{"id":101072,"date":"2026-01-05T06:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/verstappen-will-use-ricciardos-3-in-2026-driver-approval\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T06:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:31:34","slug":"verstappen-will-use-ricciardos-3-in-2026-driver-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/verstappen-will-use-ricciardos-3-in-2026-driver-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen Will Use Ricciardo&#8217;s #3 in 2026: Driver Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verstappen Changes Number for 2026: The 3 in Honor of Ricciardo<\/h2>\n\n\nFormula 1 champion Max Verstappen will compete with number 3 in the 2026 season, a significant change from the 33 that has accompanied him throughout his career. This decision honors Daniel Ricciardo, who previously used this number.\n\nSources indicate that Verstappen personally requested Ricciardo&#8217;s permission to use the number. Formula 1 regulations allow drivers to choose a specific number that will accompany them throughout their careers.\n\nThe rules state that a number can only be reused after two seasons of inactivity. This allowed Verstappen to consider the change after Ricciardo&#8217;s last race at the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2018%2F1031%2Fr455665_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Max Verstappen will take the No. 3 that formerly belonged to Daniel Ricciardo next season.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Max Verstappen utilizar\u00e1 el n\u00famero 3 que pertenec\u00eda a Daniel Ricciardo la pr\u00f3xima temporada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nAfter a conversation, Ricciardo granted his approval for Verstappen to use the number ahead of schedule.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Verstappen joked last year saying he wanted to race with the number 69, but his father, Jos, convinced him otherwise.<\/p><cite>Verstappen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nSince 2022, Verstappen has raced with the number 1 on his car as world champion, but Lando Norris will use it in 2026 after winning the title in Abu Dhabi.\n\nChampions have the option to use number one, as Verstappen did, although Lewis Hamilton kept his number 44 when he was champion.\n\nRicciardo used the number 3 when he was Verstappen&#8217;s teammate between 2016 and 2018, and until his last race at the Singapore Grand Prix of 2024.\n\nRicciardo revealed that Verstappen was one of the few drivers who contacted him to find out how he was after his unexpected exit.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verstappen Changes Number for 2026: The 3 in Honor of Ricciardo Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen will compete with number 3 in the 2026 season, a significant change from the 33 that has accompanied him throughout his career. This decision honors Daniel Ricciardo, who previously used this number. Sources indicate that Verstappen personally requested Ricciardo&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[8327,442,443,11232],"class_list":{"0":"post-101072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-max-verstappen","11":"tag-number-3"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}