After two seasons of largely underwhelming performances and being outclassed by teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris, Ricciardo was replaced in McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2023 driver line-up after having his contract cancelled a year early.&nbsജp;

Ricciardo has rejoined Red Bull as a third driver and is targeting a competitive full-time F1 drive for 2024. 

Brown, who described the Australian’s failed McLaren stint as a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“great mystery”, has not ruled out the prospect o🌌f the 33-year-old returning to Woking at some stage.&nb🉐sp;

"He's got the talent," Brown⛦ said during an interview on McLaren’s YouTube. "He's showed us that i🅷n Monza and he's won eight Grands Prix.

"It's frustrating, for all of us. I very much hope to s꧙ee him on the grid again in Formula 1 which is h𓂃is desire and the door remains open for him to be in a McLaren in the future.

"If the stars align, I'd love to go racing with him aꦜgain.”

Brown excited by ‘special’ Piastri 

McLaren have signed the highly-rated 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri, who c༺laimed back-to-back titles in F3 and F2, as Ricciardo’s replacement. 

Th♔e 21-yea♑r-old will make his F1 debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix and Brown has tipped Piastri to be “sensational”. 

"We think Oscaไr is going to be a sensational racing driver,” he said. 

"If you look at his career to date 🧸he's won a lot of championships in his first year, which always tells you a driver isﷺ special.

"He's got a grea🎀t mental approach to the sport and now that we feel Lando has a lot of experience, we feel like we have a great blend of experience and youth - o🎃ur experience just also happens to have youth.

"We sit here very excited with the po☂tential of our driver line-up of Lando and Oscar for the foreseeable future."