McLaren driver Lando Norris was having an excellent race weekend in Abu Dhabi before suffering a slow puncture with just 10 laps of the grand prix to go. The young British driver started the race in P3, just behind the two championship protagonists, but found himself losing a bunch of places after the team detected
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Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz has spoken of his confusion over an unprecedented Safety Car situation at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Sainz secured his fourth podium finish of the season in Abu Dhabi, narrowly besting Yuki Tsunoda and Valtteri Bottas on the last lap, to take fifth in the Drivers’ Championship. However, the last-gasp
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Daniel Ricciardo appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, discussing all things Formula 1. Ellen admitted that prior to watching Netflix’s Drive to Survive docuseries, she did not know “anything about” Formula 1. However, since watching the controversial show, Ellen is now a fan, stating that she “could not stop watching it.” Urging her
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Max Verstappen has suggested that Daniel Ricciardo would struggle to match him in equal machinery if they were to race as team-mates now. The pair raced together at Red Bull for three seasons, before Ricciardo ultimately decided to depart the team for Renault due to concerns about Verstappen being favoured. Ricciardo outscored Verstappen in 2016
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McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has responded to Carlos Sainz calling him “dirty” during last weekend’s US Grand Prix. The pair battled on several occasions during the race, and they made slight contact at one point in a move that Sainz described as a “bit dirty.” Speaking after the grand prix, Ricciardo acknowledged that he made
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McLaren driver Lando Norris has said he has to be “happy” with finishing seventh in the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix. Norris qualified P8 on Saturday after both McLaren drivers had struggled at the track in free practice, as the circuit’s characteristics weren’t suited to their car. READ: ‘Red Bull Really Has To Do It Themselves’:
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In the wake of finding his form and claiming a stunning victory at Monza, McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has shed some light on the way in which he prepares for races and the mentality behind his successes. Ricciardo revealed that he is “not ashamed to say” that he understands “the best part of nothing” when it
MoreDaniel Ricciardo’s talent may have potentially “just evaporated” following his move to McLaren, former F1 driver Johnny Herbert has implied. Ricciardo has underperformed at his new team, with him often trailing his team-mate, Lando Norris, by several tenths of a second per lap so far this season. The Aussie himself has admitted that he has
MoreMcLaren F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has said he gets goosebumps when he recalls having shared a race track with Michael Schumacher in the infancy of his Formula 1 career. The Aussie made his debut in the pinnacle of motorsport in 2011 with the now-defunct HRT team, and he raced in the sport with Schumacher until
MoreMcLaren F1 driver Lando Norris has said he finds it “interesting” that his team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo, is still struggling to get to grips with his new car while other drivers who switched teams are back on the pace. Ricciardo joined McLaren with high expectations, but he has struggled to adapt to the esoteric McLaren MCL35M.
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