Daniel Ricciardo has been offered a new role at Red Bull, just days after the he was dropped for the remainder of the F1 campaign. It was confirmed last week that Ricciardo would be replaced by New Zealand-born driver Liam Lawson in the Visa Cash App RB team for the remaining races of 2024.

Red Bull has made it “very clear” to Daniel Ricciardo that they want him to become an ambassador, but it was Christian Horner’s tease of an F1 return for the axed Aussie which caused confusion. Intense speculation followed Ricciardo into and throughout the Singapore Grand Prix that this would be his final race with Red Bull junior team VCARB,

Ricciardo was always intended to be Red Bull's safety net. But fluctuating form and a series of decisions leaves the veteran out of F1.