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Christian Horner has revealed that Daniel Ricciardo called him two years after his Red Bull exit to apologise for leaving to join Renault.
During the 2018 season, Daniel Ricciardo surprised everyone by announcing his departure from Red Bull and his move to Renault for the next two years. This decision came after a crash between Ricciardo and his teammate Max Verstappen at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which made Ricciardo feel that the team was favoring Verstappen. Additionally, Ricciardo was unhappy about Verstappen receiving a new contract earlier in the year. However, his time at Renault and later McLaren did not go as well as expected, with only one win and a few podium finishes. Eventually, Ricciardo returned to the Red Bull team with AlphaTauri, realizing that he had made a mistake by leaving. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that Ricciardo was poorly advised during this period of his career and that he had some resentment toward the team. Horner explained that Ricciardo wanted to be more than a supporting act to Verstappen and was enticed by the prospect of money from Renault.
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