He returned to F1 as a replacement for Nyck de Vries, and after only two races, he was injured. After being sidelined for the last 5 races due to a wrist injury he sustained in his accident in Free Practice 3 of the last Dutch GP, Daniel Ricciardo returned to the controls of his AlphaTauri this weekend at the Dutch GP. in the United States, so his replacement, Liam Lawson, will no longer drive in this race after leaving great sensations in his first tests with the AT04, thus securing himself the position of test driver for the next that year and gives reasons to Red Bull to give him a chance in F1 sooner rather than later in AlphaTauri.
“I’m glad I’m back. My hand is better, and the simulator is a useful way to check it. I tried it the week before the Qatar GP, but I didn’t think it was at peak performance, so I spent the rest of that week in Great Britain, in the simulator,” said Daniel Ricciardo.
“I got to a point where I felt ready. My overall fitness is good as I continued to train as much as I could, although of course I couldn’t do much with my left hand or arm for a while,” he said. the Australian.
“It’s frustrating to watch the last races, especially because I got to the point where I felt ready to race again, came back, and then did two tests and had to stop again. But in reality, the time without a race It’s happened. quite quickly,” concluded Daniel, who wants to continue the process of his adaptation to the Faenza car that began in the only two races in which he competed this year on his return to F1, in Hungary and Spa.
Source: La Verdad
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