The 34-year-old Ricciardo from Perth, Australia, is set to make a triumphant return to this year's F1 grid after replacing rookie De Vries for the remainder of the 2023 season.
The Perth, Australia, veteran snapped a three-year winless drought for himself and a nine-year winless drought for McLaren by winning the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.
With new names on the grid, new stakes on the line and a new start on the horizon for all teams, the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship season is hours away from commencing.
The Mercedes' dynamic duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas along with Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen have dominated through the first six races of the 2020 Formula One World Championship season.
Lewis Hamilton wasn't the dominant driver, Sunday, and he probably wouldn't have won without misfortune befalling Charles Leclerc. But as the old saying goes, "It doesn't matter how you won. It just matters that you did."
