Daniel Ricciardo

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 2011 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.

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.

Daniel Ricciardo moved to the British Formula Three Championship for 2009, driving for Carlin Motorsport. 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. 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. He had 8 pole positions in the season, 4 wins, and finished the season second in the championship.

Daniel Ricciardo returned to the series in 2011 for ISR Racing

 Formula One 

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. On the final day of testing, Ricciardo had the fastest time of the test by more than one second. Ricciardo became one of the test and reserve drivers for both Red Bull Racing, and the sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso

In November 2010, Daniel Ricciardo was the only Red Bull Racing driver at the end-of-season young drivers test. 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.

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

 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 2012Formula OneScuderia Toro Rosso 20 0 0 0 0 10 18th 2013Formula OneScuderia Toro Rosso 19 0 0 0 0 20 14th 2014Formula OneInfiniti Red Bull Racing 19 3 0 1 8 238 3rd 2015Formula OneInfiniti Red Bull Racing 19 0 0 3 2 92 8th 2016Formula OneRed Bull Racing 21 1 1 4 8 256 3rd 2017Formula OneRed Bull Racing 20 1 0 1 9 200 5th 2018Formula OneAston Martin Red Bull Racing 21 2 2 4 2 170 6th 2019Formula OneRenault F1 Team 21 0 0 0 0 54 9th 2020Formula OneRenault DP World F1 Team 17 0 0 2 2 119 5th 2021 Formula One McLaren F1 Team10100050*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 HOC11 HOC12 MUG1 MUG2 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2NÜR16NÜR215 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 LMS1 LMS2 HOC21 HOC22 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 CATSPR CATFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MONFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SILSPR SILFEA BUGSPR BUGFEA ALGSPRRet ALGFEA15 NÜRSPR NÜRFEA ALCSPR ALCFEA 34th 0 2010 Tech 1 Racing ALC13 ALC22 SPA113 SPA25 MON11 BRN112 BRN25 MAG16 MAG22 HUN11 HUN26 HOC11 HOC211 SIL1Ret SIL22 CAT11 CAT24 2nd 136 2011 ISR Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA110 SPA29MNZ16 MNZ21 MON11NÜR12 NÜR25 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 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  Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR6 Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8 AUSTD MALTD CHNTD TURTD ESPTD MONTD CANTD EURTD 26th*  0*     Hispania Racing Hispania F111 Cosworth CA2011 2.4 L V8 GBR19  GER19 HUN18 BELRet ITANC SIN19 JPN22 KOR19 IND18 ABURet BRA20
 Season in progress.

 References 

 Other websites 

Official website
Profile on Driver Database

Category:1989 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian Formula One drivers
Category:Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia