Daniel Ricciardo sends motivated message as he prepares for homecoming Grand Prix

Daniel Ricciardo has revealed how excited he is to get racing back at his home Grand Prix in Melbourne and that he’ll be looking to put on a show in his McLaren this weekend.

The Aussie has had it tougher than most of the drivers in recent years with it proving so hard for him to visit his home country thanks to the restrictions they had in place due to the pandemic.

However, things are starting to improve Down Under and that is signified by the Australian Grand Prix being held this weekend for the first time since 2019.

Naturally, then, Ricciardo will be looking to attack the circuit as hard as he can and in his pre-weekend comments he sounds really motivated to get going:

“I am beyond excited to get back out on track in Melbourne. Nothing beats a home crowd, and the Australian fans are some of the best in the world.

“I’ve been back in Perth since the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and I feel rested, prepared and excited to get stuck into one of my favourite weekends of the year.

“It will also be great to try out the new layout for myself, particularly the sweeping right-hander as it seems fast.

“Let’s get back out there, fight as hard as we can and hopefully put on a bit of a show!”

McLaren have had a few difficulties so far this season and there’s a chance that they will once again have issues to contend with but, even so, Saudi at least showed some signs of progress.

And, with the team so popular in Australia and Lando Norris and Ricciardo having huge support, too, perhaps we’ll see their best result of the season so far recorded this weekend.

Time will tell.

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