Daniel Ricciardo demands $21 million pay-off from McLaren

Daniel Ricciardo demands a $21 million (£13.25m) pay-off from McLaren if they wish to terminate his F1 contract prematurely.

Ricciardo is set to lose his McLaren drive for next year with current Alpine F1 junior Oscar Piastri in the frame to be Lando Norris’ teammate.

The news comes after a series of announcements, triggered by Sebastian Vettel’s surprise retirement ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix and Aston Martin quickly replacing him with Fernando Alonso for 2023. Shortly after, Alpine announced Piastri as Alonso’s replacement but the 2021 F2 champion denied that he would be driving for the French outfit next year, hinting that he had found another drive elsewhere.

However, Ricciardo’s contract runs until the end of 2023, with no escape clauses in his current contract, Speedcafe reports.

Source: https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1009867/1/ricciardo-demands-21-million-payoff-mclaren

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