Daniel's earliest memories of motorsports were of his father racing at the Barbagallo Raceway. Ricciardo started karting at the age of nine
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Daniel Joseph Ricciardo often referred to as “the honey badger” is an Italian-Australian Racing driver who is currently competing in the 2022 FIA Formula One World Drivers Championship driving for the McLaren Formula One team, under the Australian flag. He was born on 1 July 1989 in Perth, Western Australia, to Italian-Australian parents. His father, Giuseppe “Joe” Ricciardo, was born in Messina, but relocated to Australia with his family aged just seven. Ricciardo’s mother, Grace was born in Australia, but had parents originally from Reggio Calabria. Ricciardo also has a sister, Michelle. He attended high school at Newman College.
Ricciardo’s earliest memories of motorsports were of his father racing at the nearby Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo. Ricciardo started karting at the age of nine, as a member of the Tiger Kart Club (TKC) and entered numerous karting events. In 2005, he entered the Western Australian Formula Ford championship driving a 15-year-old Van Diemen, finishing eighth by season’s end. Towards the end of the season, Ricciardo took a leased 13-year-old Van Diemen across to Sandown Raceway in Melbourne to compete at the national Formula Ford series but his aging car was uncompetitive.
Ricciardo made his Formula Three debut at the Nürburgring during the mid-part of the 2008 season, joining SG Formula’s Formula 3 Euro Series team. Despite only a short amount of experience in the car, Ricciardo qualified in eighth for the first race. Ricciardo moved to the British Formula 3 Championship for the 2009 season driving for Carlin Motorsport. Ricciardo continued his partnership with Carlin, by heading to the Macau Grand Prix with the team. On 30 October 2009, Ricciardo was signed by Tech 1 to compete in the 2010 season of Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
He had competed with the team at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal in 2009, and was the teammate to Brendon Hartley, another driver who drove for Tech 1 over the season. Following a minor incident during a mountain bike exercise, Ricciardo was forced to miss the second test of the 2010 season, but went on to take pole position for both races at the season-opening round of the 2010 season in Alcañiz, Spain. Ricciardo failed to secure the title in his debut year, losing out to Mikhail Aleshin by only two points.
On 14 December 2011, it was confirmed that Ricciardo would drive for the Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2012 season, alongside Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne. At the 2012 Australian Grand Prix on 18 March 2012, Ricciardo managed to overtake his teammate Vergne late on the last lap to come home in ninth place, securing his first two World Championship points. Toro Rosso re-signed Ricciardo for the 2013 season. Ricciardo out-scored his teammate Jean-Éric Vergne by seven points and out-qualified him for over 3/4 of the season. His impressive qualifying efforts over their two years together helped promote him to Toro Rosso senior team, Red Bull.
| Races | 214 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Podiums | 32 |
| Points | 1285 |
At that time, there were no numbers to choose from and it was purely coincidental which number was to be assigned. For Ricciardo, it was number 3 and at the time his house number was also number 3. In addition, this number was also used by a Nascar driver Dale Earnhardtthat Ricciardo was following.
According to reports, Ricciardo had an annual salary of $29 million in 2020, with a net worth of $50 million. In 2021, with McLaren, Ricciardo became the 7th highest earning F1 driver on the grid, with a salary of $17 million per year. However, over the ongoing season, Ricciardo has reportedly taken a step back with a salary of $15 million.The Net Worth and Income of Daniel Ricciardo is expected to continue to grow at a Strong pace. Over the next few years, Daniel Ricciardo’s Net worth is expected to grow by around 34%.
Ricciardo keeps his private life low key, and at present, he appears to be single. His former romance with Jemma Boskovic was widely known, especially given the pair’s humble beginnings as Year 12 formal partners. The high school sweethearts shared a long-term relationship as Ricciardo’s career in F1 began to take off. The pair even moved to Monaco together before their eventual split in 2016. In the years following the split, Ricciardo has been linked to several other names including fellow Red Bull colleague Annemarie Horbass and even Australian model, Jessica Gomes, though both rumored romances were never confirmed. More recently, the F1 star was rumored to be dating American-based actor, Heidi Berger. Various outlets suggested the pair had struck up a romance in late 2021, but neither party has hinted at a relationship yet.
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