Ricciardo Confirmed for 2014 Red Bull Drive

[Jason Noble]

Bram Hengeveld submitted a new blog post:

Ricciardo Confirmed for 2014 Red Bull Drive

Daniel Ricciardo has finally been announced today as Mark Webber’s replacement at Red Bull next year. The 24 year old Australian has been the subject of much speculation for several weeks since Webber first broke news of his F1 retirement, but has finally been confirmed.

Team principal Christian Horner described Ricciardo as ‘a very logical choice’. He had been fighting off stiff competition from Lotus ace Kimi Raikkonen, and speculation that Fernando Alonso was also interested in...

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[Howard]

KNEW IT. Woo, nice to see Ricciardo moving up in the world!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Brave move of RBR to stick with their philosophy of promoting young talent from Torro Rosso. The easiest way would have been to hire Kimi Raikkonen and go for instant success.

Curious how young Daniel will develop himself next season. Looks very promising.

 

[Kevin Cordice]

So happy for him wish him all the best

 

[Jax Humanhater]

I knew it all along. I hope he schools Seb. Though, I have a feeling he will be a #2.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Glad to see this move for Daniel, he is a very mature young guy. I think he may develop quite quickly.
It may have been an easier option to success for RB to hire Kimi, but first they have to get Kimi prepared to join their team.

 

[ParkYongLee]

Great, two drivers I don't like in a team I don't like. Just happy Kimi didn't go there ^__^

 

[Ho3n3r]

Bloody brilliant! Now I have 2 drivers that I like 2 support in the team I support...

 

[Ho3n3r]

Great, two drivers I don't like in a team I don't like. Just happy Kimi didn't go there ^__^

Lol I honestly didn't read your post before my previous post... oh how opposites attract

And don't tell me you preferred Webber above Ricciardo or Vettel.

 

[mystaaRS]

Wow. Didn't see this coming...