Ricciardo milestone a huge step towards F1 return

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Daniel Ricciardo volition leap into the cockpit of a Formula 1 car erstwhile much aft confirming helium volition implicit a Pirelli tyre trial for Red Bull astatine Silverstone successful July.

Ricciardo was announced arsenic the team's 3rd operator for this play aft helium was paid retired of his declaration with McLaren to marque mode for chap Australian Oscar Piastri

Keeping successful enactment with F1's restrictions astir in-season testing, Ricciardo has mostly been completing simulator work, arsenic good arsenic assisting with commercialized activities and operator development.

Daniel Ricciardo. (Getty Images)

However, the eight-time expansive prix victor volition get down the instrumentality of the RB19 during a uncommon investigating opportunity.

"I've been successful the simulator, but I volition thrust the RB19 successful July aft the Silverstone contention – I'm getting a Pirelli test," Ricciardo told ESPN.

"Then possibly I'll get different 1 aft Monza arsenic good successful September. A mates of months distant [and] I'll get to consciousness what it's like."

Ricciardo said helium was anxious to marque the astir of the lawsuit by showing disconnected his potential.

"I'm surely excited to thrust a accelerated car, but besides a car that possibly inactive feels acquainted for maine – it does a small spot successful the sim," helium said.

"But I'm conscionable excited to thrust again and to conscionable effort to punctual a squad evidently I erstwhile had a batch of occurrence with that I tin inactive crook a accelerated lap."

Daniel Ricciardo talks during the Red Bull play motorboat successful New York City. (Arturo Holmes via Getty Images)

During the season, the teams are restricted to a constricted magnitude of investigating connected the existent procreation of F1 cars. This includes 2 promotional events and 2 objection events.

Ricciardo volition proceedings the afloat scope of Pirelli tyres, gathering invaluable information concerning tyre windows and degradation.

The 33-year-old has antecedently stated his intentions to instrumentality to the F1 grid successful 2024.

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