You know what it will be schedule for the 2024 season of the Formula 1and maybe it’s the calendar that I have to do Daniel Ricciardo.
The Australian is currently a test pilot for Red Bulland may not be disassociated from the team based in Milton Keynes to sign for the second team, AlphaTauri.
Given this option that is on the table, Christian Hornerthe head of Red Bull hinted at ‘RacingNews365’ that it will depend on his attitude: “I think the first thing will be to see how it performs and where is your motivation, and then from there, is a question for AlphaTauri regarding his choices for the next season“.
The leader also praised him: “He’s obviously a world-class driver. He has won seven Grands Prix in his career to date.”
Ricciardo was already under Horner’s orders at Red Bull between 2014 and 2018. He ended up leaving the Austrian team looking for a new project and wherever he went, his smile always showed on his face even if the results were not with him.
“When he first arrived after Abu Dhabi last year, it was a little shocking because we didn’t really recognize it from the pilot who had left us a few years before,” Horner explained.
“Transfer to the real world” your work from the simulator
The Red Bull boss will assess the Aussie by looking at his post-Silverstone tire test records, and will also look to his simulator skills to decide if he can be chosen in AlphaTauri:”He will drive our car for the first time after the British Grand Prix“.
“He seems to have rediscovered his ‘mojo’, he’s been working hard on the simulator. Now it’s extremely competitive what he does in the virtual world,” he said. It should be noted that Ricciardo still has a year on his contract with Red Bull.
“So if that carries over to the real world, we’ll see, even if it’s in a tire test. We will have a impression of the level at which you are performing“, he added.
For hornerthe current work of Ricciardo is essential to know the data and information of the single-seater of Verstappen and ‘Czech’: “Most of the races you haven’t attended has been back in the factory supporting the simulator“.
“He has thrown himself into it and has been giving very valuable feedback,” he concluded.
