After being one of the stars of qualifying by claiming a superb fourth on the grid, outpacing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s Red Bull, Ricciardo capped off an impressive com♑eback for AlphaTaur♎i by finishing seventh. 

T꧅he Australian had been running strongly inside the top-five but an ill-tim🅷ed red flag hampered Ricciardo, who nevertheless went on to record AlphaTauri’s best result of the season. 

Ricciardo, in just his second race since returning from a broken hand that sidelined him for five rounds, caught and almost passed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell’s Mercedes in the closing stages. 

It marked a timely state꧋ment for Ricciardo, who is aiming to reclaim a seat at Red Bull. His performance cꩲaught the attention of team principal Christian Horner, who heaped praise on the 34-year-old. 

"It is great to see Daniel performing so well♕ and fully endorses the reason why we brought him back into the AlphaTauri," Horner said. 

"I thought he was outstanding this weekend, fighting Mercedes in an AlphaTauri - and if it were not for the red flag, he'd have finished higher up,🦂 so it was a great performance and certainly looked like the Daniel of old this weekend.

"♑Look at the time delta to Max, it was less than a tenth so a remarkable performance by him.

"He's back to his old self, you can see he is relaxed, he's confident a🔯nd he came into the weekend fully motivated after a tricky Austin coming back from injury.

"I thought he did a great job this weekend.”

Ricci🐽ardo desc🐟ribed the Mexico City Grand Prix as “the weekend I dreamed of”. 

Ricciardo’s eye-catching display will only further heap the pressure on Perez, who crashed out of his home race following a first corner tangle with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc. 

Perez is under contract for 2024 and Red Bull have repeatedly insisted that ꧟his seat is safe.