{"id":385071,"date":"2026-01-03T06:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T06:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/385071\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T06:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T06:36:08","slug":"ferrari-driver-exit-confirmed-as-private-daniel-ricciardo-phone-calls-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/385071\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari driver exit confirmed as private Daniel Ricciardo phone calls emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Ferrari confirming the departure of reserve driver Guanyu Zhou ahead of F1 2026 as Liam Lawson reveals his phone calls with Daniel Ricciardo.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s charge through the day\u2019s main headlines at breakneck speed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Liam Lawson reveals phone calls with Daniel Ricciardo amid Red Bull struggles<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with PlanetF1.com, Liam Lawson has revealed that he spoke \u201cquite a bit\u201d to Daniel Ricciardo during his struggles at Red Bull in F1 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Lawson replaced Ricciardo at the Racing Bulls team in late 2024 before landing a Red Bull seat at the start of last season.<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealander was demoted after just two races of 2025 with Yuki Tsunoda taking his seat.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/liam-lawson-daniel-ricciardo-impact-red-bull-demotion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Lawson reveals Daniel Ricciardo impact after Red Bull demotion\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guanyu Zhou leaves Ferrari ahead of F1 2026 season<\/p>\n<p>Guanyu Zhou has left his role as Ferrari reserve driver ahead of the F1 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Zhou linked up with Ferrari for 2025 after being dropped by Sauber at the end of the previous season.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese driver made 68 F1 starts between 2022 and 2024, scoring a total of 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/ferrari-farewell-zhou-guanyu-aurelia-nobels-departures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari issues farewell message as reserve driver departs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Red Bull reveals new logo for F1 2026 season<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull Racing has revealed an updated team logo ahead of the F1 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after long-term rivals Mercedes also debuted a new look for the coming season on January 1.<\/p>\n<p>The F1 2026 season will mark the first of Red Bull\u2019s partnership with US manufacturer Ford having parted ways with Honda.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/max-verstappen-red-bull-rb22-livery-f1-2026-rebrand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Verstappen request granted? Updated Red Bull logo sparks RB22 livery rumours<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/ferrari-farewell-zhou-guanyu-aurelia-nobels-departures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>F1 deputy race director Claire Dubbelman leaves FIA<\/p>\n<p>F1 deputy race director Claire Dubbelman has left her role at the FIA ahead of a move to Saudi Arabia\u2019s national motorsport federation, PlanetF1.com understands.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbelman spent almost nine years at the FIA, joining the governing body as championship manager in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>She was promoted to the position of F1 sporting manager and deputy race director in February 2024, working alongside new permanent race director Rui Marques last season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/fia-claire-dubbelman-exit-f1-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Key FIA figure departs ahead of F1 2026 season as new role emerges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alan Permane on the most important race of F1 2026<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with PlanetF1.com, Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane has admitted that the F1 teams \u201care all faced with exactly the same problem\u201d entering the F1 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is wrestling with how far to push car development ahead of the first test of the new season in Barcelona later this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe later you develop your car, the faster it will be, in simple terms,\u201d Permane says.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/the-most-critical-race-of-f1-2026-revealed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The most critical race of F1 2026 revealed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Ferrari confirming the departure of reserve driver Guanyu Zhou ahead of F1 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,930,3754,576,577,1613,3027,44,3015,1882,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-385071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-ferrari","13":"tag-fia","14":"tag-formula-1","15":"tag-formula1","16":"tag-home-page","17":"tag-liam-lawson","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-racing-bulls","20":"tag-red-bull","21":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}