{"id":119642,"date":"2025-09-05T01:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119642\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:32:11","slug":"daniel-ricciardo-drops-cryptic-hint-after-major-ford-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119642\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Ricciardo drops cryptic hint after major Ford announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Ricciardo has dropped a cryptic hint that he could be set to return to motorsport, following a major announcement by Ford.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Ford announced that its Ford Performance motorsport division has been renamed Ford Racing, with Ricciardo appearing to get in on the action.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to social media, Ricciardo posted two photos with the caption: \u201cMore around the corner\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both pictures featured a Ford Raptor. The first showed the vehicle\u2019s grille with a Ford Racing sign, while the second featured the former F1 driver standing beside the off-road vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo has yet to return to motorsport since departing F1 after last season\u2019s Singapore Grand Prix and has been busy with other business ventures.<\/p>\n<p>However, his recent post is the clearest sign yet of a potential return, with the presence of the Ford Raptor sparking speculation on social media that it could hint at a motorsport comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell!<\/p>\n<p>Check out Ricciardo&#8217;s post below&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Ricciardo has dropped a cryptic hint that he could be set to return to motorsport, following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[827,830,828,831,829,826,813,43,823,825,824,44,822,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-119642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-headlines","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-news","tag-racing","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}