Daniel Ricciardo will act as Red Bull’s third driver in Recipe 1 for 2023, the group reported on Wednesday.
Ricciardo gets back to Red Bull as third driver for F1 2023
Eight-time excellent prix victor Ricciardo hustled for the group somewhere in the range of 2014 and 2018, scoring seven of his eight successes for the group and two times completing third in the big showdown.
After his exit from McLaren was affirmed back in August, he was left without a full-time seat on the framework for next season.
He will help Red Bull with testing and test system work, as well as business action.
Over the Abu Dhabi Terrific Prix weekend, the Australian said becoming Red Bull’s third driver in Equation 1 one year from now beat pursuing a race seat somewhere else on the grounds that he needed a year from contest.
He figured that pulling back from the power of a dashing season would likewise permit him to more readily comprehend if he had the inspiration to need to return in 2024.
Ricciardo went through the most recent two years hustling for McLaren.
However a troublesome spell at the Woking-based crew saw him select to head out in different directions from the group one year before the first finish of his agreement.
The Australian driver has long declared that while he wouldn’t race full-time in 2023, he was quick to take on a sideline job with a group and stay dynamic in F1 circles.
His objective is presently affirmed to be Red Bull, where he will attempt testing and sim work, as well as business exercises.
A transition to Red Bull for Ricciardo marks a gathering with the group whose youthful driver program he addressed through the lesser positions.
After a portion of a season with the backmarker HRT crew in 2011, Ricciardo connected up with Toro Rosso, Red Bull’s F1 B-group, for 2012 preceding getting approval to supplant Imprint Webber as the senior crew from 2014.
Ricciardo crushed reigning title holder colleague Sebastian Vettel in their main season together at Red Bull, scoring wins in Canada, Hungary and Belgium. Vettel left toward the finish of the 2014 to be supplanted by Daniil Kvyat, who went on until four races into the 2016 mission prior to being supplanted by Max Verstappen.
Further wins with Red Bull followed for Ricciardo in Malaysia in 2016 and Azerbaijan in 2017 preceding closing down from the group with triumphs in China and Monaco in 2018.
He then, at that point, escaped to Renault, later uncovering it seemed like Red Bull had floated towards being Verstappen’s group. A two-year stretch followed with the French producer before he joined McLaren, persevering through an interesting several seasons except for his success at Monza last year.