Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren appear at odds over Oscar Piastri contract timeline

All bets are off when it comes to the future of Daniel Ricciardo with word slipping out about the Australian's long-term future with Red Bull. The veteran driver will line up alongside Yuki Tsunoda in the newly branded Visa Cash App RB (formerly AlphaTauri) team in 2024 - but his future beyond remains up in the air. The situation has now taken a…

Just one seat is officially vacant for the 2024 Formula 1 season, with many teams opting to keep their driver line-up for next year. Williams is yet to confirm the re-signing of rookie Logan Sargeant, who in 2023 has scored just one point compared to the 27 of team-mate Alex Albon, but looks the favourite to be retained. It has been a much quieter…

The Monza weekend was filled with excitement and unexpected moments. However none more captivating than the growing rivalry between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. The aftermath of the race has paved the way for an intriguing chapter in Formula 1, marked by the pursuit of karma which has been triggered by Lando Norris's fateful misstep. The…

Mercedes has handed new deals to Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, keeping both on the F1 grid for another two seasons beyond 2023. While last year featured several shocking moves, this year's driver market has been quiet, but that's largely down to the current deals across the grid. Here's how the grid currently looks from a contractual point of…

Aston Martin's Felipe Drugovich will get an opportunity for a drive during FP1 at the Italian GP. McLaren driver Oscar Piastri acknowledged that errors "didn't aid our cause" as his challenging initiation into Formula 1 persisted during a tumultuous Dutch Grand Prix. Red Bull's Helmut Marko has provided a concerning update on the hand injury that…

There's never a good time to bench yourself with a broken hand in Formula 1, but Daniel Ricciardo might have found the worst time to end up in a cast and sling. At the Dutch Grand Prix, at just the third weekend of his F1 comeback, Ricciardo broke a metacarpal bone in his left hand in a crash during Friday practice and is facing an undetermined…

Formula 1 is back from its summer break with the drivers readying themselves to go racing this weekend at Zandvoort. Max Verstappen will be looking to claim yet another win on his home turf after a strong first half of the year, but what do the odds say about his chances? 188BET's odds are presented in decimal form: for every $1 wagered you would…

The topic of Alex Palou's future is one of the most discussed silly season topics in recent IndyCar history, and it's not going away anytime soon. We have reached the one-year anniversary of the day McLaren almost signed 2021 IndyCar champion Alex Palou, just hours after Chip Ganassi Racing announced that they had picked up a one-year option in his…

If you were lucky enough to be part of the capacity crowd at the Australian Grand Prix, you'd have been forgiven for thinking Daniel Ricciardo was still racing this season. No driver was better supported or more comprehensively mobbed than Ricciardo. Any speculation that his dire two seasons with McLaren might have dented enthusiasm for his…

Formula 1: McLaren ejected Daniel Ricciardo for his fellow Australian Oscar Piastri in 2022. An ex-F2 champion with incredible skill joined the Formula 1 grid for the 2023 season. However, it broke many people's hearts in the process. The Mcclaren team made the decision to switch guards between the Australians. Formula 1 LIVE Updates…

Daniel Ricciardo may have finally made a smart career move. The Aussie star emerged from Monday morning's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix as the biggest winner after sitting back and watching his former team McLaren fall apart. The 33-year-old was last year famously sacked and replaced with fellow Aussie Oscar Piastri, who endured a nightmare…

Of all the things McLaren's Formula 1 debutant Oscar Piastri hoped to learn during his enforced racing sabbatical last year, developing a thicker skin probably wasn't one of them. Last year, over the months that spanned his eventual move from Alpine to McLaren, Piastri often let others do the talking. Whether it was criticism from jilted Daniel…

Although McLaren finished the 2022 campaign much stronger than how they started it, overall progress from last season was lacking. Formula 1's overhauled regulations presented a real opportunity for several teams going into 2022 to grab that brass ring and climb up the pecking order, McLaren one of those seemingly in prime position. 2021 had seen…

Formula 1's 2022'silly season' certainly lived up to its name - much of it unwittingly sparked by Sebastian Vettel. The 35-year-old German was something of a firebrand at one time, but has mellowed considerably now he is a father of three and an activist for social and environmental causes. All he did was decide the end of 2022 was the time for him…

Daniel Ricciardo knows there's the possibility that these two final Formula One races on the 2022 calendar could be his final ones of his career if his gamble of waiting for a'24 seat doesn't pan out. The Australian driver's McLaren contract ended a year early after the Woking-based team brought on Oscar Piastri as his replacement. And although the…

Zhou Guanyu become the 17th driver confirmed as part of the 2023 Formula 1 lineup when Alfa Romeo confirmed that they had extended his contract through next year amid a solid rookie season. With the confirmation, the 23-year-old Chinese driver is the 16th driver locked into his seat for next year, as one of the 17 confirmed drivers, AlphaTauri's…

Daniel Ricciardo's Formula 1 career may have just six races left, with the Australian currently without a seat for 2023 following his incoming McLaren departure. Despite being contracted with the Woking-based team for 2023, the pair decided to part ways at the end of the current season after what has been an unsuccessful partnership. Since joining…

A month on from McLaren's bombshell announcement that Daniel Ricciardo will be dropped at the end of the 2022 Formula 1 season despite having a contract for 2023, the eight-time grand prix winner is still without a job for next year. He's not a frontrunner for any of the four remaining gaps on the grid - two of them at teams he has starred for in…

Daniel Ricciardo is still a McLaren driver for the rest of this year but the team is making sure he isn't involved in anything to do with their 2023 Formula 1 car. Ricciardo has agreed to an early termination of his contract and will be replaced at McLaren next year by fellow Australian Oscar Piastri. Watch Every Practice, Qualifying & Race of the…

Max Verstappen won his second straight home Grand Prix and the fourth race in a row last week at the Dutch Grand Prix. That personal record sees Verstappen match the 12th longest streak in F1 history. But his win wasn't guaranteed, nor was the biggest challenge from Ferrari. Both Mercedes had excellent race pace and were seeing terrific tire life…

Max Verstappen took his tenth win of 2022 at the Dutch Grand Prix to continue his march towards the title, but once again there was plenty of attention on off-track matters, with Oscar Piastri confirmed at McLaren for 2023, and Alpine left licking their wounds and searching for another driver. With only a week having passed since the Belgian Grand…

McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo still has an excellent chance to remain in Formula 1 after he leaves the British side at the end of this season. This is according to figures given to Formula1News.co.uk by OLGB, who also suggest that he could turn to broadcasting as his next role. Ricciardo joined McLaren at the beginning of last season to replace Carlos…

MCLAREN have won the right to sign Oscar Piastri as Lando Norris' teammate for next season. The highly-rated Aussie, who had come through the ranks at rivals Alpine, was the subject of a tug-of-war - with both teams claiming to have contracts signed by the 21-year-old. The matter was resolved by the FIA's Contract Recognition Board, who ruled in…