‘I’d love to go racing with him again’ - McLaren boss Zak Brown opens door for Daniel Ricciardo return?
After two seasons of largely underwhelming performances and being outclassed by teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris, Ricciardo was replaced in McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 driver line-up after having his contract cancelled a year early.&𒁃nbsp;
Ricciardo has rejoined Red Bull as a third driver and is targeting a competitive full-time F1 drive for 2024.
Brown, who described the Australian’s failed McLaren stint as a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“great mystery”, has not ruled out the prospect of the 33-year-old returnin꧅g to Woking at some stage.
"He's got the talent," Brown said during an interview on McLaren’s YouTube. "He's showed us t𒊎hat in Monza and he's won eight Gꦕrands Prix.
"It's frustrating, for all of uඣs. I very much hope to see him on the grid again in Formula 1 which is his desire and th🎐e door remains open for him to be in a McLaren in the future.
"If the stars align, I'♚d love to go racing wi♔th him again.”
Brown excited by ‘special’ Piastri
McLaren have signed the highly-rated 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri, who claimed back🍃-to-back titles in F3 and F2, as Ricciardo’s replace🎐ment.
The 21-yea꧃r-old will make his F1 debut at the Bahrain Granဣd Prix and Brown has tipped Piastri to be “sensational”.
"We think Oscar is go💎ing to be a sensational rac🉐ing driver,” he said.
"If🦋 you look at his career to date he's won a lot of championships in his first year, which always tells you a driver is special.
"He's got a great mental approach to the sport and now that we feel Lando has a lot of experience, we feel like we have a great blend of experience and youth🥃 - our experience just also happens to have youth.
"We sit here very excited with the potential of our driver line-up of Lando and Oscar for the foreseeablﷺe future.ꦑ"
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