Ricciardo has got his mojo back: Horner | The Express Tribune
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LOS ANGELES: The Daniel Ricciardo of old is back and with a spring in his step, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said on Friday amid talk of the Australian making a Formula One return with sister team AlphaTauri. Ricciardo, 33 and an eight-time grand prix winner with Red Bull and McLaren, is spending a year on the sidelines as Red Bull's reserve after losing his seat at McLaren to rookie compatriot Oscar Piastri. He said recently it would be a fairytale scenario to race for Red Bull again and has been linked to AlphaTauri as an eventual replacement for Dutch rookie Nyck de Vries, who has yet to score in eight races. Horner told reporters at the Austrian Grand Prix that it was still 'very early days' to talk about 2024 and it remained to be seen how Ricciardo got on in tyre testing at Silverstone next month. "When he first arrived (back at Red Bull) after Abu Dhabi last year, it was a little bit of a shock because we didn't really recognise hi...