[双语简报-F1][里卡多：怎么就和红牛第二次双向奔赴了？]

红牛为什么召回里卡多？

Why did Red Bull call on Ricciardo?

首先，里卡多到哪都是市场宠儿。澳大利亚人可爱活泼的个性充满感染力，他遇事主动，工作勤勉，是个完美的品牌大使。

Primarily, he is a marketeer’s dream. Ricciardo is a lovely, bubbly person with an infectious personality. He makes for engaging content, is a great brand builder and works hard.

不过，话说回来，他也是不可多得的优秀车手，只不过是麦克拉伦的岁月挫了他的锐气，无法发挥出应有的水准。

But secondly, he is a mighty fine racing driver – one who had his mojo damaged by a tough time at McLaren, where he was unable to deliver the kind of performances his talent warranted.

让里卡多重回正赛这件事，也可以告诉佩雷兹，你可要在维斯塔潘旁边好好表现一下了。而自从2018年后出走雷诺和麦克拉伦，红牛车队也能够再次有机会，近距离考察里卡多，看他是否依旧有当年之勇。

By having Ricciardo on the roster, it would keep Sergio Perez on his toes at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, while also giving Red Bull the option to see him up close once again – after he left the team in 2018 for stints away at Renault and McLaren – to assess his capabilities.

显然，和过去比，他可能依旧快得飞起。模拟器工作风生水起，每个人惊讶于他的努力。

He was ruthlessly efficient in the simulator, impressing everyone with his efforts. It was clear he was as sharp as he was when they last ran him.

正因如此，红牛明白，如果目前需要一名代打车手，而且必须是红牛体系的一员，里卡多就是那个来之即战的人。

So Red Bull knew if they needed a driver to step in, either at Red Bull or AlphaTauri as a one-off, he was ready to hit the ground running.

消息称，里卡多倾向于下赛季全职回归，这样他可以得到完整的季前测试准备期，和红牛有在赛车研发上有更紧密的研发合作，从而帮助车队大大提高赛车性能。

Ricciardo’s preferences, sources say, was to join the team next year so he could get a full pre-season under his belt and race a car that is going to have a much closer collaboration with the class-leading Red Bull team that should drastically improve their performance.

不过大牙很快意识到，眼下，在匈牙利前加盟小红牛再明智不过了。在下半赛季，红牛会有个完美的评估窗口，再来决定是否在明年让他取代佩雷兹，如果墨西哥人表现依旧差强人意的话。

But Ricciardo realised it made sense to join AlphaTauri now, starting with the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix – which works perfectly for Red Bull as they can evaluate him for the remainder of the season and look to promote him back to Red Bull next year if Perez fails to improve.

里卡多为什么答应了？

Why did Ricciardo say yes?

如果里卡多拒绝小红牛的这个季中席位，红牛很可能会选择提拔连姆·劳森。

If Ricciardo didn’t accept a mid-season seat at AlphaTauri, it’s likely Red Bull would have drafted in Liam Lawson.

要是现在这位超级方程式车手在小红牛依旧可以拿出精彩表现的话，明年加入红牛的就不可能是里卡多了。

If the Super Formula racer then delivered the goods, it would have shut the door on Ricciardo’s ideal scenario of joining the team in 2024.

里卡多明白，他如果可以在下半年有所发挥，再胜过角田，佩雷兹又持续挣扎的话，那在2024或者以后回归红牛，这一戏剧性的发展将不再遥不可及。

He joins AlphaTauri knowing that if he can have a strong season this year, outperforming Tsunoda, and Perez continues to struggle, there’s the prospect of a remarkable return to Red Bull in 2024 or beyond.

他清楚自己不可能直接一口气回归红牛，车队一定会安排他从小红牛干起，以便评估后续计划的可行性。

He knew that an instant return to Red Bull was never on the cards. They would always have run him at AlphaTauri first to assess whether he deserved a step up.

那么里卡多现在状态如何？据说他在银石的倍耐力测试中的圈速足够锁定英国站头排发车位。这还是在他此前没来过23年赛车，而且这只是为了数据收集，都没有什么追求圈速的调教。

How good is he right now? Well sources say the best time he set in today’s Pirelli tyre test at Silverstone would have been good enough for the front row in Sunday’s British Grand Prix. That’s a lap in a car that isn’t chasing performance as the primary goal is data gathering for Pirelli, having never driven a 2023 car before.

如果这还不够好，那我不晓得什么才叫状态好了。

If that’s not good, I don’t know what is.

*原标题：ANALYSIS: How Ricciardo got a second chance with stunning AlphaTauri return

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**原文地址：https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.analysis-how-ricciardo-got-a-second-chance-with-stunning-alphatauri-return.4OveqMkSTh6YgH1dfJMp9y.html