Daniel Ricciardo
| Daniel Ricciardo | |
|---|---|
 Ricciardo in 2009. | |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 1 July 1989 Perth, Australia |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2009 |
| Current team | Tech 1 Racing |
| Car no. | 8 |
| Starts | 19 |
| Wins | 4 |
| Poles | 8 |
| Fastest laps | 5 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
| 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007–08 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. He currently races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He is also the test driver for both the Red Bull Racing and the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One teams.[1][2]
Career
Formula Ford and Formula BMW
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.[3]
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, 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 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 fourteen 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.
The Australian 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 Formula's Formula Three Euroseries team. Despite only a short amount of experience in the car the Australian 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.[4]
Ricciardo moved to the British Formula Three Championship for the 2009 season driving for Carlin Motorsport.[5] 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 F3 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 team-mate 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.[6] 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.[7] He had competed with the team at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal in 2009, and will be team-mate 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 5th 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, Daniel 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. The Australian went on to secure two more wins at the Hungaroring and at Hockenheim in commanding fashion. Following Ricciardo's 6th pole from 12 races, Tech 1 team boss, Simon Abadie, praised his driver's efforts greatly, saying "I am happy, and happy for Daniel because six poles in 12 races is good going," and later stated his team's ambitions for success, by telling Autosport correspondent Peter Mills, "I really hopes Daniel wins the championship."[8]
At the first race at the Silverstone circuit, Ricciardo was involved in a spectacular incident with pole-sitter Jon Lancaster, in which the Australian was sent into a barrel roll, eventually landing on his wheels. The crash saw the end of his race, with teammate Jean-Eric Vergne becoming the eventual winner, following disqualifications. Securing pole for the second race of the weekend, Daniel spent much of the race leading the pack by upwards of 3 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.[9]
Going into the final round of the season, Ricciardo sat just 3 points behind championship leader Mikhail Aleshin and 13 ahead of 3rd-place man Esteban Guerrieri. Managing his 8th pole of the season,[10] the Australian managed a lights-to-flag victory, setting the fastest lap and placing himself equal first with one race remaining.[11] 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, the Australian was overtaken by championship rival Aleshin. Finishing in that order, Ricciardo failed to secure the title in his debut year, losing out to the Russian by only two points.[12]
Ricciardo will return to the series in 2011 for ISR Racing[13]
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.[14] On the final day of testing, Daniel 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.[15] Red Bull Racing's team manager Christian Horner has since suggested that Ricciardo may replace his 2010 World Series team-mate Hartley as the team's test and reserve driver.[16] As it turned out, Ricciardo and Hartley were to share test and reserve duties for both Red Bull, and sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso[17] until the latter was removed from the Red Bull Junior team.[18]
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 can’t wait to get another crack at driving Red Bull Racing’s amazing Formula One car”.[19] Ricciardo continued to show his one-lap prowess and dominated the event. With his fastest lap being 1.3 seconds faster than 2010 World Champion Sebastian Vettel's qualifying lap the Saturday before, Ricciardo remained unbeaten in Formula One tests he had been involved in.[20]
On 26 November 2010, Ricciardo was confirmed as Toro Rosso's test and reserve driver for the 2011 season, and will take part in the first free practice session of each race weekend.[21][22] He 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 [23] on the timesheets after opening practice, just one-tenth slower than his experienced Toro Rosso team mate Sebastian Buemi.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 19th* |
| 2011 | Formula One | Red Bull Racing | Test driver | ||||||
| Scuderia Toro Rosso | |||||||||
↓ 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 |
MNZ 2 |
MON 1 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
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 |
MON |
CAN |
EUR |
GBR |
GER |
HUN |
BEL |
ITA |
SIN |
JPN |
KOR |
IND |
ABU |
BRA |
– | – |
References
- ↑ "Ricciardo set to apply pressure". abc.new.au. ABC. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ Beer, Matt (26 November 2010). "Ricciardo gets STR Friday practice role". autosport.com. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ↑ "2005 Western Australian Formula Ford Championship Final Pointscore". formulaford1600.com.au. Australian Formula Ford State Racing. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ↑ English, Steven (2008). "Hülkenberg is 'Ring Leader". Autosport. 193 (5): 58–59.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ↑ "Carlin confirms Red Bull duo". crash.net. 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ↑ Young, Colin (2009-09-26). "West Australian Daniel Ricciardo expected to make major moves pre-Christmas". news.com.au. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ↑ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-10-30). "Ricciardo joins Hartley at Tech 1". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- ↑ Mills, Peter (2010-09-04). "Tech 1 thrilled with Ricciardo's pole". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ↑ Mills, Peter (2010-09-19). "Guerrieri triumphs after epic battle". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ↑ Mills, Peter (2010-10-09). "Ricciardo takes crucial pole". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ↑ Mills, Peter (2010-10-09). "Ricciardo wins to tie points lead". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ↑ Mills, Peter (2010-10-09). "Aleshin secures title, Guerrieri wins". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ↑ Noble, Jonathon (11 December 2011). "Ricciardo stays on in FR3.5 with ISR". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ↑ "Red Bull to give Ricciardo first F1 test". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
{{cite news}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ↑ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-12-03). "Ricciardo ends Jerez test on top". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ↑ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-12-02). "Ricciardo eyes Red Bull test role". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ↑ Noble, Jonathan (2010-01-26). "Ricciardo, Hartley to be Red Bull reserves". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ↑ "Hartley Dropped as Red Bull Reserve Driver". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate.net. 2010-17-21. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ "Ricciardo to star for Red Bull at young driver test". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ↑ Straw, Edd (2010-11-17). "Ricciardo dominates rookie testing". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
- ↑ Beer, Matt (26 November 2010). "Ricciardo gets STR Friday practice role". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ↑ "Ricciardo to get Friday outings as Toro Rosso 2011 reserve". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ↑ "Daniel Ricciardo sets good time". heraldsun.com.au. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 02 April 2011.
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