里卡多是否后悔离开红牛转投雷诺？
里卡多回顾2018年离开红牛加盟雷诺这一职业生涯关键决定。2018年7月时，他已在红牛体系效力十年，并正领衔车队的世界冠军争夺。
里卡多是否后悔离开红牛转投雷诺？
里卡多敞开心扉，谈2018年那个定义其职业生涯的决定
亚历克斯·阿尔本（红牛）领先丹尼尔·里卡多（雷诺）
2018年7月，丹尼尔·里卡多是F1围场中评价最高的车手之一。自早期初级方程式生涯起，他已在红牛体系内十年，此时正领衔该品牌在世界锦标赛中的争夺。
但当西里尔·阿比特博尔带着雷诺F1的合同找上门时，里卡多决定做出那个大胆的转变，尽管他在2018赛季前半段已经赢下两场大奖赛，而黄色赛车的最好成绩也不过是第五名。
这场赌博没有收到回报。里卡多在2019年未能取得任何一次领奖台完赛，雷诺在车队积分榜上被迈凯伦击败，排在第四，而他甚至在2020赛季开始前——该赛季因新冠疫情而推迟——就已经与这支位于沃金的队伍签下了2021年的合同。
这位澳大利亚人在迈凯伦过得极其艰难，除了2021年意大利大奖赛上令人震惊的胜利之外，他的表现糟糕到没能履行完合同，并在2023赛季被同胞奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里取代。他在老东家AlphaTauri/小红牛车队的最后一段时光也没有好转——同样因为表现不佳而提前结束。
与此同时，前队友马克斯·维斯塔潘持续攀升，最终随红牛车队连续拿下四个世界冠军——而这支车队正是里卡多自己主动离开的。
八年之后，在《Beyond The Grid》播客中被问及是否后悔离开红牛时，里卡多沉思道：“我其实仍然不知道该怎么回答，因为我绝对不想说‘哦，是的，如果我留下来，我本会成为世界冠军’，因为那并不是一个真实发生过的现实。马克斯已经证明了自己是有史以来最优秀的车手之一，所以我也不想贬低这一点，然后说‘是的，我本会击败马克斯并成为世界冠军’。那不会是一件容易的事，但我觉得那样说对他可能也有点不公平。显然我非常尊重他。”
马克斯·维斯塔潘，红牛车队，向杆位得主丹尼尔·里卡多，红牛车队表示祝贺
“我绝对承认，那是一个……如果我告诉你发生的一切，那真是疯狂的决定。”
推动里卡多做出这一决定的，部分原因是在红牛体系内待了十年之后，他需要改变。
“如果简短回答的话，是的，我希望我当初留下来了，但是……我不知道，当时我离开是因为我觉得自己变得有点安逸、有点自满了，”他继续说道。“我觉得有一种想尝试其他东西的渴望。事情并不是那么黑白分明。
“如果我能成为世界冠军，那是我最好的机会吗？是的，绝对是。我很想知道如果我留下来会是另一种怎样的现实。我不想说这让我耿耿于怀，但这是唯一一个未知数，让我觉得‘嗯，我非常好奇那会如何发展’。”
但里卡多非常清楚，维斯塔潘速度极快，而且失误越来越少。“也存在另一种现实，那就是马克斯不断进步、不断积累势头，我不知道——我是否还能继续保持提升？很难说，”他承认道。
“2018年我赢了一些比赛，拿到过一个杆位。我仍然非常有能力，所以我不怀疑自己有能力继续与马克斯竞争，但是……这很难说。
“很明显，从那一刻起，是的，这条河有些蜿蜒和崎岖。那无疑是一个关键时刻。所以，如果能重来，我会留下吗——我是否绝对好奇会发生什么？是的，答案是肯定的。如果你想称之为遗憾或好奇或其他什么，那么我会说是的。”
英文原文
Does Daniel Ricciardo regret leaving Red Bull for Renault?
Daniel Ricciardo opens up about the career-defining decision he made in 2018
Alex Albon, Red Bull Racing leads Daniel Ricciardo, Renault F1 Team
Back in July 2018, Daniel Ricciardo was one of the most highly-rated drivers in the Formula 1 paddock. He had been in the Red Bull family for a decade, since his early junior single-seater career, and was now spearheading the brand’s effort in the world championship.
But when Cyril Abiteboul came knocking with a Renault F1 deal, Ricciardo decided to make that bold switch, even though he had won two grands prix in the first half of the 2018 season while the yellow cars had failed to finish any better than fifth.
The gamble didn’t pay off. Ricciardo failed to achieve a single podium finish in 2019, Renault was beaten to fourth by McLaren in the constructors’ championship, and he signed with the Woking-based outfit for 2021 even before the 2020 campaign got under way – having been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Australian tremendously struggled at McLaren, other than a shock victory in the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, so much that he didn’t see his contract out and was replaced by fellow countryman Oscar Piastri for the 2023 season. His fortunes did not improve in a final stint at his old AlphaTauri/RB team – which was cut short by his underperformance too.
Meanwhile, former team-mate Max Verstappen kept rising and eventually took four consecutive world titles with the Red Bull squad Ricciardo had left of his own volition.
Eight years on, when asked in the Beyond The Grid podcast if he regretted leaving Red Bull, Ricciardo pondered: “I still don’t really know how to answer it, because I definitely don’t want to say, ‘Oh, yeah, I would have been world champion if I stayed’, because it’s not a reality that was lived. Max has gone on to prove he is one of the best ever, so I don’t want to dismiss that as well and be like, ‘Yeah, I would have beat Max and become world champion’. It wouldn’t have been an easy task, but I think it’s also maybe a bit unfair towards him to say that. Obviously I respect him a lot.
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, congratulates pole man Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing
“I acknowledge definitely that it was a decision that was… If I tell you everything that went on, it was wild.”
What drove Ricciardo’s decision was, in part, a need for change, after that decade in the Red Bull fold.
“If I’m to answer it shortly, yes, I wish I would have stayed, but… I don’t know, at the time, I left because I felt I was getting a bit comfortable, a bit complacent,” he continued. “I think there was a desire to try something else. It’s not that black and white.
“If I could have been a world champion, was that my best opportunity? Yes, absolutely. I would have loved to have known another reality of if I stayed. I don’t want to say it haunts me, but it’s the one unknown that I’m like, ‘Hmm, I’m so interested how that would have panned out’.”
But Ricciardo was only too aware that Verstappen was extremely quick and making fewer and fewer errors. “There’s also a reality where Max kept getting better, kept getting momentum, and I don’t know – would I have kept lifting? It’s hard to say,” he admitted.
“I won some races that 2018 year, I got a pole. I was still very capable, so I’m not doubting my abilities to have kept competing with Max, but… it’s a hard one.
“It’s clear that from that point on, yes, the river was a little winding and rough. That was a pivotal moment, for sure. So, if I could relive it, would I stay – and am I absolutely curious about what would have happened? Yes, the answer is yes. If you want to call it regret or curiosity or whatever, then I will say yes.”
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