After being one of the stars of qualifying by claiming a superb fourth on the grid, outpacing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s Re💙d Bull, Ricciardo capped off an impressive comeback for AlphaTauri by finishing seventh. 

The A𒁃ustralian had been running strongly inside the top-five but an ill-timed red flag hampered Ricciardo, who nevertheless went on to record AlphaTauri’s best result of the season. 

Ricciardo, in just his second race since returning from a broken hand that sidelined him for five rounds, caught and almost passed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell’s Mercedes in the closing stages. 

It marked a timely statement for Ricciardo, who is aiming to reclaim a seat at Red Bull. His performance caught the🌊 attention of team principal Christian Horner, who heaped praise on the 34-year-old. 

"It is great to see Daniel performing so well and fully endorses the re🅠ason why we brought him back into the AlphaTauri," Horner said. 

"I thought he was outstanding this weekend, fighting Mercedes in an AlphaTauri - and if it were not for the red flag, he'd have finished higher up, so it was a great performance and certainly l꧟ooked like the Daniel of old this weekend.

"Look 🐎at the time delt𒀰a to Max, it was less than a tenth so a remarkable performance by him.

"He's back to his old self, you can see he is relaxed, he's confident and he came into the weekend fully motivated after a tricky Austin coming b🐼ack from injury.

"I thought he did a great job this weekend.”

Ricci♋ardo described the Mexico City♓ Grand Prix as “the weekend I dreamed of”. 

Ricciardo’s eye-catching display will only further heap the pressure on Perez, who crashed out of his home race following a first corner tangle with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc. 

Perez is under contract for 2024 and Red Bull have repeatedly insisted 💝that his seat is safe.