Ricciardo snubbed in tough end to slow year

Australia's Daniel Ricciardo is simply a notable omission from the 2021 top-10 drivers decided by Formula 1 squad principals.

At the completion of each season, the bosses of each 10 teams taxable their database of the top-10 drivers of the year, which Max Verstappen topped successful 2021 connected the backmost of his maiden Formula 1 title.

Drivers are awarded scores based connected the Formula 1 points strategy – 25 for archetypal down to 1 for 10th – and those scores are combined to make a ranking.

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Daniel Ricciardo was snubbed by Formula 1 squad principals. (Getty)

Ricciardo isn't a subordinate of this year's apical 10 contempt finishing eighth successful the satellite title standings.

Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly, George Russell and Esteban Ocon each finished little than Ricciardo successful the satellite title standings but bushed the McLaren operator to a spot successful the squad principals' apical 10.

Verstappen accumulated 213 points successful the apical 10, Lewis Hamilton (192 points) grabbed 2nd and Ricciardo's teammate, Lando Norris (110), collected third.

Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, Alonso, Gasly, Russell, Valterri Bottas and Ocon circular retired the apical 10 successful that order.

Ricciardo had an underwhelming archetypal play with McLaren, registering conscionable six top-five placings and 1 podium finish.

That podium saw the Western Australian clinch his archetypal triumph since 2018, executing a glorious thrust to instrumentality the chequered emblem astatine the Italian Grand Prix successful September.

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Ricciardo has 2 years to tally connected his McLaren contract.

The squad bosses progressive successful this year's top-10 voting were Mattia Binotto, Jost Capito, Christian Horner, Laurent Rossi, Andreas Seidl, Guenther Steiner, Otmar Szafnauer, Franz Tost, Fred Vasseur and Toto Wolff.

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