For the 2023 F1 season, Daniel Ricciardo will drive third for Red Bull. The Australian driver will rejoin the squad that competed for four years from 2014 to 2018 and claimed 7 Grand Prix wins.
At the ending point of the past season, McLaren fired Ricciardo, and the following year he was unable to land a permanent spot on a competitive team. At Red Bull, he will work alongside world-wide champs M. Verstappen and S. Pérez.
The participation renewed
Daniel Ricciardo won two podiums in 2019 after leaving Red Bull for Renault for 2 years because he believed the team was concentrating too much on Verstappen.
Even though the team achieved its first Monza victory in nine years after switching to McLaren for the previous year, Ricciardo has found it difficult to overtake teammate Lando Norris. In addition to expressing excitement for his new position at Red Bull, Ricciardo stated that he would favor to forgo racing for a full year rather than compete with a team further down the grid.
The interview with the driver
As stated in his recent interview, being a part of the best Formula 1 teams and being encircled by the best drivers is very exciting for him and gives him time to refuel and refocus. Christian Horner, the head of the Red Bull team, has greeted Ricciardo’s arrival but has stated that he was not expected to take Perez’s place.
For a few reasons, Daniel’s written agreement is really restrictive. For the following two years, they have had a contract with the Czech Republic, declared the coach last week. Next season, Ricciardo will be replaced by Australian Oscar Piastri at McLaren.
After six months, Shaila Ann Rao, Interim Secretary General of the FIA, resigned after the season’s conclusion in Abu Dhabi over the weekend.
Rao was also decisive in convincing the Red Bull team that trying to exceed the budget cap for 2021 was a waste of money.
The company was worried that they were being unfairly singled out for punishment and that it was being applied too harshly. The claims of prejudice against the driver are groundless, according to FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
