Daniel Ricciardo has revealed he held contract talks with Ferrari however that the conversations have been by no means severe sufficient to debate monetary numbers or contract size.

Seven-time race winner Ricciardo moved from Crimson Bull to Renault in 2019 and from Renault to McLaren at the beginning of 2021.

On each events his identify was linked to Ferrari, however the Italian workforce ended up signing Charles Leclerc in 2019 and Carlos Sainz in 2021.

Requested what occurred throughout the contract talks in an interview with ESPN, Ricciardo stated: “It was by no means shut sufficient that there was any change of any paper.

“There was a little bit of telephone calls however even then it by no means acquired to particulars: numbers, years.

“It by no means acquired to, to illustrate, step two. It was at all times at a primary stage.”

Ricciardo was typically seen as a great match for Ferrari as a result of his Italian heritage on his father’s facet of the household.

“There was chatter and all that kind of stuff and, for certain, when there was no Italian on the grid for a number of years, I feel I used to be seen because the closest factor and folks stated I might be a great match.

“However would we’ve been a great match? Yeah, I feel so, however I did not have blinkers on for it.

“Certain, it will have been a pleasant story to inform.”

Ricciardo stated he was a Ferrari fan as a toddler however didn’t have his coronary heart set on driving for the Italian workforce when he began out in Components One.

“Rising up as a extremely younger child earlier than I used to be racing, it was Ferrari [that I supported],” he added.

“We have been, I suppose, a Ferrari household as a result of my dad was born in Sicily, however that was type of it.

“And in saying that, dad was additionally a large Senna fan so we did not stay and die by Ferrari.

“I had slightly little bit of Ferrari merchandise, but it surely wasn’t my dream to race for them.

“My dream was at all times to get into Components One.”