In the round-up: Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Daniel Ricciardo’s decision to leave the team four years ago was a mistake.
In brief
Ricciardo will ‘rediscover enjoyment of F1’ at Red Bull – Horner
Ricciardo will be Red Bull’s reserve driver next year after losing his seat at McLaren. He previously drove for them between 2014 and 2018, before leaving to drive for Renault and later McLaren.
Speaking to the Mirror, Horner said Ricciardo made a mistake by leaving the team which brought him into Formula 1.
“Daniel joined us as a teenager and he grew up with the team here,” Horner said. “He had some great success here with us, and then he went and did something stupid and went to drive for a couple of other teams and it never quite worked out.”
Horner expects Ricciardo will rediscover his love of F1 following his return to the team. “Daniel is such a great personality and big character. We felt it was right to bring him back into the team – and of course promotionally, he’s got the biggest smile in F1.
“For him, he will be able to get back to having fun and rediscover his enjoyment of being a Formula 1 driver, rather than the stress he has had over the last couple of years.”
PHM also expands into Formula Regional
German team PHM Racing has confirmed it will expand into Formula Regional next year in addition to its recently announced move into Formula 2 and Formula 3.
PHM was established this year and raced in Formula 4. It will compete in four single-seater categories in 2023, with its F2 line-up already settled. Two drivers have also already been signed for Formula Regional Middle East, with former Sauber karting protege Joshua Dufek joining the team and Nikita Bedrin moving up from PHM’s F4 squad.
W Series’ Chloe Chambers finds new racing seat
Chloe Chambers will race in next year’s Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport, after her rookie W Series campaign was cut short.
The 18-year-old American was one of five new drivers chosen to race in W Series this year, and finished 16th in the championship with one points finish. There were only seven races before cash flow issues meant the series had to cancel the rest of its season.
In 2021 she raced in Formula 4, coming 10th in the YACademy Winter Series, eighth in F4 Eastern and 26th in United States F4 with coaching from former IndyCar stars Al Unser Jnr and Sarah Fisher.
She has already been to New Zealand to test for TRS, which is making a comeback in 2023 after its last…
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