Daniel Ricciardo will be keeping one eye on the Bathurst 1000 as he competes at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka this weekend.
Ricciardo said his parents would be trackside at Mount Panorama enjoying their first Bathurst experience.
“My folks are actually going out, so they will be there. I think it’s their first time, so I’m keen to speak to them over the course of the weekend and hear how the experience is going,” he said.
“As a kid, watching it, you’d put the whole day aside and watch the Bathurst 1000 and it was always an event.
“Fond memories of that race … hopefully it’s a good one this year.”
Ricciardo has twice sampled Supercars machinery – he drove Red Bull’s ‘Sandman’ at Sandown ahead of the 2016 Australian Grand Prix, and then Rick Kelly’s Nissan Altima ahead of the 2019 race.
He hasn’t ruled out a tilt at the Great Race post-F1.
