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Ricciardo's return: Why AlphaTauri turned to him after dumping De Vries

The Race F1 Podcast

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Ricardo's Unexpected Return to Formula One

I wasn't at all surprised that it happened. I'd have pretty much laid money on it being in the August break. But yeah, the fact that it was with immediate effects is a little bit more unexpected depending on your level of unexpectedness. Ricardo said he had no interest in driving an uncompetitive car just a few months ago. He's stepping into one of if not the most uncompetitive F1 machine on the current grid. And probably if you're being most generous, you'll say it's the ninth best car in F1 on current form. Firmly Q1 fodder. Yeah, absolutely. The willingness to do this is something that tells you he is serious about it.

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