Norris breaks silence on Ricciardo’s potential return

McLaren’s Lando Norris said that Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who opted to take a year away from the grid in the hope of securing a seat at a competitive team for the 2024 season, is a driver, who makes races exciting.

33-year-old Ricciardo will spend the 2023 season, serving as Red Bull’s third driver, taking part in simulator work and promotional activities to keep his name relevant in F1 and keep himself race ready.

“What was very good about Daniel was his experience of being a driver who’s won races, who’s achieves a lot in his career or Formula 1 and everyone rates as extremely high, or rates as one of the highest drivers on the grid in previous years,” Norris said.

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“I would love to see Daniel on the grid because he’s a very talented driver. He’s a guy that everyone loves, for many reasons.

“He always makes races exciting and especially when he was with Red Bull in the past when he had a car which was capable of putting on a good show, then he was able to expose it and make the most of it.”

It was the Australian’s inability to match the feats of his young superstar McLaren teammate Lando Norris that eventually cost Ricciardo his place in F1, as Norris looked head and shoulders above the rest of the midfield drivers.