Ricciardo still likes testing: 'Even with my experience'

A number of things are changing at Red Bull's subsidiary team this season. New colours on the car, a new logo and a different name. Visa Cash App RB drivers Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo have remained in place. Ricciardo stepped in later last season as he replaced Nyck de Vries. He will complete his first full season since 2022.

De Vries was dismissed around the halfway mark last season after his mediocre results with AlphaTaur (as VCARB were previously known as). Daniel Ricciardo returned to Formula 1 after some testing, and injured himself rather quickly at the weekend of the Dutch Grand Prix. So next season, Ricciardo will hope to complete a full season.

Ricciardo working on good relationship with teammates

"Even a driver of my experience, it's still really nice to do testing because we do have a lot of new personnel in the team as well this year. So I took the time to work with each other before a race weekend. It's important because, once you start racing, you don't really have that quality of time together," Ricciardo explained in Bahrain.

The Australian explains that it is fast switching situation. "It's just next session, next session, race, aeroplane, next race. I'm happy to be back here for a full season and I think we will do some hopefully great things. Let's start with good things, but at some point, hopefully, great things," the 34-year-old driver from Perth said.