The first half of the 2023 Formula 1 season has officially come to an end. While we always miss the racing action over the summer break, the politics off the track seemingly don’t get the memo, and the rumours only continue to swirl.
Daniel Ricciardo quipped that interest in his F1 comeback with AlphaTauri at last week’s Hungarian Grand Prix was like he’d won the world championship.
Daniel Ricciardo’s return to the F1 cockpit was one of the biggest stories of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, with much of the pre-event intrigue dominated by how he would fare.
Daniel Ricciardo is “quite optimistic” about his chances over the rest of the weekend at the Hungarian Grand Prix after declaring he was ‘95 percent comfortable’ in Friday F1 practice.
AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has spoken out on the ‘emotional decision’ to replace Nyck De Vries with Daniel Ricciardo going into the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton says he was surprised to see Nyck de Vries lose his AlphaTauri F1 seat and feels his sacking is unfair, but added “that’s how Red Bull do it”.
Max Verstappen is very open to a reunion with Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull after stating “I never actually wanted him to leave” in reference to the Australian’s departure at the end of 2018.
Daniel Ricciardo will make his much anticipated F1 return with AlphaTauri this Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, and has accepted the current slowest car on the grid according to the constructors standings will ‘have its limitations’.