 Ricciardo in 2024 | |
| 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 | 256 (255 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Podiums | 32 |
| Career points | 1329 |
| Pole positions | 3 |
| Fastest laps | 16 |
| First entry | 2011 British Grand Prix |
| First win | 2014 Canadian Grand Prix |
| Last win | 2021 Italian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2024 Italian Grand Prix |
| 2023 position | 17th (6 pts) |
| Previous series | |
| 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007–08 2008 2008 2009 2009–11 | Western Australian FFord Formula BMW UK Formula BMW Asia FRenault Italy FRenault Eurocup FRenault WEC Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula 3 Formula Renault 3.5 Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2008 2009 | Formula Renault 2.0 WEC British Formula 3 |
| Awards | |
| 2014 2015 | Lorenzo Bandini Trophy Laureus Breakthrough of the Year |
| Website | Official website |
Daniel Joseph Ricciardo AM (/rɪˈkɑːrdoʊ/ "Ricardo", Italian: [ritˈtʃardo]; born 1 July 1989) is an Australian and Italian racing driver, currently competing under the Australian flag in Formula One for RB.
Graduating from karting 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 Motorsport.
Ricciardo made his Formula One debut at the 2011 British Grand Prix with HRT as part of a deal with Red Bull Racing, for whom he was test driving under its junior team Scuderia Toro Rosso. He achieved a full-time drive with Toro Rosso in 2012 and completed 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, Ricciardo finished third in the championship, taking his maiden career win at the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix, with a further two wins in Hungary and Belgium. After a winless 2015 campaign, 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.
In August 2018, Ricciardo signed with Renault and raced for them in the 2019 and 2020 seasons, achieving two podiums in the latter. 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 became the reserve driver for former team Red Bull in 2023. At the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix, Ricciardo replaced Nyck de Vries at Scuderia AlphaTauri, re-signing for their 2024 campaign as RB.
As of the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, Ricciardo has achieved eight race wins, three pole positions, 16 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.