FIRST LOOK: Daniel Ricciardo in AlphaTauri overalls for seat fitting in Hungary
The hugely popular Australian is making a s🔜hort-notice comeback for this weekend's F1 Hungarian Grand Prix, as a replacement for the sacked Nyck de Vries.
Ricciardo will remain with AlphaTauri until the end of this 𒁃season - but is targeting a Red Bull seat eventually.
For n💟ow, he will be under the microscope while behind the wheel of a struggling car.
AlphaTauri, Red Bull's sister team, are propp🌊ing up the contructors' championship in 10th place with only two points this season.
The addition of the veteran Ricciardo will increase their expectation in Hungary, and they are set to introduce the second part o🔯f an upgrade that debuted at Silverstone.
Ricciardo is joining his sixth F1 team ꦗof a career which began in 2011 - he has worn the colours of HRT, Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Renault and McLaren to date.
He had his seat fitting with Alp๊haTauri on Thursday morning 🐟in Hungary.
James was a sports journalis꧃t at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sp𓃲orts, to football, to F1.
