He won races. He thrilled us with his overtaking. His enormous smile lit up the sport, but Daniel Ricardo's F1 journey looks like it's over.

Daniel's departure gives Liam Lawson a chance to show what he can do driving alongside

Yuki Sonoda at V-Cub.

And we're going to discuss it all here on F1 Nation.

I'm Tom Clarkson and with me is the 1996 Formula One world champion Damon Hill.

Well D.H. what do you make of it?

Well we sort of knew as coming didn't we? We just didn't know quite when and the way in which it was

announced was a little bit well it wasn't very clear but anyway and Daniel it seems

has had his chips as far as top drive in Formula One goes or at least

another stab at a top drive I don't know you should never say never in this game

but it does look that way well it appears to be the end now.

And let's get the inside story from Red Bull, team principal,

Christian Horner.

Christian, it is great to have you on the show how are things yeah good good obviously in a

middle of a it's not three-week break is it because we're actually working flat out so it's

just just between races yeah well look can we talk about Daniel you've made this

decision look why now first of all why not let him see out the rest of the

season well of course in a perfect world that would have been what we Why not let him see out the rest of the season?

Well, of course, in a perfect world,

that would have been what we would have done.

But from a broader perspective,

we need answers for the bigger picture in terms of drivers and of

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