FIRST LOOK: Daniel Ricciardo in AlphaTauri overalls for seat fitting in Hungary
The hugely popular Australian is making a short-notice comeback for this weekend's F1 Hungariඣan Grand Prix, as a replacement for the sacked Nyck de Vries.
Ricciardo will remain with AlphaTauri until t♈he end o🧸f this season - but is targeting a Red Bull seat eventually.
For now, he will be under the micros♔cope while behind the wheel of a 🦩struggling car.
AlphaTauri, Red Bull's sister team, are propping up the contructors' cham🌠pionship in 10th place with only two poi🐲nts this season.
The ad🍌dition of the veteran Ricciardo will increase their expectation in Hungary, and they are set to introduce the second part of an upgrade 🔯that debuted at Silverstone.
Ricciardo is joining his sixth F1 team of a career which began in 2011 - he has worn the colours of HRT, Toro Rosso,💦 Red Bull, Renault and McLaren to🃏 date.
He had his seat fitting🔥 with Alpha🤡Tauri on Thursday morning in Hungary.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering evꦫerything from American sports, to football, to F1.
