Daniel Ricciardo

Chris Jenkins · Jul 13, 2011

For all we know he might've been told to "maintain a gap"

Eric Parker · Jul 13, 2011

His only real comparison is if he can finish above the Virgin drivers in the last few races of the year. Lets face it, the HRT isn't going to out shine anyone at any given race. Put Ayrton Senna in his prime in that car and he would still struggle to gain places.

Ross Balfour · Jul 13, 2011

Damon Hill debuted at ther British GP in the worst car a while ago, then became a world champion... I wouldn't be surprised if Ricciardo did the same.

My993C2 · Jul 13, 2011

Ross Balfour said:
Damon Hill debuted at ther British GP in the worst car a while ago, then became a world champion... I wouldn't be surprised if Ricciardo did the same.

It's much too early to know what impact Ricciardo will have in the sport. Even though HRT is one of the slow teams, some time at HRT this season doing full race weekends is still better than being only a Friday P1 driver at Toro Rosso. Most F1 drivers start their careers in crappy and/or mid tier teams.

Ross Balfour · Jul 13, 2011

My993C2 said:
It's much too early to know what impact Ricciardo will have in the sport. Even though HRT is one of the slow teams, some time at HRT this season doing full race weekends is still better than being only a Friday P1 driver at Toro Rosso. Most F1 drivers start their careers in crappy and/or mid tier teams.

I haven't seen as much hype about him joining F1 since Vettel joined the paddock in replacement for Kubica at BMW, I think he's the real deal, I;ve seen him through British F3 all the way up, he is WC material!

Xosé Estrada · Jul 14, 2011

Christian Burge said:
all that hype about how hes gonna be the next vettel and he finishes 52 seconds behind Red bull reject Luizzi i know this is his first race but thats just not good enough hamilton got podium on his first race i hope Germany is better

Thanks for comparing McLaren to Hispania, all Spaniards feel honoured lol

Luke McVicar · Jul 24, 2011

Im surprised hes this close to liuzzi already, the way hes going he might have the measure of him in the next race or two.

Bram Hengeveld · Nov 25, 2012

After his first full season with Torro Rosso what are your impressions of Ricciardo?

Kartik Sri Harsha · Nov 26, 2012

Great Drive through out the season
Highlights: 6th Bahrain Qualification, 6 Point finishes compared to Jean's 4.
but in my view Vergne Impressed than Daniel.
Dan has the One lap pace compared to jean but Jean has the Race pace.

driveroz247 · Mar 13, 2013

I just saw on the local news here yesterday an interview with Daniel.

He is an ambitious young guy. He has set himself the goal of winning at least 1 World Drivers Championship in F1 over the next 5 years.

From one Aussie to another, I say you go for it Daniel!

António da Cunha · Jul 25, 2013

MATESCHITZ HINTS 'EXCELLENT' RICCIARDO TO WIN RED BULL SEAT

Thursday 25 July at 15:35 : Jul.25 (GMM) Daniel Ricciardo on Thursday appeared to move another step closer to landing his dream seat at Red Bull Racing.

After the young Australian tested for the world champion team recently at Silverstone, reports indicated he had moved ahead of Kimi Raikkonen as the favourite to replace the Le Mans-bound Red Bull veteran Mark Webber in 2014.

When asked about next year's currently vacant race seat alongside Sebastian Vettel, team owner Dietrich Mateschitz clearly hinted Toro Rosso driver Ricciardo is at the front of the queue.

The Austrian billionaire did not even mention Finn Raikkonen, whose current team Lotus is pushing hard to convince the laid-back 2007 world champion to stay.

"No decision has been taken yet," Mateschitz is quoted as saying by the AFP, AAP and Sapa news agencies.

"It is still under discussion within the team but it will be announced after Budapest. Ricciardo did an excellent job at Silverstone and Jean-Eric Vergne was good too."
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