believes ought to turn into an pundit ought to the Australian need to keep his “superstar” standing throughout the sport.
Ricciardo was dropped by RB, ’s sister crew, with six races left of final season after a . Liam Lawson changed him and to turn into Max Verstappen’s Crimson Bull teammate for 2025.
Ricciardo was additionally axed by McLaren in 2022 and, at 35, the star’s time in F1 seems to be to have come to an finish and he has not confirmed his subsequent steps in motorsport.
However Coulthard, the previous Crimson Bull driver with 13 grand prix wins to his title, insists Ricciardo ought to flip to working within the F1 media sphere if he’s in search of a future away from competing.
“If he has nonetheless received racing on his thoughts, then he is received to discover a race championship, however there isn’t any query he could be an asset for a System 1 crew by way of persona,” Coulthard instructed the Driver podcast.
“However this is not a persona contest, it’s a stopwatch contest, and you have to acknowledge that McLaren did not work out after which the comeback with VCARB [RB] did not work out both.
“However he has been gifted a time period in F1 the place the recognition and development has been such that he is a star past being a driver.
“I would not be stunned if he has already labored out that working throughout the media house will assist maintain that superstar.
“What I might advocate is that he would not assume he can type of take a yr out and nonetheless be as fascinating.”
Ricciardo’s exit from F1 after final yr’s Singapore GP is prone to function within the , which is launched on 7 March.
RB have since confirmed that Yuki Tsunoda and F2 runner-up Isack Hadjar will probably be their drivers for the brand new season.
The 2025 F1 season, which begins in Ricciardo’s residence nation of Australia, begins on 16 March.
