{"id":120215,"date":"2025-09-05T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120215\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:04:09","slug":"daniel-ricciardo-teases-return-as-he-posts-with-ford-racing-logo-2026-grid-availabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120215\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Ricciardo teases return as he posts with Ford Racing logo, 2026 grid availabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been almost 12 months since Daniel Ricciardo<\/a> last raced in the Formula 1<\/a>, but a cryptic four word post has left many speculating he could be set to return to racing.<\/p>\n

Ricciardo has spent the last year out of the public eye as he continues to adjust to life away from the track<\/a> after losing his F1 seat in a decision that may have ended his career.<\/p>\n

However, an announcement by Ford sparked an online frenzy on Thursday after Ricciardo posted an image of him standing with the Ford Racing logo.<\/p>\n

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\"Daniel<\/p>\n

Daniel Ricciardo stands next to a Ford Racing logo.\u00a0Instagram<\/p>\n

It came just hours after Ford announced its Ford Performance motorsport division would be renamed Ford Racing, a brand that spans over F1, NASCAR and Supercars.<\/p>\n

The rebrand as per Ford Racing general manager Will Ford aims to “bring our road and race operations closer than ever before” using “the best products, technologies and experiences to our customers.”<\/p>\n

The Australian star seemingly jumped on board with Ford’s announcement as he shared two images alongside a Ford Racing logo with the caption: “More around the corner…”<\/p>\n

Ford currently has several teams across the V8 Supercars and NASCAR disciplines, with four full-time teams registered in the NASCAR Cup Series. In the V8 Supercars they have six teams on the grid. <\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

Daniel Ricciardo (R) sits alongside Liam Lawson (L).\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

With limited seats remaining on the F1 grid next season, those pathways ultimately have more seats available for Ricciardo to fill.<\/p>\n

Ricciardo is not an unfamiliar face when it comes to Ford, having driven the Gen2 Ford Mustang Supercar in Detroit as part of a promotional campaign in 2023. <\/p>\n

Since then, he has been pursuing other business ventures including his wine company.<\/p>\n

For now, all in the motorsport sphere will be watching closely to see whether Ricciardo will make a return behind the wheel on a professional circuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been almost 12 months since Daniel Ricciardo last raced in the Formula 1, but a cryptic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-120215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120215","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=120215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}