Daniel Ricciardo confirmed Friday that he has moved from the motive force’s seat to the function of motorsports ambassador with the rebranded Ford Racing.
Ricciardo, 36, final was behind the wheel in an expert race in 2024 for the Purple Bull-owned group that’s now Racing Bulls.
“Whereas my racing days are behind me, my love for something with wheels will all the time stay excessive and for that I’m proud to be partnering with Ford to turn out to be a International Ford Racing Ambassador,” the Australian wrote in a weblog submit.
“I’m going to be working intently with the Ford Racing group and particularly deal with the superb Raptor model and life-style that Raptor has turn out to be for a lot of of Ford’s clients.
“So why now and why me? After I determined it was time to retire, I assumed lengthy and exhausting about discovering essentially the most genuine technique to keep related to the world of motorsports.
“For me, racing was all the time about having enjoyable. It made me joyful and created reminiscences that may final a lifetime.”
The Australian was an eight-time F1 race winner.
–Area Degree Media/Reuters
