{"id":916,"date":"2020-08-23T12:35:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T12:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/?p=916"},"modified":"2020-08-23T12:38:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T12:38:27","slug":"marko-on-ricciardo-red-bull-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/marko-on-ricciardo-red-bull-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Marko On Ricciardo-Red Bull Reunion: \u2018Ways Back Can Always Be Found\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/tag\/helmut-marko\/\">Helmut Marko<\/a>, head of Red Bull\u2019s driver development program, has suggested that the team is open to Daniel Ricciardo returning to the Milton Keynes-based constructor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ways back can always be found, but the circumstances have to be right,&#8221; Marko said, commenting on the prospect of a Ricciardo-Red Bull reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also accepted that a Verstappen-Ricciardo driver line-up would mean both of their drivers are of equal talent, unlike the current pairing of Alex Albon and Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are second with Albon in the World Championship. With Ricciardo that would have been exactly the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat is true is that we would have had two drivers with equal skills. And it&#8217;s also more fun with Ricciardo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, the Australian driver said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/\">Formula1.com<\/a> that he wouldn\u2019t rule out a return to the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ricciardo left <a href=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/tag\/red-bull-racing\/\">Red Bull<\/a> for Renault at the end of the 2018 Formula 1 season. He will leave the French works team at the end of this year to partner Lando Norris at Mclaren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/pirelli-welcome-fia-f1-2021-downforce-cut\/\">Pirelli Welcome 2021 Downforce Reduction After Dramatic Tyre Failures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, amid speculation that Albon could lose his drive at Red Bull, Marko <a href=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/marko-defends-albon-spanish-gp-stupid\/\">said Alex Albon\u2019s seat would be safe<\/a> so long as he keeps developing as a driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also admitted that he \u201clooked stupid\u201d at the <a href=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/tag\/2020-spanish-gp\/\">Spanish Grand Prix<\/a>, but blamed this on his race engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Enjoyed reading this article? Consider sharing it:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull\u2019s driver development program, has suggested that the team is open to Daniel Ricciardo returning to the Milton Keynes-based constructor. &#8220;Ways back can always be found, but the circumstances have to be right,&#8221; Marko said, commenting on the prospect of a Ricciardo-Red Bull reunion. He also accepted that a Verstappen-Ricciardo driver line-up would mean both of their drivers are of equal talent, unlike the current pairing of Alex Albon and Max Verstappen. \u201cWe are second with Albon in the World Championship. 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