Earlier this week, AlphaTauri announced Ricciardo’s sensational return to F1 as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries’ replacement.

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The decision came after a poor start to de Vries’ F1 career, struggling in his only 10 starts, while Ricciardo impressed Red Bull both on the s🃏imulatoꦇr and during the Pirelli tyre test.

It gives Ricciardo one last shot to impress in F1 after two dismal years alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris at McLaren.

Ultimately, Ricciardo is eyeing up 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s Red Bull drive, particularly given the Mex꧟ican’s stuttering form latelꦛy.

“I'm really pleased to see him back, but just my honest reaction was, 'wow. Daniel's going to do that, is he?' It surprised me,” Brundle told Sky Sports News.

“Daniel's always talked about he's lost his mojo and he needs to get his enthusiasm back, and so I didn't think he'd take that, unl๊ess there's another deal that goes with it, a 'you do this and then down the road we'll do that'.

“I'm sure he's had six months of sim-work and not being a Formula 1 driver and that will have h💜it him very hard. And so I can fully understand the attraction ✱of being one of the 20 on the grid.

“My overriding feeling here is For🌱mula 1 feels a better place when Daniel Ricciardo's on the grid, and I hated seeing him having to loiter around all weekend."

Brundle declared Ricciardo’s return as “high-risk” as he looks to go head-to-head with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda.

“It's high risk for Daniel in what is probably the slowesไt car on the grid,” Brundle added.

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“He's g𒐪ot to beat Tsunoda, he's absolutely got to. He needs to edge him in qualy and in the races, that's an absolute given as an expectation.

“Maybe he can outperform that car, if he can massively outperform that car and get it somewhere near the🌜 top 10 and keep it there in the race, then maybe it will be his salvation in that respect.”