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

The Race F1 Podcast

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The Threat to Perez's Seat

Daniel Ricardo was announced as Red Bull's third driver after Abu Dhabi. But is it a calculated move by the team to put pressure on Sergio Perez? Or is it something that's completely unconnected to that? And actually they wanted a driver in Alpha Towery, they're Daniel Ricardo lying around, so why not? Well, I would say it's very similar to what I said at the end of last season. It came off the back of Brazil last year, where obviously Perez and Bastappan had that flashpoint which dated back to Monaco.

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