Red Bull have nothing to lose by putting Ricciardo in the car on a one-year deal. If he fails, they will still have a 3 (or 4?) time WDC in the other car who (barring freak injury) will extract the best out of it.
Honestly, if they did not go for one of the Torro Rosso drivers, what is the point of having that as a second team? I think Ricciardo will do well. In fact, I think RBR have made this decision one year too late.
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