Ricciardo will return full-time with immediate effect to join AlphaTauri, as a replacement for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nyck de Vries, until the end of the season.

His return was solid🍸ified when he impressed in Tuesday’s tyre test in the RB19, with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner watching him.

Horner phoned ♋Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s consultant, an hour into Ricciardo’s test to inform him how impressive the pace was, report.

Marko then called back shortly afterwards to tell H⛎orner tha🌜t he had fired De Vries, AlphaTauri’s underperforming driver.

De Vries had feared for his✃ future after finishing 17th at the F1 British Grand Prix, last out of the drivers who completed the race.

De Vries’ manager then tipped off journalists in t𒁏he N♐etherlands about his axing, which is how the story emerged.

Red Bull had no choice but to confirm𝓀 Ricciardo’s return quickly when they intended to wait a few days.

Ricciardo’s best lap time in Tuesday’s tyre test was 1:27.415s - equivalent to P2 i📖n qualifying for the F1 British Grand Prix just days🔯 earlier.

O💮f course, the tyre compounds, weather and track conditions were all d💯ifferent.

Horner was “especially impressed”, ESPN report.

The Red Bull boss had told Ricciardo, their third driver this season, that he would nꦇot be promoted straight into their race seat, the report states.

Horner did not want AlphaTaurꦡi to sign De Vries in the first 🌌place, so saw Ricciardo as the ideal fix.

Sergio Perez’s place alongside Max Verstappen is c🐷ur🐬rently safe, ESPN say.

But Ricciardo exclus꧂ively t🀅old Crash at Silverstone that he would accept an AlphaTauri drive if it gave him a shot of landing his dream, a Red Bull race seat.