Daniel Ricciardo - Blog Posts
Sauber has the chance to do the funniest thing ever for 2025
Daniel Ricciardo's "I respect him as a driver and a person" VS Mark Webber's "while he respected me as a driver...he had no respect for me as a person"
Something something RBR Aussies and their younger multiple time WDC winner teammates
Not only did he set the fastest lap of the race, but he actually BROKE the lap record for the CIRCUIT
Daniel Ricciardo you will forever be famous
Maxiel through the years
"Your old pal Daniel picked up the fastest lap at the end as well"
"Thank you Daniel"
The web weaves itself, really
Skysports needs to stop talking about the possibility of this being Daniel's last race or I will burst out into tears
They put him on softs I can't defend this team if I tried＿|￣|○ il||li
"I'll get a day of community service if I swear so lets leave it at that" 👀
At this point I'm choosing to ignore everything Helmut Marko says for my own sanity
Got Doints but at what cost 💔
P9... is still in Q3!! And he improved on the final lap!! We take what we can 💪💪
WAIT WE'RE SO BACK
What is happening in the house of commons...
10 milliseconds off of Q3… Lowkey devastating but we do what we can 🫠
Montreal ✅
Daniel in the points + Alex's overtake + Hamilton setting the fastest lap + Max win means this weekend is officially one of my favourites this season. If only Logan didn't DNF and Yuki didn't crash 🥲🥲
daniel ricciardo in parc ferme after finishing p8 | 📍circuit gilles villeneuve, canadian grand prix, race day | 📸 rudy carezzevoli
DANIEL RICCIARDO IN THE POINTS OH MY GOD!!!!!
Canadian GP Quali - Results
Q1
P20-16: Zhou, Hulkenberg, Ocon, Bottas, Perez (Ocon 5 place grid penalty, will start last)
Fastest 3: Verstappen, Tsunoda, Hamilton
Oscar Piastri "got impeded massively by both cars [Hamilton + Tsunoda]" turn 4 (no further investigation)
"Yeah, downshifts are --- as well" - Verstappen, going into pits
Albon goes 4th fastest, knocks checo perez out of Q1
Logan Sergeant also 8th fastest (both Williams into Q2!)
Q2
P15-11: Gasly, Magnussen, Sargeant, Sainz, Leclerc
Fastest 3: Russell, Hamilton, Norris
First time in Q2 in Montreal for logan sargeant and yuki tsunoda
Verstappen in the pitlane rejoins the line behind the RBs but gets noted for not following race director (investigation after session)
"----, man, just move out of the way! I bet he did that on purpose" - Verstappen on Russell
Albon's car hit the ground during a pit stop and they turned it off to check everything, but he came out to set another time
Holy Moly! I had a big moment in turn 4" - Russell, almost hitting the wall
Both ferraris (on used tyres) BOTH out in Q2; First time both cars fail to reach Q1 since belgium 2021
Q1
P1-10: Russell, Versappen, Norris, Piastri, Ricciardo, Alonso, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Stroll, Albon
Verstappen sets the same time as Russell BUT Russell set it first so he gets pole
Hamilton out of the top 5 for the first time in Montreal
Ricciardo outqualifies Tsunoda for the 2nd time this season
RUSSELL IN POLE FOR THE SECOND TIME EVER!!! HIS SECOND CAREER POLE!!
Villeneuve saying all that just for Danny to get P5 in quali LETS GOO 💪💪
F1 drivers and constellations I'm assigning them
2019 rookies - the Summer Triangle (ik this isn't a constellation just keep reading)
Lando Norris - Aquila (The Eagle)
The constellation is easy to spot, flying opposite the celestial Swan (Cygnus). It's located in the fourth quadrant of the northern hemisphere.
Its bright star is Altair, which forms the 'Summer Triangle' with the bright stars of Cygnus and Lyra.
Alex Albon - Lyra (Lyre)
Lyra is a small constellation that lies in the northern sky. The constellation was often depicted as a vulture or an eagle carrying Orpheus’ lyre in its wings or beak, and called “the falling eagle” or “falling vulture.”
Vega, it's brightest star, was the first star other than the Sun to be photographed.
George Russell - Cygnus (The Swan)
Cygnus is also sometimes identified as Orpheus, who was transformed into a swan after his passing and placed next to his lyre in the sky. The lyre is represented by the neighboring constellation Lyra.
Charles Leclerc - Columba (The Dove)
The constellation’s original name was Columba Noachi, meaning “Noah’s dove.” It was named after the bibical dove that was sent from the Ark to see if there is any dry land left after the Great Flood. The bird returned holding an olive branch in its beak, signalling that the flood was receding.
Lewis Hamilton - Phoenix
Ovid wrote in his Metamorphoses that the Phoenix lived for 500 years. When it reached the end of its life span, the phoenix would build itself a nest, then ignite it and meet its end in the fire. A new bird would be born from the ashes.
Daniel Ricciardo - Apus (Bird of Paradise)
Apus is a small constellation in the southern sky. It represents a bird-of-paradise, and its name means "without feet" in Greek because the bird-of-paradise was once wrongly believed to lack feet.
Max Verstappen - Leo (The Lion)
Leo represents the lion and is usually associated with the Nemean lion in Greek mythology, who lived in a cave near a town and set upon the local inhabitants. It could not be defeated because of it's impenetrable golden fur.
Carlos Sainz - Hercules
Hercules is the fifth largest constellation in the sky, but has no first magnitude stars. It is named after the Roman hero, who had to carry out a series of tasks, one being the slaughter of the Nemean lion. He only managed to kill it by trapping it in it's cave and strangling it with his bare hands.
Might continue this but I'm not quite sure what to put for the others so drop suggestions
Haas DRS train 2: Electric Boogaloo
Oscar 🤝 Daniel
Aussies with three-place grid penalties
Q3
Both RBs into Q3, 100% Q3 record at Imola for Daniel!
Verstappen gets another pole at Imola despite a slower last sector
Mclaren take P2-3 behind him, Piastri ahead of Norris (but remember, Piastri's still under investigation)
((update, Piastri handed a three-place grid penalty after the investigation, drops from P2 to P5))
Both Ferraris go slower on the first sectors, locking out P4-5 with Leclerc ahead of Sainz
The Mercedes separated by Tsunoda, Russell ahead of Hamilton to make P6-8
Ricciardo makes one last minute lap on fresh tires, ends up starting 9th on Sunday
Hulkenberg went fastest but was immediately kicked down by Verstappen, Norris and Tsunoda, will start P10
Imola GP Quali
Q1
Out: Sergeant, Alonso, Magnussen, Zhou, Bottas (P20 to P16)
Oscar Piastri investigated for impeding on Magnussen
Logan Sargeant's lap time deleted for track limits, drops from P17 to P20 :(
Hulkenberg goes third fastest
Both Williams and Alonso hit the gravel, turn 18 also almost caught out Verstappen and Norris
Both Alpines and RBs into Q2!!
Verstappen went fastest in Q1 in the last few seconds
Miami ✅
Absolutely insane race, I still can’t believe Lando’s got a win now but it makes so much sense that his first would be in Miami lol
Anyways I couldn’t fit in in here but congrats to RB for getting double points this weekend!! So deserved 💙💙
I also forgot the incident with Perez locking up and going wide losing his P3 spot and !!almost!! hitting some drivers at the race start
Ricciardo up 5 places and yuki in P7 🔥🔥
Miami GP: Quali recap
Out Q1
Zhou Guanyu, Magnussen, Ricciardo, Sargeant, Bottas
(In order from lowest to highest position, so P20-16)
Magnussen unfortunately not in a place to get points, citing too many cars in the last corner as the reason
Ricciardo also to qualify last following his 3 place grid penalty from China. It seems if you do irregularly well in the sprint you end up placing last during quali... 🥲
Out Q2
Alonso, Albon, Ocon, Gasly, Stroll (P15-11)
Albon complains about low grip and high tire degradation, almost hits the barriers while turning
"The tyres are absolutely destroyed, I can't get them to last more than six corners."
Lando Norris gets a lap time deleted but it has no effect
Alonso, not making it through to Q3 for the first time this season
Q1 results
Tsunoda, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Russell, Piastri, Norris, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen (P10-1)
Verstappen takes pole position again
Hamilton went 2nd fastest in Q2 but isn't able to replicate it for Q1
Sainz and Hulkenberg have an incident (impeding) but no further action is taken
"I prefer it at the front." - Daniel Ricciardo after the sprint
RICNATION WE ARE SO BACK!!!!