丹尼尔·里卡多（Daniel Ricciardo）坚持认为，他“致力于迈凯轮直到明年年底”，并且无意走开，这是一级方程式最大的传奇人物之一的重大发展。
好吧，您可能已经说过，他当然没有。他为什么要？
里卡多（Ricciardo）与队友兰多·诺里斯（Lando Norris）的持续斗争引起了人们对F1未来的严重担忧，他从2021赛季开始就与迈凯轮签订了三年合同，可能会提早结束。
But with multiple sources indicating that the option for the partnership to be prematurely terminated is on his side alone, Ricciardo finds himself in an unusual position.
He has not met expectations and continues to underperform, of that there is no doubt, but he still holds all the power. His future, uniquely, remains totally in his hands.
而且，从他的角度来看，他为什么要走开？
由于他的声誉损害了可能无法修复的可能性，他目前的薪水 - 据报道，如果您愿意的话，每季的1500万美元 - 在其他地方无法获得，尽管迈凯轮仍然是2022年不一致的，但迈凯轮仍然是未来几年加入精英的球队。
如果他目前的困境显得黯淡，那么他的替代方案是他在今年年底与迈凯轮分道扬ways，那就不考虑了。
阿斯顿·马丁？如果劳伦斯·斯特罗尔（Lawrence Stroll）在签下驾驶员下降时从塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔（Sebastian Vettel）上的赌博中学到了任何东西。威廉姆斯？丹尼尔不会有尊严地跌倒。
也许他能巧妙地将自己定位为参与奥迪预期的F1进入吗？他可以，但是到2026年四个戒指到达网格时，他将推动37次。
麦克拉伦（McLaren）对印第安纳州（Indycar）的多元化和方程式E的多元化不可避免地提出了建议，他们可能会发现他在这两个类别中的任何一个类别中都有软着陆，但是如果将里卡多（Ricciardo）从F1计划中被强行删除，那么他们的关系肯定会在那时和那里结束。
And if Indy, FE, the WEC and NASCAR were the best options available, it may be better for all concerned at that stage for Ricciardo to complete the transition from racing driver to full-time Instagram influencer and be done with it.
— Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo)2022年7月13日
这种选择仅属于Ricciardo，这突显了自2020年5月最初协议以来，团队和驾驶员的命运有多差异，迈凯轮暂时从本田的残骸中重新出现，而丹尼尔（DanielRed Bull被广泛认为是F1最聪明的人才之一。
迈凯轮很幸运能把他带回来，但是两年来，有一个令人信服的论点，即需要不断携带里卡多的必要性使他们压倒了他们。
去年9月，他在蒙扎（Monza）的胜利是一个怪异的下午，当时所有的星星仅排列一天，无法弥补他在其他地方缺乏的贡献，因为迈凯轮最终在2021年的建筑商的立场上输给了法拉利（Ferrari）。
With his P9 finish in the recent Austrian Grand Prix only Ricciardo’s third points finish of 2022 – compared to Norris’s eight, including a podium at Imola – McLaren face a fight to retain P4 in the Championship against an improving Alpine team with the crucial advantage of two drivers performing at a consistently high level.
Unlike Ricciardo, McLaren would not be short of options – albeit most untried and untested – were a vacancy to open for 2023 with their admiration for IndyCar drivers Colton Herta, who conducted his first F1 test with the team last week, and Pato O’Ward well established.
Recent reports, meanwhile, have linked the team withVettel– have they not been paying attention for the last four years? – as well as Alpine junior and 2021 F2 title winner Oscar Piastri, reigning IndyCar Champion Alex Palou and Williams driver Alex Albon.
当时，里卡多（Ricciardo）使谣言沉默的举动也许，除了将球牢牢地击中迈凯轮法庭之外，几乎几乎没有取得成就。
如果他拒绝跳起来取决于团队，如果他们对他的耐心已经到期，那就做一些推动力。
多远是activa Zak布朗准备te the “mechanisms” in Ricciardo’s contract to which he referred over the Monaco weekend? Might this yet be heading for a repeat of 2010 whenKimi Raikkonenwas effectively paid not to drive by Ferrari?
里卡多在他的声明中声称：“我仍然比以往任何时候都更想要这一点，据说他的斗争已经扑灭了他对这项运动的热情，并窃窃私语，即使他（永恒的乐观主义者）也看不见。
Yet talk is cheap and this, remember, is the same driver who used to describe his itching agitation – his perceived race against time – to become World Champion only to follow the money to Renault in 2019, leaving one of the few cars capable of winning races for one he regularly lapped.
This, remember, is the same driver who arrived at Renault inviting comparisons with Lewis Hamilton’s transformational move to Mercedes, but almost instantly regretted his decision and saw enough after one year to abandon ship before the second season of his long-term project had even started.
利卡多（Ricciardo）的选择使他在任何谈判中都具有较高的立场，大多数迹象表明婚姻不便，令人痛苦地寻找在之间的艰难突破迈凯轮雇佣军将持续一年。
But if he did take the money and run, it wouldn’t be the first time he has said one thing and then done something else entirely.
This isn’t over yet and may reveal the extent of just how much Ricciardo’s priorities have changed since leaving Red Bull.