Daniel Ricciardo admits Sebastian Vettel's move to Ferrari has made him think about his own F1 career after Red Bull.

Vettel left Red Bull at the end of 2014 having won four drivers' championship with the team after coming through the young driver program, becoming the first Red Bull driver to move to another team.

Ricciardo was Vettel's team-mate last year and has followed a similar path throughout his career so far, and he told F1i he feels he is likely to switch teams at some stage in the future.

“Obviously I hope my career is long in F1 and I know it’s very, very unrealistic that I’ll stay with Red Bull for the next ten years so to speak," Ricciardo said. "So it’s also being smart as well and knowing the right time to maybe make a change.

"At the time I think Seb was criticised but look where he is now. So you’ve got to be smart and see."

However, Ricciardo says he wants to ensure he achieves success with Red Bull before contemplating any future move.

"Obviously I would like to get the Red Bull back up to where they should be, but as I said we’re at a point now which is nearly mid-season where we’ve got to start seeing that turnaround. We can’t keep slipping back, otherwise it’s sort of each race it’s getting further and further away from where we need it to be and it’s only going to get harder to pull back.”

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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