Ricciardo is understood to have visited AlphaTauri’s factory in Faenza to have the seat fitting, which has fuelled rumours the Australian could be about to replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries.

De Vries has endured a torrid start to his first full F1 campaign and has been unable to match AlphaTauri teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Yuki Tsunoda. 

The Dutchman is yet to score a point💙 and questions are already being raised about his future at Red Bull’s sister team. 

Red Bull have a reputation for being ruthless when it comes to driver decisions, with the likes of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniil Kvyat and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brendon Hartley all ⛦experiencing of some kind of demo𝔍tion in recent years. 

It is worth noting that Ricciardo’s visit to AlphaTauri does not nꦐecessarily indicate that a driver change is about to take place, despite de Vries’ disappointing star♋t to the season. 

Having returned to Red Bull over the winter♕ as a third driver after having his contract terminated by McLaren a year early, Ricciardo is also available to carry out reserve driver duties for AlphaTauri. 

He would therefore need to complete a seat fit as standard procedure to ensure that he is ready to jump int𝔍o the AT04 in the event that Tsunoda or de Vries were ruled out of a session. 

But the timing o🎉f the vis🅷it has certainly raised some eyebrows. 

33-year-old Ricciardo will 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:d🌼rive this year’s d✱ominant Red Bull during a Pirelli tyre test at Silverstone in July following the British Gr༺and Prix. 

The eight-t♋ime grand prix winner said he feels he still has “unfinished business” in F𒁏1 and wants to remind Red Bull he can “still do it” when he samples the RB19 for the first time.