Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB19 Reserve and Third Driver. Australian Grand Prix, Thursday 30th March 2023. Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.
Daniel Ricciardo is set to demonstrate Red Bull Formula 1 machinery later this year as part of an event at the Nurburgring’s famous Nordschleife.
Contemporary Formula 1 machinery has not been driven around the iconic 20.8km circuit since 2013, when Michael Schumacher piloted a 2011-spec Mercedes W02.
That came a few years after Nick Heidfeld drove a BMW Formula 1 car at the track.
Formula 1 raced at the Nordschleife until 1976, the year of Niki Lauda’s near-fatal accident, after which Germany’s event moved to Hockenheim.
Formula 1 returned to a truncated Nurburgring, known as the GP-Strecke, in 1984, and it was on the calendar from the mid-1990s through the mid-2000s during the heyday of seven-time champion Schumacher.
Formula 1 most recently visited the circuit in 2020 when the one-off Eifel Grand Prix took place, at which then Renault racer Ricciardo finished on the podium.
Ricciardo will drive one of Red Bull’s Formula 1 cars on September 9 as part of the Red Bull Formula Nurburgring show, which is taking place alongside the Nurburgring 12 Hours.
Ricciardo returned to Red Bull as third driver for 2023 after mutually agreeing to terminate his race contract with McLaren a year early.
Ricciardo has not yet tested Red Bull’s Formula 1 machinery but attended his home round in Australia and is expected to be at several more high-profile grands prix throughout 2023.
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