Daniel Ricciardo

Also known as Danny Ric, Daniel Joseph Ricciardo, Honey Badger

Australian racing driver

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Daniel Joseph Ricciardo is an Australian racing automobile driver born on July 1, 1989, in Perth, Western Australia. He competes in auto racing and Formula One, having been a member of the Renault F1 Team, Red Bull Racing, Scuderia Toro Rosso, and McLaren. Ricciardo is sponsored by Red Bull GmbH and has achieved eight wins in his career.

His competitive record includes victories in the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup and the British Formula Three Championship. He has received the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year. Ricciardo stands 180 units tall and has accumulated 1311 points. He has also been diagnosed with COVID-19.

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Acting · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Daniel Joseph Ricciardo (born 1 July 1989) is an Australian racing driver who competed in Formula One. He has achieved eight Grand Prix victories and 32 podiums.

Known for

F1 — Daniel Ricciardo2025
Franz Tost: How To Build A Racing Driver — Self2024
Formula 1: The Official Review Of The 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship2024
Rétro F1 2023 : Un Max de records — Self2023
Formula 1: The Official Review Of The 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship2023
Formula 1: The Official Review Of The 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship — Self2022
When We Were Young — Self2022
Rétro F1 2022 : Verstappen l'indomptable — Self2022
Rétro F1 2021 : Révolution — Self2021
Formula 1: The Official Review Of The 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship — Self2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Argentina
Active from: 1942-11-15

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Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 366
Total plays: 621

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,877x
Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,756x
UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,335x
Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
· 1979 · cited 40,274x
MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
· 2013 · cited 34,830x

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Encyclopedic overview

Daniel Joseph Ricciardo (/rɪˈkɑːrdoʊ/ rik-AR-doh, Italian: [ritˈtʃardo]; born 1 July 1989) is an Australian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2011 to 2024. Nicknamed "the Honey Badger", Ricciardo won eight Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.

Born and raised in Perth to Italian-Australian parents, Ricciardo began competitive kart racing at the age of 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 WEC with SG Formula, before winning the 2009 British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin. He 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 2011. He earned a full-time drive with Toro Rosso in 2012 and 2013 alongside Jean-Éric Vergne, scoring several points finishes in each. Ricciardo was promoted to Red Bull in 2014, replacing the retiring Mark Webber to partner defending four-time World Drivers' Champion Sebastian Vettel.

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