
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 probably the most in style personalities on the grid, it marks the tip of a profession that yielded eight Grand Prix victories – claimed at Pink Bull and McLaren – and loads of laughs alongside the way in which.
As we seemingly say goodbye to a supremely gifted driver, we had a go at rating Ricciardo’s wins with the complete record offered under in reverse order…
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8. Azerbaijan 2017 – Surviving and thriving
Key second: A panoramic 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 free headrest and two Pressure Indias colliding, F1’s visit to Baku in 2017 was not short of drama.
And, after a disappointing run to tenth place in qualifying, Ricciardo would profit from the incidents unfolding round him to rise by way of the sector 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 one in all his trademark overtakes – an unbelievable three-car cross on Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg and Williams pair Felipe Massa and Stroll into Flip 1 early on.
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