2023-07-12 03:47:00
Red Bull wasn’t the only team eyeing Daniel Ricciardo at the Silverstone test. Former F1 champion Sebastian Vettel was there to say hello. Ricciardo, who returned to Red Bull as a reserve driver for 2023, got the chance to get behind the wheel of the RB19 at Silverstone on Tuesday after the British Grand Prix as part of Pirelli’s tire testing.
But this test was more than just an opportunity to help Pirelli. Red Bull have been watching Ricciardo’s times and trying to see how he will perform after a nightmare season at McLaren. And Ricciardo had another former teammate onlookers. the way Daniel Ricciardo looks at Sebastian Vettel when he realizes it’s him pic.twitter.com/Tw5xy5l2n3 — WTF1 (@wtf1official) July 11, 2023 After spending one season together in 2014, their team debut season, Vettel moved to Ferrari the following season. Vettel has retired after the 2022 season and is enjoying his time away from the F1 circus, but he is far from a familiar face in the 2023 F1 paddock, with Ricciardo preparing to literally spin his RB19. welcomed the Luckily there was no damage! Could Vettel make another sensational return to Red Bull? Probably not, but we’ve learned that in the world of F1 you can never say ‘never’. A few days after Red Bull Racing’s F1 team principal Christian Horner said a return to the Red Bull line-up was not in the plans, Ricciardo came much closer to making a comeback. Red Bull announced on Tuesday that Ricciardo will replace Nick de Vries on loan at his sister team AlphaTauri after just 10 races in the 2023 F1 season. The Hungarian Grand Prix will be the stage for Ricciardo’s comeback. The event was the second of eight wins for Ricciardo, who took his first win with Red Bull in 2014.
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