Daniel Ricciardo capped off a brilliant weekend despite power unit difficulties to win Sunday’s Grand Prix of Monaco with a flag-to-flag victory over Sebastian Vettel in the streets of Monte Carlo. Lewis Hamilton had a quiet race to finish third. “Wow, it still hasn’t sunk in,” beamed Ricciardo. “It was a perfect weekend but a …
Daniel Ricciardo had a misfortune in the streets of Monaco in 2016. The Australian took pole, but a mistake in his last pit stop lost him the race to Lewis Hamilton. Now, two years later, Ricciardo returned to the principality, taking both practices on Thursday, and in addition, the third practice session. And on Saturday …
Daniel Ricciardo dominated Friday’s Formula 1 practice in the streets of Monte Carlo, as he led his Red Bull team to a 1-2 finish in both sessions, posting a new track record in the afternoon with a 1:11:841 fastest time ahead of Max Verstappen in preparation for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel was third. …
Daniel Ricciardo continued his Formula 1 success as the Red Bull driver set the fastest time in Friday’s (April 27) practice at in Azerbaijan, clocking a lap of 1:42:795 in preparation for Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the streets of Baku. Kimi Raikkonen took second in his Ferrari, while Max Verstappen finished third. Although Ricciardo’s time …
Daniel Ricciardo at one point felt he was starting Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix from the back row following a problem with his engine in qualifying. Instead, the Australian used it as motivation to end the day up front. Ricciardo began the race by calmly moving up the grid. Then, he took an advantage from the …
Daniel Ricciardo proved that his Renault-powered car just might do something big this season, as the Australian topped the time sheets on the first day of Formula 1 pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmelo, Spain on Monday (Feb. 26). Ricciardo’s best lap was 80.179 seconds (129.849 mph) in his Red Bull, which …
Becoming one of the only real challengers for the Formula 1 World Championship along with Ferrari and Mercedes, the Red Bull Racing Team launched their RB14 challenger Monday morning (Feb.19) at their factory in Milton Keynes, England. The car itself did not show its original colors of yellow, dark blue or red, but had a …
This week, funeral services were held for Jules Bianchi. The promising driver suffered an accident at Suzuka last year, losing control in the wet and hitting a crane that had moved on track to recover a car that had slid off in the same area a few laps prior. The circumstances are, for the purposes of …
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