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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 |
| 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 | |
| 2009–2011 2009 2008 2007–2008 2007 2006 2005 | Formula Renault 3.5 British F3 Formula Renault WEC Formula Renault Eurocup Italian Formula Renault Formula BMW Asia WA Formula Ford |
| Championship titles | |
| 2009 2008 | British F3 Formula Renault WEC |
| Awards | |
| 2015 2014 | Laureus Breakthrough of the Year Lorenzo Bandini Trophy |
| 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, Ricciardo won his first championship at the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup with SG Formula. He then won the 2009 British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin. Ricciardo made his Formula One debut at the 2011 British Grand Prix with HRT as part of a deal with Red Bull, for whom he was test driving under its junior team Toro Rosso. He earned a full-time drive with Toro Rosso in 2012 and competed in two seasons for them alongside Jean-Éric Vergne. Ricciardo was promoted to Red Bull in 2014, replacing the retiring Mark Webber to partner four-time defending World Champion Sebastian Vettel. In his first season with Red Bull under Renault power,[a] Ricciardo finished third in the championship, taking his maiden career win 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 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix, eventually clinching third in the championship for the second time in three years in Mexico. He took further wins for Red Bull at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2017, and the Chinese and Monaco Grands Prix in 2018.
Ricciardo signed with Renault in 2019, retaining his seat for the 2020 season and achieving multiple podiums. He then joined McLaren in 2021, achieving his only race win and podium for the team at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. He left McLaren at the end of the 2022 season and signed as a reserve driver for former team Red Bull in 2023. From the 2023 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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