because they've left you. Cyril no doubt took that very personally."<\/p>\n

Abiteboul admitted Ricciardo's departure was painful, believing the pair were committed for the long-term.<\/p>\n

"What's hurting the most is it's not the long-term project I thought we signed up for."<\/p>\n

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