#I think the smile and the joking attitude really masks the bloodthirsty competitor he actually is

[rickybaby]

Quite frankly I don’t think Daniel will ever hold another series as high as he does f1, so him getting a win or even consistent wins in another series won’t hold the weight or the clout (forgive me I can’t think of another word) than winning in f1 would, from all aspects. Like if he doesn’t see it as worth as much then he’s not going to do it, and he’d rather work with vcarb for 2 more years than do something else he could on paper be more successful in.

Obviously F1 is generally considered as the pinnacle of motorsport and F1 was always Daniel’s dream because it has the fastest cars and he’s made a career of taming those beasts and winning in them. But also I think what he said at the end of 2022 still holds true for him - that he’s not going to be in F1 just to make up the numbers and the day he thinks F1 doesn’t give him that fulfilment, he’ll walk away

And while he keeps saying his time off has shown him life after formula one wouldn’t be too bad, I know he sort of actually dreads it. I know people think he might go into a punditry role when he retires but I think he’ll hate it. He’s a competition junkie. He throws bikes around in his free time. He loves watching football and ufc because he craves adrenaline. So yeah, any sort of high would be worth it for him

And he is also probably the only F1 driver who’s ever said that a nascar driver was his childhood hero. So yeah, he has a fair respect for other series of car racing