New Delhi:- Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said after Australian Daniel Ricciardo drove for the team at the Pirelli test at Silverstone on Tuesday before being elected to AlphaTauri later in the day. Praised Ricardo for his efforts behind the wheel.
Ricciardo was due to test with Pirelli ahead of the Silverstone weekend as part of his third driving stint with Red Bull Racing - sources told F1.com the Australian driver. has set a time to line up on the front row of the grid for 2019. GP UK last weekend.
But things escalated further when AlphaTauri announced that he would be joining the team on loan from Red Bull in place of Nick de Vries from the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix. Horner was convinced that Ricciardo was as fast as ever, even though I wasn't behind the wheel. He sat in the cockpit for several months.
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"It's great to see Daniel still in good shape outside the race and that the progress he's made in the simulation sessions carries over to the track," said Horner. “His times in the tire test were very competitive. It was a very impressive ride and I am looking forward to seeing what the rest of the season brings to Daniel on loan at Scuderia AlphaTauri. I have to."
Ricciardo 'returned' to AlphaTauri, where he led the Toro Rosso team in the 2012/13 season, but will also be reunited with team principal Franz Tost. And the Austrian, whose team has scored just two points so far in 2023, said the team "benefited" from Ricciardo's experience, paying tribute to the outgoing De Vries, who only ran 10 races for the team. I expected that I would receive.
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"We are very happy to welcome Daniel to the team," Tost said. “His driving skills are beyond doubt and he already knows many of us, so his integration is easy and straightforward.
“He has won the Formula 1 Grand Prix eight times, so the team will benefit greatly from his experience. I am praying."
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After replacing the Scuderia AlphaTauri Team driver Daniel has not lost his form even after not racing for a long time. But he made the practices on the Simulator into reality on the race track.
