{"id":116362,"date":"2025-09-05T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/116362\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:15:06","slug":"my-racing-days-are-behind-me-daniel-ricciardo-announces-new-role-a-year-on-from-f1-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/116362\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My racing days are behind me\u2019 \u2013 Daniel Ricciardo announces new role a year on from F1 departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Former F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo\u2019s next move has been revealed, with the eight-time Grand Prix winner becoming a Global Ambassador for the Ford Racing division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Ricciardo has kept a low profile since losing his F1 seat following last year\u2019s Singapore Grand Prix, only recently emerging to explain how he was <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/ricciardo-shares-more-about-his-post-f1-life-amid-journey-of-self.79P43yC7g60TspM8oUqqKW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">going through \u201ca bit of self-exploration\u201d<\/a> while \u201ctrying to figure out who I am\u201d beyond racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">On Friday, Ricciardo took to social media to confirm his new role at Ford Racing \u2013 the high-performance division of the Ford Motor Company \u2013 with a short message and video edit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cKicking back but always seeking the thrill,\u201d read Ricciardo\u2019s post. \u201cNothing does it better than a Ford Raptor. Proud to be the newest ambassador of Ford Racing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">In a blog post for <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fromtheroad.ford.com\/us\/en\/articles\/2025\/daniel-ricciardo-global-ford-racing-ambassador\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">the Ford Racing website<\/a>, Ricciardo opened up about the collaboration, saying: \u201cWhile my racing days are behind me, my love for anything with wheels will always remain high, and for that I am proud to be partnering with Ford to become a Global Ford Racing Ambassador.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI am going to be working closely with the Ford Racing team and specifically focus on the amazing Raptor brand and lifestyle that Raptor has become for many of Ford&#8217;s customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">He added: \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited for all the amazing drives ahead with Ford and for all the incredible projects Ford Racing has in its pipeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cFrom F1 to Dakar and from Le Mans to Bathurst, few companies have been at this for as long as you guys have. From what I have seen, we have an incredible future ahead, and I am so proud to be joining the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Ricciardo made a total of 257 starts across his F1 career, claiming three pole positions, eight victories, 32 podium finishes and more than 1,300 points \u2013 representing the HRT, Toro Rosso (later AlphaTauri\/RB), Red Bull, Renault and McLaren teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo\u2019s next move has been revealed, with the eight-time Grand Prix winner becoming a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-116362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}