Red Bull teams name Australian and NZ reserves

Australian Daniel Ricciardo and New Zealander Brendon Hartley will be reserve drivers for the Red Bull and Toro Rosso Formula One teams this season, Red Bull announced this week.

The two, both backed by Red Bull in junior series, will alternate the reserve driver duties on a race-by-race basis.

Ricciardo, a 20-year-old from Perth, is the current British F3 champion while Hartley, also 20, finished third in the 2008 British F3 championship before moving to the F3 Euro series. Both took part in a young driver test in Spain last month.

"Daniel and Brendon will sit-in on the briefings and debriefs, attend driver meetings and familiarise themselves with the everyday workings of the garage and pit wall," Red Bull said.