Daniel Ricciardo has made a shock return to Formula One as Nyck de Vries’ replacement at Red Bull’s second team, AlphaTauri, for the rest of the season.
Ricciardo, who took a step away from racing this year as Red Bull’s third driver, will return to the grid from the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 23.
The eight-time race winner told ESPN last month that the “fairytale” end to his F1 career would be a return to the Red Bull team he left in 2018.
A stint with the secondary outfit will put him in contention to do that in future and will increase the pressure on out-of-form Sergio Perez at Red Bull.
Sources have told ESPN that Ricciardo is willing to drive at AlphaTauri for as long as it takes to prove he is over his difficult spell at McLaren in 2021 and 2022. READ MORE
