Daniel Ricciardo's Resurgence in Formula 1

So, on fresher tyres, the McLaren man began to reel his rival in… and they finished less than a car-length apart. That was the counter-intuitive radio message received by Norris on lap 42 of the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix, when he was told to keep Daniel Ricciardo around a second away, therefore giving the daniel ricciardo max verstappen Renault driver use of DRS. He fell in love with F1 at the young age of 7 after hearing the scream of naturally aspirated V10s echo through his grandparents' lounge. That year he watched as Michael Schumacher took home his fifth championship win with Ferrari, and has been unable to look away since.

Reacting to qualifying in Montreal, Villeneuve insisted that Ricciardo needs to maintain Saturday's level of performance to prove he deserves to remain in F1. "Maybe 10 years ago it came easier. Maybe when you're a kid, you just jump in and drive, and the older you get, the more things are around your life and involved, and can maybe interfere. Lap 48 was anything but fun for Ricciardo, with the Australian losing three positions across the 4.9km run, including being the victim of a double overtake by Esteban Ocon and Kevin Magnussen in the first sector.
It’s little wonder, then, that he features heavily in our compilation of the funniest press conferences from years gone by below. In his prime, Ricciardo fought for race wins and delivered indelible moments while gamely acting as a vulnerable, smiling, shoey-slurping face of the sport as it surged into a broader cultural awareness. He's also pinned his last two years on a return to form with RB that hasn't materialized. He dropped to ninth in the driver’s championship but was able to move up to fifth again during the 2020 season. He then announced that he was leaving Renault and joining McLaren, beginning with the 2021 season.

"There is pressure on a lot of us and there are moments where we're going to have to see if we can withstand that pressure. And that's something I'm excited to see if I can do." "That was important for Yuki and I to do it and for the team to know 'OK, we are not going to have problems moving forward'. It's race one and I think that's what we needed to do and it helped us leave that room, 'alright, it's done, Saudi here we come'." "It's hard, as soon as you put the helmet on and it's the end of the race, there's some frustration and you are a bit exhausted, you can always do some things which are a bit out of character. I try to take these things into account. "He's a great guy. So for me it doesn't really matter about if he deserves to be here. A lot of people deserve to be here, some don't deserve to be here. That's life in all kinds of sport."
The shoey is a unique Australian celebration which entails a driver drinking champagne from their race-worn shoe on the podium. It was introduced to motorsport by V8 Utes racer Ryal Harris, before Ricciardo brought it to F1 after his second-place finish at the 2016 German GP. But Ricciardo thrived and quickly asserted himself as the faster driver, in which his impressive start culminated in a maiden grand prix victory at the season’s seventh round in Montreal. Starting in tenth, Ricciardo dropped all the way down to 17th at one point before charging his way to the front.

"I look at me a year ago, I wasn't sure if I would ever race an F1 car again, and a year later, here I am. "For sure, there's no real criteria at the moment, but I need to show something for sure. But also for next year and beyond, there's no guarantees - probably ever - with this sport. "Of course that was my wish but you also need to be realistic at some point and say 'OK, if I want to get back to a Red Bull seat then it's going to take a bit of a process or a path'. This for me is the best path at the moment.
But the Australian refused to be beaten and utilised the narrow roads to keep Vettel behind, eventually winning by 7.336 seconds as Vettel also lost time in traffic. Valtteri Bottas initially moved ahead of Ricciardo at the start of the 2016 Spanish GP to put his Williams in third place. Ricciardo also fell back early on after Red Bull urged him against putting undue stress through his tyres. Ricciardo recovered from falling to the back of the field to move into contention for points entering the closing stages of the 2011 Australian Grand Prix.
In qualifying, Ricciardo finished in a discreet tenth position, which left him with a difficult job for Sunday, having to overtake many positions to get a good result. Nevertheless, the Australian drove with iron hands on Sunday, and between incidents and overtaking, he was making his way through the grid. It looked like the race was going to end like that, but with 16 laps to go, Lewis Hamilton’s engine blew up, so Ricciardo inherited the lead, crossing the finish line first, followed by Verstappen. This one-two was Red Bull’s first since the 2013 Brazilian GP. Nico Rosberg completed the podium after a remarkable comeback following his accident at the first corner. On Sunday, the Australian climbed up to second place at the first corner following the incident between Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg and remained in this position for most of the race.

Then he re-emerged as a contender to replace Sergio Perez mid-season at Red Bull, which is the reason he was brought back into the fold in the first place. "I think the team probably thought he had more pace and there was more chance to overtake Kevin, so they asked me to swap the position. "I'm not that shouty than what I look on TV. I just try my best and improve, and you will see that on track from these races onwards." "I just keep reminding myself and before I jump into the car, 'no pressing radio' and those things. Probably, people love to pick me for those radio moments," he said.
Starting sixth, After jumping Kimi Räikkönen at the start, a successful overcut on Lewis Hamilton brought him to fourth place at the finish. He 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, Ricciardo was relegated to last on the grid after being deemed to have hindered the laps of other drivers. In the next two races, he finished 13th and fifth respectively – coming 2nd in the latter, until many of the front-runners were given penalties for infringing the parc ferme rules before the race. One week later, in Monte Carlo, Ricciardo secured his third pole position of the season, finishing three-tenths of a second ahead of championship rival Stefano Coletti. Ricciardo went on to secure two more wins at the Hungaroring and at the Hockenheimring in commanding fashion.

Daniel Joseph Ricciardo was born on 1 July 1989 in Perth, Western Australia, to Italian-Australian parents. His father, Giuseppe "Joe" Ricciardo, was born in Ficarra , but relocated to Australia with his family at age seven. Ricciardo's mother, Grace Pulitanò was born in Australia, but had parents originally from Casignana . Growing up in Duncraig, Ricciardo's earliest memories of motorsports were of his father racing at the nearby Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo. His last pit stop was to put on a set of soft tyres that allowed him to set the fastest lap of the race - denying race winner Lando Norris a bonus championship point.