Visa RB announced on Thursday that Daniel Ricciardo will be replaced immediately by reserve driver Liam Lawson. After a questionable season, Ricciardo says goodbye to his team and probably Formula 1. The cheerful Australian has made his mark on motorsport in more than 13 years. 285 starts, 8 wins, 32 podiums and a lot of stuff shoey’s later we look back on the career of the honey badger.
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Debut with HRT
A 22 year old Daniel Ricciardo poses with the HRT logo during the 2011 British GP. Red Bull’s Australian test driver has inherited the seat from the Indian Narain Karthikeyan and thus makes his debut in Formula 1 (Motorsport Images)
In 2012, Red Bull considered Daniel Ricciardo good enough for a seat at Toro Rosso, the training team of the Austrians. There he ends up next to the French Jean-Eric Vergne. The duo will remain in Faenza in 2013 (Motorsport Images)
Five seasons with Red Bull
In 2014, Ricciardo finally moved on to Red Bull. In his first season he finished third in the championship, above teammate and reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel. The honey badger is later joined by Daniil Kvyat and a young one Max Verstappen (Motorsport Images)
In 2018, Daniel Ricciardo wins the Monaco GP for the first time. It is his seventh and last victory with the team Red Bull. After the race, a dip in the pool produces this iconic photo (Motorsport Images)
From Renault to McLaren
In 2019, to everyone’s surprise, Daniel Ricciardo opted for a two-year deal with Renault. At the French racing stable he first comes wide Nico Hülkenberg and later next to it Esteban Ocon justifiably. In 2020 he finished on the podium twice, but real successes were not forthcoming (Motorsport Images)
After Renault follows a two-year stint with McLaren. In his first season with the British, Daniel Ricciardo wins the Monza Grand Prix with teammate Lando Norris in his wake. However, 2022 would be a dramatic year – the Australian regularly lost out to Norris and was eventually fired (Motorsport Images)
Second chance
After a few months of extra work as a reserve driver for Red Bull, Daniel Ricciardo will be back on the grid in 2023. He may replace a struggling Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri. The following year – when the team is renamed Visa Cash App RB – can he take his place next to it? Yuki Tsunoda preserve (Motorsport Images)
Then suddenly it’s the end of practice for Daniel Ricciardo. After a questionable season, he is replaced as a reserve driver in the run-up to the Austin GP Liam Lawson. The New Zealander also filled in for him in five races in 2023 (Getty Images)
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