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F1: Daniel Ricciardo confirms Silverstone F1 debut

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Khatir Soltani
Adapted from GMM

Before HRT could release an official statement, Daniel Ricciardo confirmed reports he will be making his formula one race debut next Sunday.

The Australian, who turns 22 on Friday, will replace Spanish team Hispania's Indian regular Narain Karthikeyan from Silverstone.

"It's pretty, pretty exciting," he told the Herald Sun newspaper at Heathrow airport, where he was departing for Budapest for his next Formula Renault 3.5 race.

"It's awesome, just awesome," added Daniel Ricciardo, the Red Bull-backed youngster who in 2011 has been the Friday driver at the energy drink company's junior Toro Rosso team.

The Herald Sun said Daniel Ricciardo is being loaned by Red Bull to HRT.

"To make the first one at Silverstone, it's great. It's a circuit I know well and it's just up the road from my second home in Britain," Daniel Ricciardo said.

Khatir Soltani
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