Daniel Ricciardo reveals 2023 F1 sabbatical in conversation with Perez[F1-Gate.com]

Daniel Ricciardo has dropped a major clue that he may be forced to take a break from F1 at the end of this season when his contract with the McLaren F1 team expires.

Daniel Ricciardo will not be driving next season after the McLaren F1 team decided to end his contract a year early to sign Alpine junior Oscar Piastri.

This leaves Daniel Ricciardo’s options limited to Alpine, Haas or Williams as the only realistic options.

Alpine F1 Team is expected to sign Pierre Gasly, but it is unlikely that Daniel Ricciardo wants to be relegated to a competing team at the back of the grid.

A video clip has surfaced of Daniel Ricciardo talking to Red Bull’s Sergio Perez after the F1 Dutch GP.

The context of the discussion isn’t entirely clear, but you can clearly hear Daniel Ricciardo telling Perez to “take a year off and come back in 2024.”

At the F1 Belgian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo said he would consider leaving F1 for a year if he could not find a competitive drive for 2023. There are also rumors that he will serve as a reserve driver for Mercedes F1, according to some reports.