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Daniel Ricciardo returned to the Red Bull family at the end of last year and found a route back onto the grid with AlphaTauri this season – but the Australian admits that he was nervous about linking back up with his old team.
Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that he was nervous about returning to the Red Bull team last year after leaving at the end of 2018. Despite walking away from the Red Bull family to take on new challenges at Renault and McLaren, Ricciardo’s stint at McLaren was difficult and he returned to Red Bull as a third driver for this year’s campaign. Ricciardo expressed uncertainty about how his former colleagues would view his return, considering his departure in 2018. However, he understood why there could be hurt or confusion as he had turned down offers from Red Bull before. Ricciardo eventually began to feel more comfortable back at Red Bull, especially because he was working with familiar faces from his first stint with the team, such as his engineer Simon Rennie.
