Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull

And ahead of Sunday's Aussie F1 race, the 33-year-old Perth native has just released a crazy, movie-quality nine-minute video of him in an F1 car racing around ...

“To be back home, taking the RB7 [car] across the Aussie outback, and sharing the best Australia has to offer with the world; what better way to celebrate my first F1 event at home since returning to Oracle Red Bull Racing.” Commenting on the video, Ricciardo said: “After my first Red Bull Racing Road Trip in San Francisco, I’ve always wanted the opportunity to do this in Australia. Aussie F1 racer Daniel Ricciardo may not be doing too much F1 racing at the moment after taking a job as reserve driver for the world champion team, Red Bull.

Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull Racing take on Australia's toughest terrains in their iconic RB7 formula one car ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.

Ricciardo revealed that he had always wanted the opportunity to do this in Australia after his first Red Bull Racing Road Trip in San Francisco. Ricciardo said, "There's nothing that compares to the Aussie conditions; we had a lot of fun ripping through the outback and tearing across the Sea Cliff Bridge." Ricciardo got behind the wheel of the championship-winning RB7 car to test it out in some of Australia's most challenging locations.

'Can't see where he can go': F1 great's bold Ricciardo call amid Aussie's uncertain future.

“I think that’s the big worry, if you drive a less competitive car, you lose your mojo. “I doubt (he will be on the grid in 2024). “It’s very difficult when you have been at the sharp end to race in Formula One and be motivated if you are in a less competitive car,” Jones said. At the end of the day there is probably no reason why Red Bull won’t re-sign Perez and obviously Verstappen (is locked in) and I can’t see anybody at Ferrari resigning or going away, so I just can’t see where he can go. [Why this year’s Aussie GP will be ‘fastest race in Melbourne ever’](https://www.foxsports.com.au/motorsport/formula-one/2023-australian-grand-prix-will-be-fastest-race-in-melbourne-ever-ultimate-guide/news-story/872d3d3544b299dad3045922681fd438) [Ricciardo takes Red Bull F1 car to the outback in simply insane viral video](https://www.foxsports.com.au/motorsport/formula-one/daniel-ricciardos-latest-red-bull-video-is-absolutely-out-of-this-world/news-story/02d1266d50b0c8fcfc42c64f5d4f8e56) “I don’t think he will get a drive at Red Bull unless something happens to the two current drivers, I can’t see him doing a Grand Prix,”

Daniel Ricciardo returned to action for Red Bull ahead of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, but rather than completing a few laps around an F1 circuit, ...

[his new third driver role](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-red-bull-confirm-ricciardo-to-return-as-third-driver-in-2023.6ZDdiSXXF04SrATlJHk06O.html) with an off-track road trip across Australia aboard Red Bull’s double title-winning RB7, experiencing a host of conditions from beaches to the outback. [READ MORE: Ricciardo outlines professional and personal goals ahead of ‘luxury’ year as Red Bull third driver](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ricciardo-outlines-professional-and-personal-goals-ahead-of-luxury-year-as.68yzbhRSaG9hi03Llw8fLS.html) [READ MORE: Ricciardo admits he’s ‘keen to have a crack’ in RB19 but says time off from racing ‘feels right’](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ricciardo-admits-hes-keen-to-have-a-crack-in-rb19-but-says-time-off-from.34pkwgDSE47XoVdljTUkAL.html)

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

“From a professional point of view, this year is really about being a team player at Red Bull. “This is the first year in as long as I can remember that my goals aren’t going to be 100 per cent about racing and competing. “But it's not about me this year, it's about the wider team and trying to contribute and help them where I can.” The young McLaren driver did not finish the Bahrain Grand Prix and only managed 15th in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The video begins with a conference call between the Red Bull team and Ricciardo, who is at home on his farm in Western Australia driving an orange tractor. The larrikin F1 star has wowed his fans by driving Red Bull's famous RB7 through beautiful Australia scenery in a promotional video ahead of this weekend's Grand Prix in Melbourne.

The Red Bull RB7 gets taken on a tour of the outback, the road, and even Mount Panorama.

It is powered by a 2.4-liter V8 that revs all the way up to 18,000 RPM, hence the howling soundtrack in this video. Its dominance may only be outdone by Red Bull’s current racecar, the RB19. “After my first Red Bull Racing Road Trip in San Francisco, I’ve always wanted the opportunity to do this in Australia,” said Ricciardo. Sadly, Daniel Ricciardo will not compete at his home Formula One race this year, the Australian Grand Prix. [F1 cars](https://www.carscoops.com/tag/f1/) ever, it earned 12 victories in 19 races and helped Vettel to earn a driver’s world championship title in the process. [F1 Cars Will Return To Nurburgring Nordschleife As Part Of Red Bull Promo Event](https://www.carscoops.com/2023/03/f1-cars-will-return-to-nurburgring-nordschleife-as-part-of-red-bull-promotional-event/)

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)).