GREATEST RACE: Daniel Ricciardo on the unexpected battle that earned the respect of a champion

Daniel Ricciardo had excessive hopes in 2014 when he stepped as much as Purple Bull and pushed to make his mark alongside four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Within the subsequent chapter of our Best Race collection, the Australian – whose F1 profession now seems to be over after RB’s mid-season driver swap – remembers not one among his breakthrough wins that yr, however an thrilling wheel-to-wheel scrap with Fernando Alonso that modified the way in which he thought concerning the sport going ahead…

Ricciardo’s rise to Purple Bull

Ricciardo was two-and-a-half seasons into his Grand Prix profession – which started with an preliminary run-out for HRT and a stint at Toro Rosso – when the senior Purple Bull staff promoted him to exchange retired countryman Mark Webber.