“The reason being Esteban was losing performance with the suspected PU issue and the team had confidence for Pierre to attack Ricciardo with DRS (and Ricciardo without DRS).
And while Ricciardo has not given up on his “goal” of returning to the main Red Bull team at some stage.
because I remember seeing reports three months ago that I had signed for Mercedes
“We continue to get a better understanding of what he needs from us and vice versa.