F1 Nation Podcast: Christian Horner on Ricciardo's Return
The ball started rolling in a hotel room in Mexico, last year. I had an appointment with Daniel, where it became clear that his options for 2023 were limited. He looked broken."
"So I said, 'Why don't you come back to Red Bull for a year?' So that he could help us with simulator work, and tire tests, in order to regain his passion. It was clear that he didn't enjoy it anymore. To be honest, in recent years I haven't seen the Ricciardo who was once at Red Bull. That's how it started."
The Mexican GP was exactly a week after COTA, which was also a week after this interview:
"When you think it can't get worst, it does. I don't know how I'm continuing to continue, because painful is an understatement"