🗣️ 'Seeing what he did at Silverstone in the tyre test, I think after that expectations changed' Christian Horner says Daniel Ricciardo has 'met all expectations' on his F1 comeback ⬇️
In his two races before the summer break the 34-year-old Australian has shown he has regained his competitive edge, outqualifying team-matein Hungary and in Spa's sprint shootout. A deleted lap time in Belgian Grand Prix qualifying cost him a shot at reaching Q2.
Speaking before the race weekend Red Bull team boss Horner said Ricciardo had met all expectations that Red Bull and"I think he met it. Seeing what he did at Silverstone in the tyre test, I think after that expectations changed and he met all expectations," Horner said. Commenting on Ricciardo's second race since his comeback at Spa, AlphaTauri's technical director Jody Egginton said:"It was more difficult for Daniel, as he spent a good part of the race in traffic."We weren’t able to get him into free air to put together a strong sequence of laps, as he was able to do in Hungary to good effect. It was unfortunate. However, his strong performance in the sprint race highlights we are making progress.
Ricciardo said he was satisfied with how his comeback campaign has started given the limited time he has had in the car so far.for him when the 2023 season resumes at the end of August.
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