Daniel Ricciardo

Daniel Joseph Ricciardo ( , ; born 1 July 1989) is an Australian racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Ricciardo won eight Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.

Born and raised in Perth to Italian-Australian parents, Ricciardo began competitive kart racing aged nine. Graduating to junior formulae in 2005, Ricciardo debuted in his regional Formula Ford championship. He won his first title at the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup with SG Formula, before winning the 2009 British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin. Ricciardo then progressed to Formula Renault 3.5, finishing runner-up to Mikhail Aleshin by two points in his rookie season. Ricciardo made his Formula One debut at the 2011 British Grand Prix with HRT as part of the Red Bull Junior Team, replacing Narain Karthikeyan for the remainder of the season. He earned a full-time drive with Toro Rosso in and competed in two seasons for them alongside Jean-Éric Vergne, scoring several points finishes in each.

Ricciardo was promoted to Red Bull in , replacing the retiring Mark Webber to partner four-time defending World Drivers' Champion Sebastian Vettel. In his first season with Red Bull under Renault power, to .}} Ricciardo finished third in the championship, taking his maiden victory at the , with further wins in Hungary and Belgium. After a winless campaign for Red Bull, Ricciardo returned to the top of the podium at the in , eventually clinching third in the standings again. He took further wins for Red Bull at the in , as well as the Chinese and Monaco Grands Prix in . Ricciardo signed with Renault in , finishing a season-best fourth in Italy. He retained his seat for his campaign, achieving multiple podiums and finishing fifth in the championship. He then joined McLaren in to partner Lando Norris, achieving his only race win and podium for the team at the . Amid struggles for form, Ricciardo left McLaren at the end of the season and re-signed as a reserve driver for Red Bull in . From the onwards, Ricciardo replaced Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri; he retained his seat for their campaign as RB, but was replaced by Liam Lawson after the .

Ricciardo achieved }} race wins, }} pole positions, fastest laps and podiums in Formula One. Ricciardo was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Australia Day Honours. Provided by Wikipedia