Daniel Ricciardo has opened up about his adjustment to life away from the System 1 grid, admitting that stepping again from the extreme calendar has allowed his day-to-day life to really feel “just a little extra actual.”
The eight-time grand prix winner retired from F1 after the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix, when he was changed at Racing Bulls by Liam Lawson.
Now, the Australian is having fun with the straightforward pleasures of a extra settled routine outdoors of the paddock.
Talking not too long ago about this new part in his life on Conor Daly’s Velocity Road podcast, Ricciardo defined: “I am having fun with simply the slower tempo of life and finally having the ability to be in a single place.
“Actually simply the little issues. Even again house, I can really spend an actual little bit of time in Australia, spend it with household, buddies, all that. Simply issues that if in case you have it, you positively take it without any consideration. And deep down, I at all times missed it. I at all times missed being a child, hanging out with buddies and going to birthdays.
“I’d get house over Christmas, and I’d at all times rush and attempt to do 100 issues without delay as a result of time is restricted, however whenever you’re speeding issues, it would not actually really feel actual.
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“It is form of like a little bit of a film. So now life feels just a little extra actual.”
Whereas Ricciardo is having fun with the quieter issues in life, he nonetheless manages to get behind the wheel of varied Ford equipment as a model ambassador for the American powerhouse. He has been seen off-roading within the Ford Raptor T1+ and was additionally a part of the 2026 Ford launch occasion with Pink Bull Racing.
Apart from having enjoyable along with his model ambassadorship function, he additionally runs his Enchanté model, which has simply introduced a collaboration with Daly for the upcoming Indianapolis 500 known as the Enchanté 500.
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