Daniel Ricciardo hits back at Christian Horner 'stratospheric offer' claim

Ricciardo with Red Bull in Australia, 2018. — Photo: © LAT Images

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Ricciardo hits back at Horner 'stratospheric offer' claim

Horner described the timing of Ricciardo's Red Bull exit as "spectacularly bad"

GPFans Staff

Wednesday 6 April 2022 11:00 Updated: 18:18

Daniel Ricciardo has responded to Christian Horner's criticism of the Australian's "spectacularly bad" timing of his decision to leave Red Bull.

After five years with Red Bull, Ricciardo departed at the end of the 2018 season and spent two years with Renault before switching to McLaren in 2021.

In a recent interview, Horner revealed Ricciardo had turned down a "stratospheric" offer to remain as Max Verstappen's team-mate due to doubts over the team's switch to a Honda power unit and the fact he did not want to become a number two driver.

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Responding to his former team principal's remarks, Ricciardo told the Herald Sun: “Obviously, I would love to win a title with McLaren and then kind of say ‘I told you so’ or whatever.

"But I appreciate until that happens then there will probably be that narrative with a lot of people.

“That’s okay, it doesn’t bother me. I also knew that it was going to come with the territory of leaving a big team and obviously at the time I felt like that was the right thing for me.

“You kind of stand by that and it really did feel like the right thing."