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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Angus Fontaine

HISTORICAL FACTS: Bittersweet f1 return for daniel ricciardo as fastest ever australian grand prix predicted - Caught on Camera

Daniel Ricciardo says this Australian Grand Prix will be ‘the first year in as long as I can remember that my goals aren’t going to be 100% about racing and competing’.
Daniel Ricciardo says this Australian Grand Prix will be ‘the first year in as long as I can remember that my goals aren’t going to be 100% about racing and competing’. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA

Daniel Ricciardo returns to the Australian Grand Prix this weekend without a car but still with plenty of local support at Albert Park, as Melbourne prepares for its biggest weekend of the sporting year and Formula One fans eagerly await what is being tipped as the “fastest race in Melbourne ever”.

Ousted last year by McLaren and replaced with rookie fellow Australian Oscar Piastri, the popular Ricciardo will endure the bittersweet experience of watching his home grand prix from the outer as his former team battle to get off the ground floor in 2023.

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