Daniel Ricciardo’s time in F1 seems to have come to an finish following his exit from RB, with the Australian being changed by New Zealander Liam Lawson for what stays of the 2024 season.
For one of the in style personalities on the grid, it marks the top of a profession that yielded eight Grand Prix victories – claimed at Purple Bull and McLaren – and loads of laughs alongside the best way.
As we seemingly say goodbye to a supremely gifted driver, we had a go at rating Ricciardo’s wins with the complete checklist offered under in reverse order…
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8. Azerbaijan 2017 – Surviving and thriving
Key second: A wide ranging three-car overtake into Flip 1
With title rivals Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton clashing behind the Security Automobile, Vettel selecting up a cease/go penalty, Hamilton dealing with an additional pit-stop to repair a unfastened headrest and two Pressure Indias colliding, F1’s go to to Baku in 2017 was not in need of drama.
And, after a disappointing run to tenth place in qualifying, Ricciardo would take advantage of the incidents unfolding round him to rise via the sphere for an unlikely victory, beating the squabbling Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll by some 4 seconds.
Whereas Ricciardo’s restoration drive concerned him inheriting loads of locations, there was nonetheless time for certainly one of his trademark overtakes – an unimaginable three-car cross on Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg and Williams pair Felipe Massa and Stroll into Flip 1 early on.
