‘I’d love to go racing with him again’ - McLaren boss Zak Brown opens door for Daniel Ricciardo return?
After two seasons of largely underwhelming performances and being outclassed by teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris, Ricciardo was replaced in McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 driver line-up after having his contract cancelled a ꧃year early.
Ricciardo has rejoined Red Bull as a third driver and is targeting a competitive full-time F1 drive for 2024.
Brown, who described the Australian’s failed McLaren stint as a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“great mystery”, has not ru🏅led out the prospect of the 33-yea🐼r-old returning to Woking at some stage.
"He's got the talent," Brown said during an interview on McLaren’s YouTube. "He's show🅘ed us that in Monza and he's won eight Grands Prix.
"It's frustrating, for all of us. I very much hope to see him on the grid agaiౠn in For🐭mula 1 which is his desire and the door remains open for him to be in a McLaren in the future.
"If the stars align, I'd love tඣo go racing with him again.”
Brown excited by ‘special’ Piastri
McLaren have signed the highly-rated 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri, who claimed back-to-back ♐titles in F3 and F2, as🧔 Ricciardo’s replacement.
The 21-year-old will make his F1 debܫut at the Bahrain Grand Prix and Brown has tipped Piastri to be “sensational”.
"We think Oscar is going to be a sensational racing drꦓiv𒁏er,” he said.
"If you look at his career to date he's won a lot of championships in his first year, wh༺ich always tells you a driv🏅er is special.
"He's got a great mental approach to the sport and now that we feel Lando has a lot of experience, we feel like we have a🔯 great blend of experience and youth - our experience just also happens to have youth.
"We sit here very excited with the potential of our driver line-up of Lando and O𒉰scar for the foreseeable future."
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