Marko Hanželic
When it's Daniel Ricciardo announced his departure in McLaren, assured the Renault team that it would continue to do everything in its power to keep the French manufacturer’s factory team in progress until his departure.
“When I announced my departure, there were already some emotions present, which was to be expected. The most important thing for me was to make it clear to the team that I will still do everything I can to make progress by the end of the year, ” je Ricciardo told a news conference in Sochi.
“And when you say something like that, either over the phone or in person, you have to follow your words with your actions. I did that and as soon as we got back to the racetrack, the team saw that I was keeping my word and they saw that, as announced, I would continue to do my best, ” said the 31-year-old Australian.
"We understand each other well and I've never seen a man so looking forward to a potential tattoo," je Ricciardo winked at the podium bet with the team boss, Cyril Abiteboul. He is the head of the team Ricciard promised to get a tattoo if the Australian found himself on the podium. "The atmosphere in the team is really good, now Fernando Alonso is coming too, which is of course exciting for the team and the whole of Formula 1."
“Despite leaving, I don’t feel neglected, on the contrary, I’m still working hard with the car development team for this year. So at the moment, everything is going well, I just have to keep achieving good results so that everyone else is satisfied, ” he added with a smile seven-time winner races for the grand prize.
Ricciardo he also commented on the transfer of his former teammate Sebastian Vettl v Aston Martin (currently Racing Point): “Seb has always been on the winning teams in recent years and I would also attribute this adjective to Racing Point, as they have performed very well so far this season. It's up to him to make sure things match. "
