With the Formula 1 circuit off this week, many drivers descended upon Las Vegas for an occasion on Saturday selling subsequent season’s race within the metropolis.
Daniel Ricciardo, nonetheless, is on the opposite facet of the United States.
Attending his first-ever Buffalo Bills sport.
The Australian F1 driver is a big Buffalo Bills fan, due to his unlikely friendship with quarterback Josh Allen. The pair met on the F1 race in Monaco in 2019, and struck up a direct friendship. The two athletes sat down with ESPN’s Marty Smith final October to speak about how they shaped their friendship, and bonded virtually instantly:
Well, with no F1 race on the schedule this week, Ricciardo is at MetLife Stadium, lastly getting the prospect to see Allen and the Bills in particular person. He posted earlier than the sport about how “giddy” he was to see the Bills for the primary time:
Ricciardo then went all the way down to the sector, the place he requested Allen to provide him “the full warmup experience:”
The full expertise is strictly what Ricciardo bought moments later, as he was taking part in catch with Allen and “catching some rockets” from the Bills passer:
Of course, no F1 raceday is full with out some large cardboard heads within the bleachers. Ricciardo was more than pleased to flip the script, exhibiting off his cardboard cutout of Allen within the stands:
It seems that Allen cherished seeing the cutout, as he had an enormous hug for Ricciardo upon recognizing the driving force with it within the stands:
The F1 season is drawing to an in depth, with simply two races remaining on the schedule: The Brazilian Grand Prix and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. That additionally means Ricciardo’s time in F1 is winding down as effectively, as the driving force doesn’t have a seat for subsequent season. Given that his plans are within the air, maybe a future with the Bills in some capability is within the playing cards?