News Details

Ricciardo reflects on moment Marko contacted him about F1 debut

Article To news overview © McLaren Daniel Ricciardo has been reminiscing about the moment he received a call from Dr Helmut Marko about his Formula 1 debut back in 2011. The Australian will mark his 200th Grand Prix at the forthcoming Belgian Grand Prix, 10 years on from when he was given his first opportunity in F1 with the HRT team at Silverstone. Given that he was in the Red Bull programme, Ricciardo had expected that his opportunity would come with the then-called Toro Rosso outfit, but learned otherwise when Marko got in touch. "The circumstances were crazy," Ricciardo told the In The Fast Lane podcast. "I was a Toro Rosso reserve driver that year. I knew there was...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ricciardo: ‘Unreal’ To Have Shared A Track With...

McLaren F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has said he gets goosebumps when he...
4y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Jordan recalls heated row with Michael Schumacher over...

Article To news overview © Credit: Ferrari Eddie Jordan has been...
4y ago from RacingNews365.com

Ricciardo recalls duel with ‘god of this sport'

Daniel Ricciardo says he still gets “goosebumps” when thinking he...
4y ago from PlanetF1.com

Ricciardo Reveals Red Bull Paid Podium Bonus Despite...

Daniel Ricciardo has revealed that Red Bull opted to pay him a podium...
4y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez wins chaotic Jerez MotoGP Sprint despite...

Marc Marquez crashed but made the right strategy calls to prevail in the...
52m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez clinches first pole of 2026 in Spanish...

Marc Marquez produced a stellar lap to claim his first pole position of...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Sebastien Ogier goes all out on asphalt attack

Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais lead Rally Islas Canarias by 8.6...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Major boost for Arsenal as 11 G/A Atletico Madrid star...

Arsenal could reportedly be handed a major boost for their Champions...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Contact made: Arsenal working on signing CL opponent...

Arsenal have reportedly already established contact with the...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'It's a shame they're both depending on each other' -...

Chelsea hero Ruud Gullit has refused to name Arsenal among the favorites...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Sources: Arsenal 'like' Real Madrid star facing...

Arsenal are keeping an eye on Endrick’s situation as there’s the...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Michele Alboreto: Ferrari's last Italian winner

On this day in 2001, the world of motorsport... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

Major Chinese manufacturer confirms F1 talks

BYD's vice president has confirmed talks with F1... Read More »
51m ago from RacingNews365.com

Christian Horner spotted with Honda F1 chief as Aston...

There are door-to-door broadband salesmen who are... Read More »
3h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.