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Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Joseph Ricciardo ( Ricardo ; born 1 July 1989 ) is an Italian-Australian racing driver who is currently competing in Formula One , under the Australian flag , for McLaren . He made his debut at the 2011 British Grand Prix with the HRT team as part of a deal with Red Bull Racing , for whom he was test driving under its sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso . Ricciardo’s driver number is 3 . Ricciardo joined Toro Rosso in 2012 full-time after the team changed its driver lineup and drove a Ferrari-powered car for them in 2012 and 2013 . In 2014 , Ricciardo was promoted to Red Bull as a replacement for the retired Mark Webber alongside multiple time world champion Sebastian Vettel . In his first season with Red Bull under Renault power , Ricciardo finished third in the championship with his first three Formula One wins , in Canada , Hungary , and Belgium . After two years without a victory , Ricciardo returned to the top of the podium at the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix , eventually sealing third in the championship for the second time in three years at the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix . He has since added victories at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2017 and the Chinese and Monaco Grands Prix in 2018 . After 2018 , Ricciardo signed with Renault and has raced for them in the 2019 and 2020 seasons . He joined McLaren for the 2021 and Formula One seasons , alongside Lando Norris . In March 2021 , he ventured into the wine industry through a private project , with a collection of wine with acclaimed winemaker St . Hugo . Personal life . Daniel Joseph Ricciardo was born on 1 July 1989 in Perth , Western Australia , to Italian parents of Ficarra born father Giuseppe Joe Ricciardo and Australian born mother Grace , with parents originally from Casignana . Ricciardo also has a sister ; Michelle . Growing up in Duncraig , one of Perths northern suburbs , Ricciardos earliest memories of motorsports were of his father racing at the nearby Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo . He attended high school at Newman College . Ricciardo pronounces his surname Ricardo instead of the Italian pronunciation Rit-chi-ardo , attributing this to the way it was usually pronounced growing up in Australia and by his family . He is often referred to as the honey badger in reference to his racing style , explaining how Its supposed to be the most fearless animal in the animal kingdom . When you look at it , he seems quite cute and cuddly , but as soon as someone crosses his territory in a way he doesnt like , he turns into a bit of a savage and hell go after anything – tigers , pythons – he turns very quickly , but hes a good guy . Growing up as a fan of NASCAR Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt , Ricciardo adopted the number 3 as his racing number in honour of him . Ricciardo supports the AFLs West Coast Eagles and was the clubs number-one ticket holder in 2015 and 2016 . Career . Formula Ford and Formula BMW . Born in Perth , Western Australia , Ricciardo started karting at the age of nine , as a member of the Tiger Kart Club ( TKC ) and entered numerous karting events . In 2005 , he entered the Western Australian Formula Ford championship driving a 15-year-old Van Diemen , finishing eighth by seasons end . Towards the end of the season , Ricciardo took a leased 13-year-old Van Diemen across to Sandown Raceway in Melbourne to compete at the national Formula Ford series but his ageing car was uncompetitive as he finished 16th , 17th and retired during the weekends three races . The following year , however , he won a scholarship into the Formula BMW Asian championship with Eurasia Motorsport . During his début season , Ricciardo took two victories ( both at Bira ) and also achieved a pole position at Zhuhai . He finished third in the Drivers Championship with 231 points , 59 points behind the champion Earl Bamber . In August that year , he was given an outing with Motaworld Racing to race at the eighth meeting of the Formula BMW UK championship . Despite retiring from the first race , Ricciardo recovered to finish eighth in the second race and took three championship points in his only entry in the British championship . At the end of the year , he entered the Formula BMW World Final with Fortec Motorsport where he finished in fifth position , 14 seconds off winner Christian Vietoris . Formula Renault . 2007 saw Ricciardo switch categories to Formula Renault with RP Motorsport , entering the European and Italian championships of the category , although mainly focused on the latter series as he entered 14 races to the four entries he took in the European championship . He finished the year seventh in the Italian series with 196 points and scoring a single podium at Valencia but failed to score a point in his handful of starts in the European races . Ricciardo stayed in Formula Renault for a second year in 2008 , entering the European and Western European championships . By the end of the year , the young driver took his first European title in the Western European Cup and finished second in the Eurocup to Finn Valtteri Bottas . Formula Three . During the mid-part of the 2008 season , Ricciardo made his Formula Three début at the Nürburgring , entering SG Formulas Formula 3 Euro Series team . Despite only a short amount of experience in the car , Ricciardo qualified in eighth for the first race which later converted into sixth in the race after James Jakes and Christian Vietoris stalled on the grid . But he struggled in the reverse-grid race , finishing just fifteenth . Ricciardo moved to the British Formula 3 Championship for the 2009 season driving for Carlin Motorsport . He also made his debut in the 3.5-litre World Series by Renault championship , racing alongside Charles Pic at Tech 1 Racing for the rounds at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal . He retired from the first race , before finishing fifteenth in the second . When he returned to Formula Three , he extended his championship lead to 45 points before returning to the Portuguese circuit . A win and a third in the British-registered cars , gave him an unassailable 64-point lead over Renger van der Zande with just 42 available . This meant that Ricciardo became the first Australian driver since David Brabham in 1989 to win the British Formula 3 title . Just like Brabham , Ricciardo won the title in a car powered by a Volkswagen engine . Ricciardo finished the season on a high , taking both pole positions for the final round of the series , at Brands Hatch . He won the first race by fifteen seconds , and finished fourth ( third in British-registered cars as Marcus Ericsson was running in the Invitational Class ) in the season-ending race . His championship winning margin was 87 points as Walter Grubmüller overhauled his teammate van der Zande , who was absent from the weekend due to a conflicting Euroseries race in Barcelona . Ricciardo continued his partnership with Carlin , by heading to the Macau Grand Prix with the team . Ricciardo quickly gathered pace at the circuit , being second fastest ( and fastest rookie ) behind Marcus Ericsson in first qualifying , before winding up in fifth place in second qualifying , setting the grid for the qualifying race . Following a sixth place in the qualifying race , Ricciardo was forced to retire on the first lap of the main race after hitting a wall at San Francisco . He continued with a puncture up the hill before hitting the wall at the Solitude Esses , and caused a circuit-blocking incident , which also took out seven of his rivals . Formula Renault 3.5 Series . On 30 October 2009 , Ricciardo was signed by Tech 1 to compete in the 2010 season . He had competed with the team at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal in 2009 , and was the teammate to Brendon Hartley , another driver who drove for Tech 1 over the season . Following a minor incident during a mountain bike exercise , Ricciardo was forced to miss the second test of the 2010 season , but went on to take pole position for both races at the season-opening round of the 2010 season in Alcañiz , Spain . 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 . He secured his first win at the following race , one place ahead of Coletti . Ricciardo went on to secure two more wins at the Hungaroring and at Hockenheim in commanding fashion . Following Ricciardos sixth pole from 12 races , Tech 1 team boss , Simon Abadie , praised his drivers efforts greatly , saying I am happy , and happy for Daniel because six poles in 12 races is good going , and later stated his teams ambitions for success , by telling Autosport correspondent Peter Mills , I really hopes Daniel wins the championship . At the first race at the Silverstone circuit , Ricciardo was involved in a spectacular incident with pole-sitter Jon Lancaster , in which Ricciardo was sent into a barrel roll , eventually landing on his wheels . The crash saw the end of his race , with teammate Jean-Éric Vergne becoming the eventual winner , following disqualifications . Securing pole for the second race of the weekend , Ricciardo spent much of the race leading the pack by upwards of three seconds . However , braking issues in the second half of the event meant that , on the final lap , championship-rival Esteban Guerrieri was able to pass the Tech 1 racer . Going into the final round of the season , Ricciardo sat just three points behind championship leader Mikhail Aleshin and 13 ahead of third-place man Esteban Guerrieri . Managing his 8th pole of the season , Ricciardo managed a lights-to-flag victory , setting the fastest lap and placing himself equal first with one race remaining . After securing second place on the grid for the second race of the weekend , Ricciardo managed to hold position until the pit stops , where he was successfully jumped by two of his rivals , including teammate Vergne . With only two laps left in the race and struggling for pace , Ricciardo was overtaken by championship rival Aleshin . Finishing in that order , Ricciardo failed to secure the title in his debut year , losing out to Mikhail Aleshin by only two points . In 2011 Ricciardo raced for ISR Racing prior to his HRT call-up . Formula One . Ricciardo made his track debut at the wheel of a Formula One car , when he tested for Red Bull Racing at the young drivers test at Circuito de Jerez over three days , from 1–3 December 2009 . On the final day of testing he clocked the fastest time of the test by over a second . This placed him as the only driver to go into the 1:17 bracket . Red Bull Racings team manager Christian Horner suggested that Ricciardo may replace his 2010 World Series teammate Hartley as the teams test and reserve driver . As it turned out , Ricciardo and Hartley were to share test and reserve duties for both Red Bull , and sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso until the latter was removed from the Red Bull Junior team . On 11 November 2010 , Ricciardo was confirmed as the single driver to represent Red Bull Racing at the end-of-season young drivers test at the Yas Marina Circuit , on 16–17 November . At the announcement , he commented , I cant wait to get another crack at driving Red Bull Racings amazing Formula One car . Ricciardo continued to show his one-lap prowess and dominated the event , with his fastest lap being 1.3 seconds faster than World Champion Sebastian Vettels qualifying lap the Saturday before . Days after completing this session Ricciardo was confirmed as Toro Rossos test and reserve driver for the season , and would take part in the first free practice session of each race weekend . Franz Tost , Toro Rosso team principal stated that having a hungry youngster on the books will keep our current driver pairing nice and sharp , referring to then Toro Rosso drivers Jaime Alguersuari and Sébastien Buemi . Ricciardo would also make an appearance in pre-season testing for the 2011 Formula One season , driving for Scuderia Toro Rosso . At the 2011 Australian Grand Prix , Ricciardo was placed 16th on the timesheets after opening practice , just one-tenth slower than his experienced Toro Rosso teammate Sebastian Buemi . Ricciardo managed to later finish eighth in practice for the wet Turkish Grand Prix Friday practice one session , a place ahead of competitor Buemi . HRT ( 2011 ) . On 30 June 2011 , Ricciardo was contracted to Hispania Racing by Red Bull Racing , replacing Narain Karthikeyan for all the remaining races of the 2011 season except the , to allow Karthikeyan to race at his home Grand Prix . Ricciardo made his Grand Prix debut at the 2011 British Grand Prix at Silverstone . However , on 22 October 2011 , a few days before the inaugural Indian Grand Prix , the race where Karthikeyan was due to gain back his seat for his home race , HRT F1 announced that Vitantonio Liuzzi made way for Karthikeyan , allowing Ricciardo to race in India and extend his learning curve that Red Bull Racing paid the struggling Spanish team to do , as well as allowing Karthikeyan to race in front of his home fans . In Abu Dhabi , Ricciardo retired with mechanical problems after starting 20th on the grid and in the final race at the , Ricciardo finished 20th after starting 22nd on the grid . Toro Rosso ( 2012–2013 ) . 2012 . On 14 December 2011 , it was confirmed that Ricciardo would drive for the Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2012 season , alongside Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne . At the 2012 Australian Grand Prix on 18 March 2012 , Ricciardo managed to overtake his teammate Vergne late on the last lap to come home in ninth place , securing his first two World Championship points . In wet conditions in Malaysia he finished 12th , after having been first to switch to slick tyres . In Bahrain he qualified sixth , but dropped back during the race and finished 15th . In Monaco he suffered his only retirement of the season , after having started from 15th position . 2013 . On 31 October 2012 , Toro Rosso announced the re-signing of Ricciardo for the 2013 season . Ricciardo out-scored his teammate Jean-Éric Vergne by seven points and out-qualified him in over 3/4 of the season . His impressive qualifying efforts of 30–7 against Vergne over their two years together help promote him to Toro Rosso senior team , Red Bull , replacing fellow countryman Mark Webber . Ricciardo finished 13th in the championship with 20 points . Red Bull ( 2014–2018 ) . Ricciardo replaced Mark Webber at Infiniti Red Bull Racing at the start of the 2014 Formula One season , partnering Sebastian Vettel , a four-time world champion . 2014 . In the first race of the season , the , Ricciardo qualified in second place behind Lewis Hamilton and completed the race in second place , despite pressure from rookie Kevin Magnussen in the final laps . Ricciardo was later disqualified , as his car was ruled to have exceeded the mandated hourly fuel flow rate limit . Had he not been disqualified , it would have marked the first time an Australian had made the podium at the Australian Grand Prix since the race became part of the World Championship . Infiniti Red Bull Racing filed an appeal against the disqualification which was rejected by the International Court of Appeal , the FIA decision being upheld . Ricciardo failed to finish in the , but managed to record his first points of the 2014 season at the , where he finished fourth , after starting in 13th position . By winning at the , Ricciardo became the fourth Australian to win a Grand Prix in Formula One , joining Jack Brabham , Alan Jones and Mark Webber . His victory in Canada broke the chain of six Mercedes victories that marked the beginning of the 2014 season . Ricciardo impressed many by beating Vettel throughout the first half of the 2014 season , and after a clean and tight battle between Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso at the , Alonso described Ricciardo as unbelievable and very , very smart , very respectful . Ricciardo won the on 27 July , ahead of Alonso and Lewis Hamilton . He was in third place behind Alonso and Hamilton with less than four laps remaining and overtook Hamiltons Mercedes with a pass on the outside of the Hungarorings turn two . He then easily caught and passed Alonsos Ferrari as he had very little grip left on his tyres – television footage of his left front tyre after the race showed it to be badly blistered . In the final two laps , Ricciardo pulled away to win the race by 5.225 seconds . His teammate Vettel survived a spin coming onto the main straight late in the race to finish seventh . Ricciardo became the second Australian to win the Hungarian Grand Prix , after Mark Webbers victory – also for Red Bull – in 2010 . Ricciardo then went on to score his third victory of his career to go back to back in Belgium , become the first Australian to win there since Jack Brabham in , also making him the only non-Mercedes driver to have won a Grand Prix in 2014 . On 4 October 2014 , it was announced that Ricciardo would partner Daniil Kvyat for the season , following the announcement of Vettels departure from the team . In his first season for Red Bull Racing , Ricciardo confirmed third place in the drivers championship at the , despite it being his first retirement since the . In the final race of the season , the , despite starting from the pit lane due to a front wing infringement , Ricciardo finished in fourth place and secured the first fastest lap of his Formula One career . For his 2014 performances , Ricciardo won the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year in April 2015 . 2015 . On 8 February 2015 , during the third episode of series 22 of the popular British motoring television programme Top Gear , Ricciardo became the fastest Formula One driver to perform a lap of the Top Gear test track during the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car feature , beating the previous record-holder Lewis Hamilton with a time of 1:42.2 . In 2015 , Red Bull slipped behind Ferrari and Williams in their efforts to take the title fight to Mercedes . The Red Bull cars were held back by the Renault power unit having been out-developed by Mercedes and Ferrari . The RB11 only showed pace in slow and twisty high downforce tracks or in rain , highlighting the cars strong chassis . Ricciardo achieved his first top five finish in Monaco with fifth and the fastest lap of the race . While tussling for second in Hungary with Nico Rosberg , his race winning charge ground to a halt when the two clashed while hunting down Sebastian Vettel . Ricciardo managed to finish third behind his teammate . It was his first podium since the 2014 United States Grand Prix . He recorded his second podium of the season in Singapore where he finished second and recorded his third fastest lap of the season . Ricciardo finished the season with 92 points in eighth place in the championship , three points behind teammate Daniil Kvyat . He out-qualified Kvyat 14–5 . 2016 . In a much more competitive Red Bull , Ricciardo began the season well , finishing 4th in both Australia and Bahrain and qualifying 2nd and then leading early on in the Chinese Grand Prix before suffering a tyre blowout and finishing in 4th again . Ricciardo qualified third at the Spanish Grand Prix , and after the two Mercedes cars of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed out on the first lap , he led the early stages of the race . After a remarkable strategy call by Ferrari resulting in a very short third stint for Sebastian Vettel , Red Bull decided to answer this by pitting Ricciardo again and cover Vettel , also going for the presumed faster three-stop strategy . This dropped him behind Vettel , new teammate Max Verstappen and Kimi Räikkönen on track , and after a few failed attempts at passing Vettel , a tyre blowout late on in the race meant that he finished fourth again , behind eventual winner Verstappen , and the Ferraris of Räikkönen and Vettel . Ricciardo scored his first pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix , and led the early wet stages of the race . However , after a very long pitstop in which his team took nearly 40 seconds to ready a set of tyres he lost the race lead to Lewis Hamilton and finished the race in 2nd . Ricciardo was notably upset after the race result , saying : Two weekends in a row Ive been screwed now . It sucks . It hurts . Ricciardo returned to the podium in Hungary , finishing third , and in Germany , where he finished second . On the podium in Germany , Ricciardo performed a new celebration , where he drank champagne out of his shoe . He calls this celebration the shoey . He repeated the celebration at the Belgian Grand Prix ( where he came second again ) , this time persuading podium interviewer Mark Webber to also drink from the shoe . Ricciardo qualified and finished second at the Singapore Grand Prix , after pushing eventual winner Rosberg hard near the end , a late strategy change pushing him to under half a second behind at the finish line . Ricciardo qualified fourth at the Malaysian Grand Prix but moved up to second into turn one , after a collision between Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg . He then took the lead late on in the race when leader Lewis Hamilton retired with an engine failure . After fighting with his Red Bull teammate Verstappen , Ricciardo took his first victory of the season . He repeated his shoey celebration on the podium , and was able to get team boss Christian Horner as well as podium sharers Verstappen and Rosberg to repeat the celebration . Ricciardo eventually sealed third in the Drivers Championship following a podium finish in Mexico . Other than Sergio Pérez , he is the only driver to have been classified in every race of the 2016 season . In fact , save for just two races in which Ricciardo equalled the previous years result , he improved on every other race result from 2015 . 2017 . Ricciardo qualified 10th in Australia after spinning into the tyre barrier in Q3 . He incurred a five-place grid penalty due to an unscheduled gearbox change as a result from the crash . A gearbox sensor issue prevented him from taking the start and when he did get going , two laps down , a sudden fuel pressure problem ended his race after 25 laps . He won his fifth Grand Prix at the first Azerbaijan Grand Prix , after qualifying 10th . He finished on the podium five times in a row between Spain and Austria , and then three times in a row between Singapore and Japan . Despite having maintained fourth in the drivers championship for much of the season , retirements in three of the last four races ( including the final race at Abu Dhabi ) saw Ricciardo drop down to 5th in the championship , five points behind Kimi Räikkönen . 2018 . Ricciardo started the season with a fourth-place in Australia , from eighth on the grid after a three-place penalty for speeding under red flag conditions . In Bahrain , he recorded a non-finish after an electrical failure on the second lap . His result in the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix was much better , taking a commanding victory by almost nine seconds , after starting sixth on the grid . At the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix , Ricciardo was fighting for fourth with teammate Max Verstappen in the latter half of the race . His front wing made heavy contact with his teammates rear , and the incident caused both drivers to retire . At the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix , Ricciardo finished fifth and set the track record , despite spinning under the virtual safety car . Coming into the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix , Ricciardo and Verstappen were considered favourites to win the race due to their cars superior chassis and down-force . Ricciardo topped all three practice sessions before qualifying , breaking the lap record with each session . Ricciardo managed to secure the second pole of his career at Monaco , topping every qualifying session as well and setting a new lap record again . In the race , Ricciardo managed to hold off the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel to take his first Monaco Grand Prix victory and his first Grand Prix win from pole position , despite having to manage a loss of power due to a MGU-K power output issue throughout the race . Later in the season , he tied for the most retirements in the 2018 season , with 8 retirements in total . He managed four fastest laps for the season , in Australia , China , Spain and Hungary and finished the season sixth in the World Drivers Championship with 170 points . Renault ( 2019–2020 ) . On 3 August 2018 , it was announced that Ricciardo had signed a two-year contract to drive for Renault . 2019 . Ricciardos teammate for the 2019 season was Nico Hülkenberg . Ricciardo had a poor start to the season with retirements in the first two races , from front wing damage in Australia and power failure in Bahrain . A 7th-place finish in China followed . In Azerbaijan , Ricciardo reversed into Daniil Kvyat when both cars stopped after an overtake attempt by Ricciardo , causing race-ending damage for both drivers and Ricciardos third retirement in four races . Six consecutive race finishes followed , including a strong 4th place in qualifying and 6th-place finish in Canada . Ricciardo then suffered an exhaust failure at the German Grand Prix . At the Italian Grand Prix , Ricciardo finished in 4th place , his best result of the year . Teammate Hülkenberg finished in 5th , contributing to Renaults best finish since the team returned to the sport in . Ricciardo was involved in a first-lap collision in Russia , leading to his eventual retirement . He was initially classified 6th in Japan , before both Renault cars were disqualified ten days later for using illegal driver aids . Three consecutive points finishes followed , with strong 6th-place finishes in the United States and Brazil . Ricciardo ended a relatively disappointing season for Renault in 9th place in the championship , with 54 points , ahead of teammate Hülkenberg . 2020 . Ricciardo had a new teammate for the 2020 season with Hülkenberg being replaced by Esteban Ocon . Ricciardo started the season with a retirement at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix . In this next race , the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix , Ricciardo was running in 6th place with 2 laps to go before an overtake attempt by Lance Stroll forced Ricciardo wide , causing his to lose positions to Stroll and also Lando Norris . He ended the race in 8th after a close ending with Stroll and Sergio Pérez . Ricciardo qualified 11th at the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix , and finished the race in 8th place . At the 2020 British Grand Prix , Ricciardo finished in 4th place , equaling his best result for Renault . He was running in 6th place before late punctures to Carlos Sainz Jr . and Valtteri Bottas promoted him up to 4th . He was close to overtaking Charles Leclerc for his first podium in 2 years , but missed it by 1.2 seconds . At the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix , Ricciardo qualified 5th , but a spin midway through the race led to a 14th place finish . Ricciardo qualified 13th and finished 11th at the next race in Spain . Ricciardo would go on a 11 race point-scoring streak until the end of the season , starting with the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix . He qualified and finished in 4th place , as well as taking the fastest lap on the last lap of the race . At the 2020 Italian Grand Prix , he qualified 7th and finished in 6th place . At the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix , he qualified 8th and was running in 3rd place for the majority of the race , but Alex Albon of Red Bull overtook Ricciardo , leaving him to have to settle for 4th place . At the Russian Grand Prix , Ricciardo was fastest in the second qualifying segment , but only managed to qualify in 5th place . In the race , he finished in 5th place despite a 5 second penalty . At the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix , Ricciardo qualified 6th before going on to score the teams first podium since the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix . This was Ricciardos first podium since joining Renault , and his first since the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix . In the next race , the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix , he started 10th after having a crash towards the end of second segment of qualifying , damaging his rear wing . He finished 9th in the race . He reached the podium a second time for Renault at the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix . Starting 5th on the grid , he overtook Pierre Gasly on the first lap , before being overcut by Pérez after being stuck behind traffic . However , a tyre failure and retirement of former teammate Max Verstappen and a strategy error by Pérez’s team Racing Point allowed him to finish in 3rd place . In the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix , he started 6th , and overtook Valtteri Bottas on the first lap . However , following a red flag he had a poor second start , which dropped him down to 10th place . He eventually finished in 7th place . At the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix , he had a chance of a podium after Charles Leclerc , Max Verstappen , and Sergio Pérez all collided in the first lap of the race . But a mistimed second pit stop caused Ricciardo to be overtaken , ending the race in 5th place . In his final race for Renault at the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , he only managed 12th on the grid , however a good first stint allowed him to exit the pits in 7th place . He also took the fastest lap of the race on the final lap . He finished in 5th place in the championship standings with 119 points , 6 points behind Sergio Pérez in fourth . McLaren ( 2021– ) . After two years at Renault F1 Team , Ricciardo joined McLaren for the 2021 Formula One World Championship as a replacement for Carlos Sainz Jr . who signed a multi-year deal with Ferrari . His team mate for 2021 is Lando Norris , who was retained by the team . Regarding his new contract , Ricciardo admitted that before signing for McLaren he had held talks with Ferrari about taking over Sebastian Vettels seat but Ferrari had instead signed Sainz . He subsequently placed 7th in the 2021 season opener in Bahrain , having qualified 6th . At the following race , the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix , he finished 6th , having once again qualified in the same position . At the third race of the season in Portugal , Ricciardo suffered a shock exit in qualifying , being knocked out of Q1 and starting the race from 16th . During the race he worked his way through the field and ended in a points-scoring position in ninth , helping McLaren maintain third place in the constructors championship . At the Spanish Grand Prix , Ricciardo qualified seventh , but managed to climb to fifth on the opening lap . He defended fifth from Red Bull driver Sergio Pérez until lap 45 , where Pérez was able to get past at turn 1 . He finished sixth , marking the first time in the season he finished ahead of Norris . Awards . - BRDC The Bruce McLaren Trophy : 2013 - Trofeo Lorenzo Bandini : 2014 - Confartigianato Motori Driver of the Year : 2014 - GQ Australia Sportsman of the Year : 2014 - BRDC The Bruce McLaren Trophy : 2014 - BRDC The Innes Ireland Trophy : 2014 - BRDC The Innes Ireland Trophy : 2015 - Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough Performance of the Year : 2015 - BRDC The Bruce McLaren Trophy : 2016 - Confartigianato Motori Driver of the Year : 2018 Racing record . Racing career summary . <nowiki>*</nowiki> Season still in progress . Complete Formula One results . <nowiki>*</nowiki> Season still in progress. External links . - Profile at Formula1.com