Ricciardo will return full-time with immediate effect to join AlphaTauri, as a replacement for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries, until the end of the season.

His return was solidified when he impressed in Tuesday’s tyre test in the RBꦗ19, with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner watching hiꦜm.

Horne💃r phoned Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s consultant, an hour into Ricciardo’s test to inform him how impressive th❀e pace was, report.

Marko then called ba🍸ck shortly afterwards to tell Horner that he had fired De Vries, AlphaTauri’s underperforming driverꦡ.

De Vries had feared for his future after fi🎉nishing 17th at the F1 British Grand Prix, lওast out of the drivers who completed the race.

De Vries’ manager then tipped off journalists in the Netherl𒊎ands about his axing, which is how the story emerged.

Red Bull had no choice but to confirm Ricc🦂iardo’s return quickly when they intended to wait a few days.

Ricciardo’s best lap time in Tuesday’s tyre test was 1:27.415s - equivalent to P2 in qualifying 🙈for the F1 British G⛎rand Prix just days earlier.

Of course, the tyre compounds, weathe🐻r and track conditions were all different.

Horner was “especially impressed”, ESPN report.

The Red Bull boss had told Ricciardo, their third driver this season, that he would not be🔯 promoted straight into their race seat, the report s๊tates.

Horner did not want Alph꧂aTauri to sign De Vries in the first place, so saw Ricciardo as the ideal fix.

Sergio Perez’s plac🀅e alongside Max Verstappen is currently safe, ESPN say.

But R༒icciardo exclusively told Crash at 🀅Silverstone that he would accept an AlphaTauri drive if it gave him a shot of landing his dream, a Red Bull race seat.