Return to Australia over winter ‘the refresher I needed’

Travel restrictions due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic meant Ricciardo had not been able to return home and see family since June 2020.

The McLaren driver explained at the end of last year how an element of homesickness had not helped him in the difficult moments, particularly as he struggled through the early part of the season. 

Ricciardo returned to Australia after the post-season test in Abu Dhabi was finished, but was forced to spend two weeks in quarantine due to…