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Daniel Ricciardo is set to part ways with McLaren at the end of the current F1 season
Daniel Ricciardo has been ousted by McLaren after the British F1 team terminated his contract. Ricciardo, an eight-time grand prix winner, had a deal until the end of 2023 but McLaren’s hierarchy has moved to end the 33-year-old’s disappointing two-season stint with the team by paying off the final season of his deal. However, that hasn’t stopped the F1 team from selling the Australian’s official merchandise for the new season.
The McLaren management felt Ricciardo, a former Red Bull and Renault driver, has not met his expectations since his arrival at the team last year. Although Ricciardo ended McLaren’s nine-year winning drought with victory at the Italian Grand Prix last season, he has consistently been outperformed by Britain’s Lando Norris. Norris has qualified ahead of Ricciardo at 11 of the 13 races in 2022, and has scored 57 points more than his teammate.
Oscar Piastri will replace Ricciardo at McLaren in the 2023 season.
McLaren’s decision to put exiting driver, Ricciardo’s merchandise on sale has received strong reactions from fans. Let us take a look at some of the responses.
“Do the tees and hoodies come with a knife hole in the back?”, wrote a fan, clearly taking a sly dig.
“Can i buy it without the McLaren logo on it please”, trolled another fan.
“how do i buy this without giving mclaren any of my money?”, the trolls continued.
“Please stop! You use Daniel just like a social media/marketing thing. He does not deserves it”, tweeted another fan.
“lol, I’m done buying merch, especially DR merch. No point now”, read another tweet.
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