Daniel Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo is an Australian former racing driver, born in Perth to Italian-Australian parents in 1989 and nicknamed the Honey Badger, who competed in Formula One from 2011 to 2024. He began kart racing at nine, won the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC and the 2009 British Formula 3 Championship, and made his Formula One debut with HRT at the 2011 British Grand Prix. After Toro Rosso he was promoted to Red Bull in 2014, finishing third that year with his first win in Canada, and later drove for Renault, McLaren and RB. He won eight Grands Prix, including Monaco in 2018 and Monza for McLaren in 2021. He retired in 2025, became global ambassador for Ford Racing, and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2022.