Visa Cash App RB F1 Team confirmed after the Singapore Grand Prix that Daniel Ricciardo would be sidelined for the rest of the season, with reserve driver Liam Lawson taking his place for the final six race weekends of the 2024 F1 season.

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.