183 Facts About Daniel Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo won his first title at the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup with SG Formula, before winning the 2009 British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin.

Daniel Ricciardo then progressed to Formula Renault 3.5, finishing runner-up to Mikhail Aleshin by two points in his rookie season.

Daniel Ricciardo made his Formula One debut at the 2011 British Grand Prix with HRT as part of the Red Bull Junior Team, replacing Narain Karthikeyan for the remainder of the 2011 season.

Daniel Ricciardo earned a full-time drive with Toro Rosso in 2012 and competed in two seasons for them alongside Jean-Eric Vergne, scoring several points finishes in each.

Daniel Ricciardo was promoted to Red Bull in 2014, replacing the retiring Mark Webber to partner four-time defending World Drivers' Champion Sebastian Vettel.

Daniel Ricciardo took further wins for Red Bull at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2017, as well as the Chinese and Monaco Grands Prix in 2018.

Daniel Ricciardo signed with Renault in 2019, finishing a season-best fourth in Italy.

Daniel Ricciardo retained his seat for his 2020 campaign, achieving multiple podiums and finishing fifth in the championship.

Daniel Ricciardo then joined McLaren in 2021 to partner Lando Norris, achieving his only race win and podium for the team at the Italian Grand Prix.

Amid struggles for form, Daniel Ricciardo left McLaren at the end of the 2022 season and re-signed as a reserve driver for Red Bull in 2023.

Daniel Ricciardo achieved eight race wins, three pole positions, 17 fastest laps and 32 podiums in Formula One.

Daniel Ricciardo was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Australia Day Honours.

Daniel Joseph Ricciardo was born on 1 July 1989 in Perth, Western Australia, to Italian-Australian parents.

Daniel Ricciardo's father, Giuseppe "Joe" Ricciardo, was born in Ficarra, but relocated to Australia with his family at age seven.

Daniel Ricciardo's mother, Grace Pulitano was born in Australia, but had parents originally from Casignana.

Daniel Ricciardo started karting at the age of nine as a member of the Tiger Kart Club and entered numerous karting events.

Towards the end of the 2005 season, Daniel Ricciardo took a leased 13-year-old Van Diemen across to Sandown Raceway in Melbourne to compete at the national Formula Ford series, but his aging car was uncompetitive, and he finished 16th, 17th and retired during the weekend's three races.

That year, Daniel Ricciardo was more successful in karts, in which he was crowned the Australian champion.

Daniel Ricciardo moved to the British Formula 3 Championship for the 2009 season driving for Carlin Motorsport.

Daniel Ricciardo continued his partnership with Carlin by heading to the Macau Grand Prix with the team.

On 30 October 2009, Daniel Ricciardo was signed by Tech 1 to compete in the 2010 season.

Daniel Ricciardo had competed with the team at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal in 2009 and was the teammate to Brendon Hartley, another driver who drove for Tech 1 over the season.

Daniel Ricciardo finished third and second in the races respectively, to leave himself at the head of the championship standings.

Two weeks later, at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Daniel Ricciardo was relegated to last on the grid after being deemed to have hindered the laps of other drivers.

One week later, in Monte Carlo, Daniel Ricciardo secured his third pole position of the season, finishing three-tenths of a second ahead of championship rival Stefano Coletti.

Daniel Ricciardo secured his first win at the following race, one place ahead of Coletti.

Daniel Ricciardo went on to secure two more wins at the Hungaroring and at the Hockenheimring in commanding fashion.

At the first race at the Silverstone circuit, Daniel Ricciardo was involved in a spectacular incident with pole-sitter Jon Lancaster, in which Daniel Ricciardo was sent into a barrel roll, eventually landing on his wheels.

In 2011 Daniel Ricciardo raced for ISR Racing prior to his HRT call-up.

Daniel Ricciardo made his track debut at the wheel of a Formula One car when he tested for Red Bull Racing at the young drivers test at Circuito de Jerez over three days, starting on 1 December 2009.

Red Bull Racing's team manager Christian Horner suggested that Daniel Ricciardo may replace his 2010 World Series teammate Hartley as the team's test and reserve driver.

Daniel Ricciardo continued to show his one-lap prowess and dominated the event, with his fastest lap being 1.3 seconds faster than 2010 World Champion Sebastian Vettel's qualifying lap the Saturday before.

Days later, Daniel Ricciardo was confirmed as Toro Rosso's test and reserve driver for the 2011 season and would take part in the first free practice session of each race weekend.

On 30 June 2011, Daniel Ricciardo was contracted to Hispania Racing by Red Bull Racing, replacing Narain Karthikeyan for the remaining races of the 2011 season.

Daniel Ricciardo made his Grand Prix debut at the 2011 British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit.

On 14 December 2011, it was confirmed that Daniel Ricciardo would drive for Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2012 season, alongside Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne.

Daniel Ricciardo had a run of three consecutive points scores from the Singapore to the Korean Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo scored one more points finish in Abu Dhabi for the year, ending tenth.

Daniel Ricciardo began the year by not finishing the opening two rounds, both due to exhaust issues.

In China, Daniel Ricciardo scored his first points of the year after finishing seventh, claiming his best finish in F1 by far.

Daniel Ricciardo finished tenth at the Spanish Grand Prix, following a slow start from 11th on the grid.

Daniel Ricciardo again was unable to finish the Monaco Grand Prix after Romain Grosjean crashed into the back of him, damaging his rear wing.

At the British Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo had his best qualifying yet in fifth.

Daniel Ricciardo finished seventh at the Italian Grand Prix, having held off Grosjean in the dying laps.

Daniel Ricciardo out-scored his teammate by seven points and out-qualified him for over three-quarters of the season.

Daniel Ricciardo replaced Mark Webber at Infiniti Red Bull Racing at the start of the 2014 Formula One season, partnering Sebastian Vettel, a four-time world champion.

Daniel Ricciardo was later disqualified, as his car was ruled to have exceeded the mandated hourly fuel flow rate limit.

Daniel Ricciardo failed to finish in the Malaysian Grand Prix, but managed to record his first points of the 2014 season at the Bahrain Grand Prix, where he finished fourth, after starting in 13th position.

Daniel Ricciardo finished fourth again at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo narrowly lost to Lewis Hamilton to second place by 0.4 seconds.

At the Canadian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo leaped from sixth on the grid to third during the pit stops, and in the last four laps, he overcame Sergio Perez and Nico Rosberg to take his first win of his career.

Daniel Ricciardo was in third place behind Alonso and Hamilton with less than four laps remaining and overtook Hamilton's Mercedes with a pass on the outside of the Hungaroring's turn two.

Daniel Ricciardo then went on to score his third victory of his career to go back to back in Belgium, after the two Mercedes drivers collided.

Daniel Ricciardo finished the Italian Grand Prix in fifth place, after a tense battle with teammate Vettel during the late stages of the race.

Daniel Ricciardo took his final podium of the year at the United States Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo clinched third place in the World Drivers' Championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after retiring from the race.

Daniel Ricciardo was forced to retire on lap 39 due to a broken suspension.

On 8 February 2015, during the third episode of series 22 of the popular British motoring television programme Top Gear, Daniel Ricciardo became the fastest Formula One driver to perform a lap of the Top Gear test track during the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car feature, beating the previous record-holder Lewis Hamilton with a time of 1:42.2.

Daniel Ricciardo finished the opening race at the Australian Grand Prix in sixth, the RB11 seemingly uncompetitive as he finished a lap down.

Daniel Ricciardo achieved his first top-five finish in Monaco with fifth and the fastest lap of the race.

Daniel Ricciardo had a woeful race at the Canadian Grand Prix, where he finished 13th after being hit by car issues.

Daniel Ricciardo recorded his second podium of the season in Singapore, where he finished second and recorded his third fastest lap of the season.

Daniel Ricciardo finished the season with 92 points in eighth place in the championship, three points behind teammate Daniil Kvyat.

Daniel Ricciardo scored his first pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix, and led the early wet stages of the race.

Daniel Ricciardo returned to the podium in Hungary, finishing third, and in Germany, where he finished second.

Daniel Ricciardo repeated the celebration at the Belgian Grand Prix, this time persuading podium interviewer Mark Webber to drink from the shoe.

Daniel Ricciardo then took the lead late on in the race when leader Lewis Hamilton retired with an engine failure.

Daniel Ricciardo repeated his "shoey" celebration on the podium and was able to get team boss Christian Horner as well as podium sharers Verstappen and Rosberg to repeat the celebration.

Daniel Ricciardo finished third at the United States Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo eventually sealed third in the Drivers' Championship following a podium finish in Mexico.

Daniel Ricciardo scored 256 points and achieved one pole, one win, seven other podiums and three fastest laps.

Daniel Ricciardo incurred a five-place grid penalty due to an unscheduled gearbox change as a result of the crash.

Daniel Ricciardo endured a second retirement in four races at the Russian Grand Prix, pulling out on lap 5 due to brake issues.

Daniel Ricciardo scored his first podium of the year, with third in Spain, albeit finishing over a minute behind the leaders.

Daniel Ricciardo pitted early on lap 5 due to brake issues, and was down to 17th.

At Austria, Daniel Ricciardo got past Raikkonen on the opening lap for third, and held off Hamilton for his fifth podium on the bounce.

Daniel Ricciardo took a five-place grid penalty for the British Grand Prix due to a gearbox change, but he suffered a turbo failure in Q1, relegating to 19th on the grid.

Daniel Ricciardo's run of form came to a halt at the Hungarian Grand Prix, as he and teammate Verstappen collided at Turn 2 on the opening lap, causing Ricciardo's radiator to break and spin out a corner later.

Daniel Ricciardo stood on the podium in third place at the Belgian Grand Prix, having made up a place on Bottas during the second safety car restart from sixth on the grid.

However the next race in Italy forced Daniel Ricciardo to take additional power unit elements, which necessitated a 20-place grid penalty.

At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo took another engine penalty that relegated him to 14th on the grid.

Daniel Ricciardo was caught up in a spin at the start by being tagged by Stoffel Vandoorne, but would still vault up to finish in sixth place.

Daniel Ricciardo had scored one win, one fastest lap and nine podiums.

Daniel Ricciardo started the season with a fourth-place in Australia, from eighth on the grid after a three-place penalty for speeding under red flag conditions.

Daniel Ricciardo would put on an overtaking masterclass, overtaking five cars in a span of eight laps to win the race.

Daniel Ricciardo was fighting for fourth with teammate Max Verstappen in the latter half of the race.

At the Spanish Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo finished fifth and set the track record, after spinning under the virtual safety car.

Daniel Ricciardo topped all three practice sessions before qualifying, breaking the lap record with each session.

Daniel Ricciardo managed to secure the second pole of his career at Monaco, topping every qualifying session as well and setting a new lap record again.

Daniel Ricciardo was set for a grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix due to his damaged MGU-K, but Red Bull opted to re-use his other from China.

Daniel Ricciardo started the German Grand Prix from the back of the grid after changing power unit components, but suffered yet another engine failure during the race.

On 3 August, Daniel Ricciardo announced his shock departure from Red Bull at the end of 2018.

Daniel Ricciardo would suffer consecutive retirements in Belgium and Italy, being caught up in a first-lap incident in the former and sustaining a clutch issue in the latter.

Fortunately, Daniel Ricciardo replicated his Hungary drive and pushed all the way to fourth place.

Daniel Ricciardo secured pole at the Mexican Grand Prix ahead of teammate Verstappen by a mere 0.027 seconds.

Daniel Ricciardo did manage to catch up to Hamilton to reclaim third place, but to no avail as his car suffered a hydraulics issue on lap 61, forcing him to retire for an eighth time, tied for the most retirements in the 2018 season.

Daniel Ricciardo finished fourth again at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after a wrong strategy meant he finished fourth again.

Daniel Ricciardo managed four fastest laps for the season, in Australia, China, Spain and Hungary and finished the season sixth in the World Drivers' Championship with 170 points.

On 3 August 2018, it was announced that Daniel Ricciardo had signed a contract to drive for Renault in 2019 and 2020.

Daniel Ricciardo had a poor start to the season with retirements in the first two races, from front wing damage in Australia and power failure in Bahrain, having run well in the points in the latter race.

Daniel Ricciardo had his best qualifying thus far with sixth in Monaco, but a late call to pit before the safety car, dropped to ninth at the flag.

Daniel Ricciardo had a successful weekend in Canada, improving his personal best qualifying position to fourth.

Daniel Ricciardo proceeded to finish in sixth place, having held off a faster Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas for numerous laps.

Daniel Ricciardo crossed the line in seventh place at the French Grand Prix having been embroiled in a four-car battle, but was given two separate five-second penalties on the final lap.

Daniel Ricciardo then suffered an exhaust failure at the German Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo took a five-place grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix due to a new engine, demoting him to tenth on the grid.

Daniel Ricciardo had an eventful race, moving up to 12th by lap 10 but then suffering a puncture after contact with Antonio Giovinazzi.

Daniel Ricciardo was involved in a first-lap collision in Russia, leading to his eventual retirement.

Daniel Ricciardo charged from 16th to sixth place in Japan after an excellent final stint.

From 13th in Mexico, Daniel Ricciardo finished in eighth place having pressured Sergio Perez's Racing Point towards the end.

Daniel Ricciardo would follow this with sixth-place finishes in the United States and Brazil, making contact with Kevin Magnussen during the latter, in which Ricciardo sustained front wing damage and earned a five-second time penalty.

Daniel Ricciardo wrapped up with 11th place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo ended a relatively disappointing season for Renault in ninth place in the championship, with 54 points, ahead of teammate Hulkenberg.

Daniel Ricciardo had a new teammate for the 2020 season, with Hulkenberg being replaced by Esteban Ocon.

Daniel Ricciardo finished in fourth place, gaining two positions in the final laps after overtaking Lando Norris and then Carlos Sainz Jr.

Daniel Ricciardo was running in sixth place before late tyre punctures for Carlos Sainz Jr.

Daniel Ricciardo would go on an eleven race point-scoring streak until the end of the season, starting with the Belgian Grand Prix, where he qualified in an impressive fourth.

At the second red flag restart, Daniel Ricciardo briefly moved up to second, but was re-overtaken by Valtteri Bottas and later by Alex Albon, leaving him to finishing in fourth place.

At the Russian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo was fastest in the second qualifying segment, and managed to qualify in fifth place.

Daniel Ricciardo finished ninth in the race, describing it as "damage limitation".

At the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo again impressed with fifth in qualifying.

Daniel Ricciardo took the fastest lap of the race on the final lap.

Daniel Ricciardo finished in fifth place in the championship standings with 119 points, six points behind Perez in fourth.

Daniel Ricciardo partnered with Lando Norris, who was retained by the team.

On lap four, Pierre Gasly collided with Daniel Ricciardo, causing floor damage to his car, resulting in the loss of a considerable amount of downforce.

Daniel Ricciardo was able to finish the season opener in seventh.

Daniel Ricciardo moved up to fifth on the opening lap but was unable to keep pace with the top four cars in the wet conditions and was ordered to let Norris past to contend for the podium, which he did, and he eventually finished the race in sixth.

At the Portuguese Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo started from sixteenth after being shockingly knocked out during the first phase of qualifying.

Daniel Ricciardo recovered to ninth during the race, after a pass on Sainz late in the race.

Daniel Ricciardo defended fifth from Red Bull driver Sergio Perez until lap 45, where Perez was able to get past at turn one.

Daniel Ricciardo finished sixth, marking the first time in the season he finished ahead of Norris.

At the French Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo finished in sixth position having held off Pierre Gasly at the end.

At the Austrian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo finished seventh after starting thirteenth.

Daniel Ricciardo finished Formula One's first-ever sprint race in sixth place after an overtaking move on Fernando Alonso in the closing stages.

Nonetheless, it was a weekend where Daniel Ricciardo was the quicker of the two McLaren drivers.

At the start of the race, Daniel Ricciardo got a better start than polesitter Max Verstappen and took the lead into turn one.

Daniel Ricciardo held off Verstappen for 21 laps, surviving a safety car restart and late pressure from Norris, whom he led home to claim his first victory for McLaren while setting the fastest lap.

At the Turkish Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo was knocked out in Q1 and took an engine penalty, starting at the back of the grid.

Daniel Ricciardo made a blistering start and was alongside Perez for fourth place heading into turn one.

At the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo ran in eighth place and challenged Pierre Gasly for seventh before he had to retire with a power issue, making it his first retirement of the season.

At the Qatar Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo was knocked out in Q2, qualifying 14th, and could only manage 12th in the race after fuel issues hindered his opportunity to progress.

Daniel Ricciardo managed to end his pointless streak at the penultimate race in Saudi Arabia.

At the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi, Daniel Ricciardo managed to qualify in tenth place.

Daniel Ricciardo then finished 12th after he was overcut by Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly as a result of a virtual safety car.

Daniel Ricciardo ended the season in eighth place in the drivers standings, scoring 115 points with just one podium, his race win at Monza.

Daniel Ricciardo missed the final day of the 2022 pre-season test in Bahrain, due to a positive COVID-19 test on 11 March.

Daniel Ricciardo was running in ninth following the pit stops, but he brought out the virtual safety car on lap 35 after his McLaren stopped at the pit lane exit due to an engine failure.

At the Australian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo managed to qualify in seventh place, which was his first Q3 appearance of the year.

Daniel Ricciardo then went on to finish in sixth place behind his teammate Norris in his home Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo then endured a painful and finished in 13th place after his teammate retired.

Daniel Ricciardo struggled during the race and finished in thirteenth place.

Daniel Ricciardo then failed to score points in the Canadian Grand Prix as he finished in 11th place, despite qualifying ninth.

Daniel Ricciardo then scored two ninth placed results in Austria and France.

Daniel Ricciardo started down in 16th at the Singapore Grand Prix, but in a race of attrition, he went on to finish in fifth place, which proved to be his best performance of the season.

At the Mexico City Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo started 11th, but managed to finish in seventh place after a late charge on the soft tyres.

Daniel Ricciardo was involved in another collision at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix as he tagged Kevin Magnussen into a spin on the opening lap, before being collected by the spinning Magnussen, taking both drivers out of the race.

Daniel Ricciardo was later awarded with a three-place grid drop for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo ended the season eleventh in the Drivers' Championship with 37 points.

Daniel Ricciardo drove the Red Bull Racing RB19 in the Pirelli tests held on July 11 at Silverstone after the 2023 British Grand Prix.

Christian Horner later confirmed that Daniel Ricciardo was signed as a potential replacement for Sergio Perez at the parent team.

Daniel Ricciardo had a better performance in the sprint shootout, qualifying 11th for the shorter race and finishing 10th.

Daniel Ricciardo went on to finish the race in seventh position after a late attack on George Russell, giving Ricciardo his first points as well as AlphaTauri's best finish of the season.

At the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo made into SQ3 of the sprint shooutout and after a fierce battle with Carlos Sainz Jr.

Daniel Ricciardo finished the season 17th in the drivers' standings, with the six points from Mexico the only points scored throughout the year.

Daniel Ricciardo finished the race in 13th place, having swapped positions with Tsunoda in an attempt to overtake Kevin Magnussen in 12th in the last six laps.

At the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo faced a disappointing weekend, qualifying in 14th and finishing the race in 16th, including spinning on his own on the last lap.

At the Japanese Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo made it to 11th position in qualifying, missing Q3 by 0.055 seconds behind his teammate Tsunoda.

Daniel Ricciardo retired in the main race at the end of the safety car period in lap 26 after being collided in his rear-end by Lance Stroll as the two were entering turn 14.

Daniel Ricciardo received plaudits during the sprint for his defence against Carlos Sainz Jr.

Daniel Ricciardo progressed to Q3 for the first time at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, securing ninth on the grid.

At the Canadian Grand Prix, amidst criticism from 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve of why Daniel Ricciardo was "still in F1", he stunned with fifth in qualifying.

RB struggled at the Spanish Grand Prix, leading to Daniel Ricciardo suffering a Q1 exit and finishing down in 15th place.

Daniel Ricciardo barely missed out on Q3 by 0.015s at the Austrian Grand Prix, but he returned to the points with ninth place after an early pit stop proved successful.

Daniel Ricciardo made it to Q3 and qualified ninth for the Hungarian Grand Prix, but a poor pit stop strategy meant that he was stuck in traffic following the pit stops and thus dropped to 12th at the flag.

At the Belgian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo finished in 11th place, but was promoted to the final points-paying position after the disqualification of race winner George Russell.

Daniel Ricciardo then finished the next three races in 13th, most notably at the Italian Grand Prix where opening lap contact with Nico Hulkenberg and time penalties hampered serious chances of points.

At the Singapore Grand Prix, speculation arose as to whether Daniel Ricciardo would be dropped from the team following the race.

Daniel Ricciardo finished the race in 18th place whilst setting the fastest lap on the penultimate lap, later being seen emotional post-race after admitting that "[it] could be my last Grand Prix".

Daniel Ricciardo finished the season 17th in the standings, with 12 points.

Daniel Ricciardo is known for his aggressive style as well as favouring a late braking manoeuvre to engineer overtakes.

Daniel Ricciardo prefers to carry more speed through the corner by making it more of a 'U' shape, utilising a little rear instability on entry to turn in, and enough grip to rotate the car mid-corner without the rear breaking away.

Daniel Ricciardo is a UFC fan and, during the course of his Formula 1 career, developed an affinity for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League.

Daniel Ricciardo is in a relationship with Heidi Berger, the daughter of former F1 driver Gerhard Berger.