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Toto Wolff has revealed that Mercedes were in the race to sign Daniel Ricciardo for 2023, but the lure of 'coming home' to Red Bull saw the Silver Arrows miss out on the Australian.

Sportsmail reported earlier this year that Mercedes had earmarked Ricciardo as a possible successor to Lewis Hamilton after the Australian's contract with McLaren was torn up a year early amid a poor 2022 campaign. 

However, Red Bull won the race to sign the 33-year-old and announced him as their 'third driver' for the 2023 season late last month.

'Yeah, there were discussions,' Wolff

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