After being one of the stars of qualifying by claiming a superb fourth on the grid, outpacing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s Red Bull�𒅌�, Ricciardo capped off an impressive comeback for AlphaTauri by finishing seventh. 

The Australian had beenꩲ running strongly inside the top-five bꦇut an ill-timed red flag hampered Ricciardo, who nevertheless went on to record AlphaTauri’s best result of the season. 

Ricciardo, in just his second race since returning from a broken hand that sidelined him for five rounds, caught and almost passed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell’s Mercedes in the closing stages. 

It marked a timely stat♔ement for Ricciardo, who is aiming to reclaim a seat at Red Bull. His performance caught the attention of team principal Christian Horner, who heaped praise on the 34-year-old. 

"It is great to see Daniel performing so well and fully endorses the reason why we brought him back into the AlphaTauri," Horner sa🦩id. 

"I thought he was outstanding this weekend, fighting Mercedes in an AlphღaTauri - and if it were not for the ไred flag, he'd have finished higher up, so it was a great performance and certainly looked like the Daniel of old this weekend.

"Look at the time delta to Max, it was less than a ten𓃲th so a remarkable performance by him.

"He's back to his old self, you can see he is relaxed, he's confident and he came into the weeꦗ༒kend fully motivated after a tricky Austin coming back from injury.

"I thought he did a great job this weekend.”

Ricciardo described the Mexico City Grand Prix as “theꦆ😼 weekend I dreamed of”. 

Ricciardo’s eye-catching display will only further heap the pressure on Perez, who crashed out of his home race following a first corner tangle with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc. 

Perez is under contract for 2024 and Red Bu🌳ll have repeatedly insisted that his seat is safe.