Daniel Ricciardo has admitted he will not be on the grid next season after months of speculation over his Formula 1 future.
The 33-year-old is coming to the end of his time with McLaren after failing to ever get any momentum in his two years with the team. He was due to stay until the end of 2023, but the team announced in August that the two parties had agreed to terminate their deal a year earlier than planned.
Only Williams and Haas have seats open for next season, after Alpine announced Pierre Gasly and AlphaTauri replaced the Frenchman with Nyck de Vries. Both those options had apparently been open to Ricciardo, who has made it clear he will not simply take a seat simply for the sake of remaining on the grid.
