‘Riccardio to replace Webber at Red Bull’

German media claims successor will be announced on August 25 at Spa.

BERLIN:

Formula One team Red Bull Racing will replace Australia’s Mark Webber with compatriot Daniel Ricciardo alongside four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, according to a report in the German media yesterday.

German magazine Sport Bild reports that Red Bull will announce 24-year-old Ricciardo of Toro Rosso as Webber’s successor in the Red Bull car at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa on August 25.

“We won’t say anything before Spa, that’s all I can say,” Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko told Sport Bild.

Ricciardo has been sponsored by Red Bull since 2008 and he started driving for Toro Rosso last year, claiming 21 Formula One points from 41 Grand Prix races.

If the deal goes ahead, the Australian will follow the path Vettel took in 2009 when he switched from Italy’s Toro Rosso to her British-based sister team Red Bull Racing.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 19^th, 2013.

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