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Daniel Ricciardo | |
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.jpg) Ricciardo at the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix | |
| Born | Daniel Joseph Ricciardo 1 July 1989 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Awards | Full list |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| 2024 team | RB-Honda RBPT[1] |
| Car number | 3 |
| Entries | 258 (257 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Podiums | 32 |
| Career points | 1329 |
| Pole positions | 3 |
| Fastest laps | 17 |
| First entry | 2011 British Grand Prix |
| First win | 2014 Canadian Grand Prix |
| Last win | 2021 Italian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2024 Singapore Grand Prix |
| Previous series | |
| Championship titles | |
| Website | danielricciardo |
Daniel Joseph Ricciardo AM (/rɪˈkɑːrdoʊ/ "Ricardo", Italian: [ritˈtʃardo]; born 1 July 1989) is an Australian racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from 2011 to 2024. Ricciardo won eight Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.
Born and raised in Perth to Italian-Australian parents, Ricciardo began competitive kart racing aged nine. Graduating to junior formulae in 2005, Riccardo debuted in his regional Formula Ford championship. He 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. Ricciardo then progressed to Formula Renault 3.5, finishing runner-up to Mikhail Aleshin by two points in his rookie season. 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. He earned a full-time drive with Toro Rosso in 2012 and competed in two seasons for them alongside Jean-Éric Vergne, scoring several points finishes in each.
Ricciardo was promoted to Red Bull in 2014, replacing the retiring Mark Webber to partner four-time defending World Drivers' Champion Sebastian Vettel. In his first season with Red Bull under Renault power,[a] Ricciardo finished third in the championship, taking his maiden victory at the Canadian Grand Prix, with further wins in Hungary and Belgium. After a winless 2015 campaign for Red Bull, Ricciardo returned to the top of the podium at the Malaysian Grand Prix in 2016, eventually clinching third in the standings again. He took further wins for Red Bull at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2017, as well as the Chinese and Monaco Grands Prix in 2018. Ricciardo signed with Renault in 2019, finishing a season-best fourth in Italy. He retained his seat for his 2020 campaign, achieving multiple podiums and finishing fifth in the championship. He 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, Ricciardo left McLaren at the end of the 2022 season and re-signed as a reserve driver for Red Bull in 2023. From the Hungarian Grand Prix onwards, Ricciardo replaced Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri; he retained his seat for their 2024 campaign as RB, but was replaced by Liam Lawson after the Singapore Grand Prix.
Ricciardo achieved eight race wins, three pole positions, 17 fastest laps and 32 podiums in Formula One. Ricciardo was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Australia Day Honours.
- ^ "Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo with us in 2024". Scuderia AlphaTauri. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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