Ricciardo's return to former F1 team locked in

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Daniel Ricciardo volition instrumentality to Red Bull Racing adjacent play arsenic the team's 3rd operator — a relation which keeps the fashionable Australian successful Formula 1 but not connected the grid.

Red Bull finalised the hiring connected Wednesday nighttime (AEDT) aft Ricciardo and the squad some indicated during past weekend's play finale they were formalising the role.

As 3rd driver, Ricciardo volition assistance Red Bull with investigating and simulator work, arsenic good arsenic commercialized activity.

Max Verstappen, the reigning two-time satellite champion, and Sergio Perez are the team's 2 drivers.

“It is large to bring Daniel backmost into the Red Bull family. He has tremendous endowment and specified a superb character. I cognize the full mill is excited to beryllium welcoming him home," said Red Bull squad main Christian Horner.

Horner says Ricciardo's relation "will springiness america the accidental to diversify, assisting successful the improvement of the car, aiding the squad with his acquisition and cognition of what it takes to win successful F1".

“We’re precise pleased to beryllium moving with Daniel again and look guardant to everything helium volition bring to the squad successful 2023."

Ricciardo archetypal joined Red Bull successful 2014, finishing 3rd successful the satellite title and scoring the archetypal 3 of his 8 vocation victories. He won a contention successful 2016, the twelvemonth helium was the lone operator to decorativeness each 21 races connected the schedule, and again successful 2017 erstwhile helium secured 9 podium finishes.

Ricciardo won 2 of the archetypal six races to unfastened the 2018 season, which included a triumph astatine Monaco.

He past near the squad to thrust for Renault for 2 seasons, past spent the past 2 years with McLaren.

Ricciardo held the operator enactment with McLaren for 2023 but was bought retired by the team, pursuing an eight-placed decorativeness successful the 2021 standings and an 11th-placed decorativeness this year.

He had said repeatedly helium was consenting to beryllium retired a play to stay successful contention for a bully spot connected the F1 grid alternatively than instrumentality a thrust with a backmarker squad oregon determination to different series.

“I already person truthful galore fond memories of my clip here,” Ricciardo said of Red Bull.

"For maine personally, the quality to lend to and beryllium surrounded by the champion squad successful F1 is hugely appealing, whilst besides giving maine immoderate clip to recharge and refocus.”

Red Bull this play won some the operator and constructor titles.

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