Australian System One driver and Grand Prix winner Daniel Ricciardo made an exhilarating return to the Oracle Purple Bull Racing cockpit forward of the upcoming Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. To get a really feel for the distinctive circumstances of his residence nation, Ricciardo took the championship-winning RB7 F1 automobile on a highway journey throughout a few of Australia’s most difficult terrains. The journey was aimed toward mastering the tough circumstances and gaining an edge over their opponents. Right here’s all it’s essential to know:
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Oracle Purple Bull Racing despatched Ricciardo on an off-track highway journey throughout Australia to grasp the uniquely Australian circumstances, from the seashores to the outback. The RB7 Street Journey navigated via iconic Australian places, from Damaged Hill to Sea Cliff Bridge, to the house of Australian Supercars in Bathurst.
The crew invited native racing consultants, Supercars champion Shane Van Gisbergen, enduro motorsports legends Toby Worth and Daniel Sanders, and aerobatic pilot Matt Corridor to assist Ricciardo take a look at the automobile below Australia’s hardest circumstances.
There’s nothing that compares to the Aussie circumstances; we had a number of enjoyable ripping via the outback and tearing throughout the Sea Cliff Bridge.
Daniel Ricciardo
The highway journey started within the Wild West earlier than heading to a cattle station within the outback, the place Daniel Sanders taught Ricciardo methods to navigate the well-known Aussie bull mud. A fast pitstop within the outback metropolis of Damaged Hill adopted earlier than Ricciardo met aerobatic pilot Matt Corridor on the iconic Sea Cliff Bridge on NSW’s south coast for a true-blue take a look at of dealing with corners.
“There’s nothing that compares to the Aussie circumstances; we had a number of enjoyable ripping via the outback and tearing throughout the Sea Cliff Bridge,” Ricciardo mentioned.
The journey ended at Australia’s most well-known racetrack, Mount Panorama. Shane Van Gisbergen led the RB7 across the observe in his Purple Bull Ampol Camaro, giving the dominant F1 automobile a style of Australia’s most treacherous circuit.
Ricciardo mentioned, “After my first Purple Bull Racing Street Journey in San Francisco, I’ve at all times needed to do that in Australia.” He continued, “To be again residence, taking the RB7 throughout the Aussie outback, and sharing the perfect Australia has to supply with the world; what higher solution to have fun my first F1 occasion at residence since returning to Oracle Purple Bull Racing.”
The Oracle Purple Bull Racing crew will compete on the System 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix from 30 March to 2 April 2023. Ricciardo is happy to get again in entrance of a house crowd at Albert Park, saying: “Aussie followers at all times convey a number of power, and I’m excited to see the F1 followers in Melbourne. The observe seems nice, and I’m hoping our highway journey analysis offers the crew the sting they want.”
Oracle Purple Bull Racing Street Journeys have crisscrossed the globe from the USA to the Netherlands, South Africa, the Czech Republic, and now down below to Australia, with Daniel’s homecoming journey happening forward of his first Australian Grand Prix since rejoining the crew final yr.
