Daniel Ricciardo

Ricciardo has joined Red Bull as a reserve driver, with the hopes of returning to the F1 grid in 2024. Read more here.

Formula 1's favorite Aussie takes a road trip across his home continent in the RB7, the car that gave Vettel his second world championship in 2011.

You can’t help but smile at the opening shot of Ricciardo’s head bobbing inside the cockpit of an old RB7 car — the car Sebastien Vettel drove to a World Championship with Red Bull in 2011, the V8 screaming as Ricciardo passes a semi. But we’re going to overlook this little bit of storyline to preserve the ruse. Most F1 teams just don’t seem to know how to take advantage of Ricciardo’s goofy personality like Red Bull does, and that’s a darn shame. However, with Ricciardo back at Red Bull, it looks like the team decided to take advantage of the sports’ most friendly and charismatic driver, and put him back on camera to [run an old Red Bull F1 car through the Outback in his home country of Australia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIGP0KFwRbQ). But there is one ray of sunshine in the Red Bull garage this year: [Daniel Ricciardo](https://jalopnik.com/daniel-ricciardo-talks-nascar-with-jalopnik-1848753555). [Red Bull fans](https://jalopnik.com/ford-returns-to-formula-1-in-2026-with-red-bull-1850069966) out there, and, well, a lot of former fans who have likely buried every piece of Red Bull attire [in frustration after how the last two seasons of Formula 1 ended ](https://jalopnik.com/the-biggest-red-flag-at-the-saudi-arabian-grand-prix-wa-1848165476)(looking at you [Max Verstappen and Christian Horner](https://jalopnik.com/f1-sells-no-michael-no-saudi-arabia-quote-fans-angry-1850273434)).

Daniel Ricciardo drives the Red Bull RB7 taking us on a tour of the Outback, Mount Panorama, and other sights before Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.

The most challenging part is a series of turns known as the Esses and the Dipper, which are long series of curves similar to the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca. It's similar to other videos Red Bull has produced, including This time he has to dodge Toby Prices in his Red Bull Mitsubishi Triton Trophy Truck and avoid some of Australia's most famous residents, including a koala bear, kangaroo, and an emu. Showcasing his talent, humor, and personality, he entertains us in the latest Oracle Red Bull Racing video entitled "F1 Car vs. The Red Bull RB7 looks at home at Bathurst. A quick pit stop at the Silverton Hotel in the Outback lets him swap his "off-road" tires for racing slicks before heading to the Sea Cliff Bridge.

Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo has wowed his fans with a promotional video for Red Bull ahead of the Australian Grand Prix this weekend.

'Off the boil': Ricciardo mystery that still baffles Aussie F1 great.

I think he did a really good job.” “At the moment, I think we’ve got quite a few young guys. “And they’re on the right path. “When he is in the car, he performs extremely well. “Formula One’s a funny beast, you know. “Aston Martin, they’ve come really good. “I think I really don’t know. So there’s not really that many doors for Daniel to go through.” If he did I think he would be quite good. “You’ve got to give people practice, you’ve got to give them time on the track,” he said. He wouldn’t go anywhere unless it was a good team. I don’t know why he went off the boil.