Daniel Ricciardo F1 News: Red Bull star makes SHOCK revelation on axed driver

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull F1 star makes SHOCK Daniel Ricciardo revelation

Daniel Ricciardo was replaced by Liam Lawson at VCARB

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Saturday 8 March 2025 22:00 Updated: 22:50

Red Bull Formula 1 star Liam Lawson has offered an insight into his relationship with the man he replaced at Visa Cash App RB last year, Daniel Ricciardo.

Ricciardo was fired from the team at the end of September, with Lawson taking his seat for the remainder of the season and doing a decent job whilst doing so.

F1 HEADLINES: Lewis Hamilton in Ferrari injury SCARE as seven-time champion facing major setback

Article continues under video

With Sergio Perez underperforming at Red Bull last season, Lawson now finds himself at the main team alongside reigning world champion Max Verstappen heading into 2025.

Ricciardo, meanwhile, is without a seat on the grid at all, with it entirely up in the air whether or not he will race in F1 again.

Liam Lawson replaced Daniel Ricciardo after the Singapore GP

Liam Lawson makes Daniel Ricciardo reveal

Ricciardo had been thought to be a candidate to replace Perez himself, but his poor performances made that implausible, and he started having to worry about his F1 career as a whole due to the threat of Lawson.

"Throughout the whole ordeal, from when the rumours started to when they were confirmed, he never said a bad word about or towards me.

"He never made it about me and him, because at the end of the day, it wasn’t our decision, it’s up to the team, and what they decide to do. He was so good to me, through all of it.

"Fast forward to December, when I got the Red Bull seat, and Daniel is still the only driver, past or present, to send me a message about it, congratulating me. It says a lot about him as a person."

Red Bull Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton Ferrari Daniel Ricciardo Sergio Perez