Although Red Bull’s top brass are believed to be “frustra🐈ted and underwhelmed” with de Vries’ form amid a difficult start to his first full F1 season, “no conversations have taken place” about Ricciardo potentially replaౠcing him, according to sources. 

Speculation that Ricciardo was being lined up to take the under-pressure Dutchman’s seat 🃏was fuelled by rumours that the Australian had visited AlphaTauri’s factory in Italy ൩this week to have a seat fitting. 

Sources informed ESPN that ജRicciardo did not visit Faenza after carrying out his reserve duties 🉐for Red Bull at the Miami Grand Prix and instead attended the wedding of close friends Scotty James and Chloe Stroll. 

James is ꦇan Australian Olympic snowboarder and Stroll is the daughter of Aston Martin owner Lawrence and sister of F1 driver Lance. 

ESPN report that Ricciardo🅠 did complete a behind-closed-doors seat fitting for AlphaTauri ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, but this was because AlphaTauri’s official reserve𓆏 driver, Liam Lawson, was not in Miami. 

Lawson, who is racing in Super Formula, wou🎃𝕴ld be the lead candidate to replace de Vries in the event the Formula E and Formula 2 champion was dropped.

While Ricciardo is targeting a full-time return to the F1 grid in✤ 2024, he has previously stressed he would only want to do so with a front-running team.