Ricciardo: "That decision was not made overnight."

The world of Formula 1 was briefly upside down when Sebastian Vettel announced that he would leave Ferrari after the 2020 season. Carlos Sainz quickly took his place at Ferrari, but just before that Sainz was announced it was already known that Daniel Ricciardo would go to McLaren.

Empty Promises

Ricciardo admits that he has been thinking for a long time about leaving his current employer Renault. The French race stable doesn't seem to be able to keep the promises that the team had made to Ricciardo at the time.

"It was not an easy choice. But on the other hand it's not that I made this decision overnight. It's just been a strange year and it still is", Ricciardo said in an Instagram Live interview with Will Buxton.

Decision

"It's good to have some time to think about the future, but at the same time, all that time to think makes it harder. It is bizarre that I made this decision, since we have only tested once this year in Barcelona. Ideally I would have driven a couple of races before I made a decision", says Ricciardo.