Daniel Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo in 2019
NationalityAustralian
Born (1989-07-01) July 1, 1989 (age 35)
Perth, Australia
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career
Debut season2009
Current teamTech 1 Racing
Car no.8
Starts19
Wins4
Poles8
Fastest laps5
Best finish2nd in 2010
Previous series
2005
2006
2006
2007
2007 - 2008
2008
2008
2009		Western Australian Formula Ford
Formula BMW UK
Formula BMW Asia
Italian Formula Renault Italy
Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault WEC
Formula Three Euroseries
British Formula Three
Championship titles
2008
2009		Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
British Formula Three

Daniel Ricciardo (born 1 July 1989 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian racing driver. He won the British Formula Three Championship in 2009. who most recently competed in Formula One from 2023 to 2024.

Career

Formula Ford and Formula BMW

Daniel Ricciardo started karting at the age of nine. In 2005, he entered the Western Australian Formula Ford championship. He drove a 15-year-old Van Diemen, and finished eighth by season's end.[1]

The next year, he won a scholarship to the Formula BMW Asian championship with Eurasia Motorsport. During his first season, Ricciardo earned a pole position and won twice. He finished third in the Drivers' Championship with 231 points, 59 points behind the champion.

In August 2006, Daniel Ricciardo entered one race in the Formula BMW UK series. He finished eighth in the second race and took three championship points. At the end of the year, he entered the Formula BMW World Final Fortec Motorsport. He finished in fifth position, fourteen seconds behind the winner.

Formula Renault

2007 saw the Australian moved to Formula Renault, entering the European and Italian championships. He finished the year seventh in the Italian series with 196 points and scoring a single podium at Valencia. He failed to score a point in his few starts in the European races.

Daniel Ricciardo stayed in Formula Renault for 2008, entering the European and Western European championships. By the end of the year, the he took his first European title in the Western European Cup and finished second in the Eurocup.

Formula Three

During the middle of the 2008 season, Daniel Ricciardo made his Formula Three debut at the Nürburgring. He qualified in eighth for the first race. He was moved up to sixth in the race after James Jakes and Christian Vietoris stalled on the grid.[2]

Daniel Ricciardo moved to the British Formula Three Championship for 2009, driving for Carlin Motorsport.[3] He also made his debut in the 3.5-litre World Series by Renault championship. He retired from the first race, before finishing fifteenth in the second. When he returned to Formula Three, he extended his championship lead. Ricciardo became the first Australian driver since David Brabham in 1989 to win the British F3 title. He won the championship by 87 points.

Daniel Ricciardo continued with Carlin for the Macau Grand Prix with the team.[4] He finished sixth in the qualifying race. He retired on the first lap of the main race after hitting the wall.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

On 30 October 2009, Daniel Ricciardo was signed by Tech 1 to compete in the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.[5] He had 8 pole positions in the season, 4 wins, and finished the season second in the championship.[6]

Daniel Ricciardo returned to the series in 2011 for ISR Racing[7]

Formula One

Daniel Ricciardo as Scuderia Toro Rosso's third driver at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo made his track debut at the wheel of a Formula One car in December 2009. He tested for Red Bull Racing at the young drivers test at Circuito de Jerez.[8] On the final day of testing, Ricciardo had the fastest time of the test by more than one second.[9] Ricciardo became one of the test and reserve drivers for both Red Bull Racing, and the sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso[10]

In November 2010, Daniel Ricciardo was the only Red Bull Racing driver at the end-of-season young drivers test.[11] Daniel Ricciardo dominated the event. His fastest lap was 1.3 seconds faster than Sebastian Vettel's qualifying lap the Saturday before. Daniel Ricciardo remained unbeaten in Formula One tests he has attended.[12]

On 26 November 2010, Daniel Ricciardo was confirmed as Toro Rosso's test and reserve driver for the 2011 season. He will take part in the first free practice session of each race weekend.[13][14]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 Australian Formula Ford Privateer 3 0 0 ? 0 74 8th
2006 Formula BMW Asia Eurasia Motorsport 19 2 3 3 12 231 3rd
Formula BMW UK Motaworld Racing 2 0 0 0 0 3 20th
Formula BMW World Final Fortec Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy RP Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 196 6th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2008 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC SG Formula 15 8 9 7 11 192 1st
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 18 6 5 5 7 136 2nd
Formula Three Euroseries 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC↓
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2009 British Formula Three Championship Carlin Motorsport 20 7 6 5 13 275 1st
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 34th
Macau Grand Prix Carlin 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 16 4 8 5 8 136 2nd
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series ISR 12 1 2 3 6 144 5th
Formula One Red Bull Racing Test driver
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Hispania 11 0 0 0 0 0 27th
2012 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 20 0 0 0 0 10 18th
2013 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 19 0 0 0 0 20 14th
2014 Formula One Infiniti Red Bull Racing 19 3 0 1 8 238 3rd
2015 Formula One Infiniti Red Bull Racing 19 0 0 3 2 92 8th
2016 Formula One Red Bull Racing 21 1 1 4 8 256 3rd
2017 Formula One Red Bull Racing 20 1 0 1 9 200 5th
2018 Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 21 2 2 4 2 170 6th
2019 Formula One Renault F1 Team 21 0 0 0 0 54 9th
2020 Formula One Renault DP World F1 Team 17 0 0 2 2 119 5th
2021 Formula One McLaren F1 Team 10 1 0 0 0 50* 8th*

↓ As a guest driver, Ricciardo was ineligible for points
* Season in progress

Complete Formula Three Euroseries results

(key)

Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2008 SG Formula HOC1
1 		HOC1
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		PAU
1 		PAU
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
15 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		LMS
1 		LMS
2 		HOC2
1 		HOC2
2 		NC† 0

† – As Ricciardo was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2009 Tech 1 Racing CAT
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		MON
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		BUG
SPR 		BUG
FEA 		ALG
SPR
Ret 		ALG
FEA
15 		NÜR
SPR 		NÜR
FEA 		ALC
SPR 		ALC
FEA 		34th 0
2010 Tech 1 Racing ALC
1
3 		ALC
2
2 		SPA
1
13 		SPA
2
5 		MON
1
1 		BRN
1
12 		BRN
2
5 		MAG
1
6 		MAG
2
2 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
6 		HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
11 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
2 		CAT
1
1 		CAT
2
4 		2nd 136
2011 ISR Racing ALC
1 		ALC
2 		SPA
1
10 		SPA
2
9 		MNZ
1
6 		MNZ
2
1 		MON
1
1 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
5 		HUN
1
 HUN
2
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 LEC
1
 LEC
2
 CAT
1
 CAT
2
 17th* 3*

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points
2011 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR6 Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8 AUS
TD 		MAL
TD 		CHN
TD 		TUR
TD 		ESP
TD 		MON
TD 		CAN
TD 		EUR
TD 		26th* 0*
Hispania Racing Hispania F111 Cosworth CA2011 2.4 L V8 GBR
19 		GER
19 		HUN
18 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
NC 		SIN
19 		JPN
22 		KOR
19 		IND
18 		ABU
Ret 		BRA
20

* Season in progress.

References

  1. ↑ "2005 Western Australian Formula Ford Championship Final Pointscore". formulaford1600.com.au. Australian Formula Ford State Racing. Archived from the original on 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  2. ↑ English, Steven (July 2008). "Hülkenberg is 'Ring Leader". Autosport. 193 (5): 58–59.
  3. ↑ "Carlin confirms Red Bull duo". crash.net. 2009-01-02. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  4. ↑ Young, Colin (2009-09-26). "West Australian Daniel Ricciardo expected to make major moves pre-Christmas". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  5. ↑ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-10-30). "Ricciardo joins Hartley at Tech 1". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  6. ↑ Mills, Peter (2010-10-09). "Aleshin secures title, Guerrieri wins". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  7. ↑ Noble, Jonathon (2011-12-11). "Ricciardo stays on in FR3.5 with ISR". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  8. ↑ "Red Bull to give Ricciardo first F1 test". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-10. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-12-03). "Ricciardo ends Jerez test on top". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  10. ↑ Noble, Jonathan (2010-01-26). "Ricciardo, Hartley to be Red Bull reserves". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  11. ↑ "Ricciardo to star for Red Bull at young driver test". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
  12. ↑ Straw, Edd (2010-11-17). "Ricciardo dominates rookie testing". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  13. ↑ Beer, Matt (2010-11-26). "Ricciardo gets STR Friday practice role". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
  14. ↑ "Ricciardo to get Friday outings as Toro Rosso 2011 reserve". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-11-26.

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