He took Massa for fourth place.īahrain – A stellar qualifying lap saw Ricciardo claim fifth place on the grid despite having the fifth-slowest car in a straight line (albeit the fastest Renault). He rose as high as second place after the stoppage while running on soft tyres, but his final pit stop dropped him out of the podium places. Hulkenberg passed him at the start but Ricciardo produced a surprise attack at turn three on lap four to regain the place. Ricciardo will have to dig deep to maintain his superiority next year.Īustralia – Made it into Q3 but was unable to beat any of the other cars. Verstappen was a more potent threat in the final races of 2016. There’s no doubt Ricciardo will face an increased challenge from the occupant of the other Red Bull seat next year. This was a showcase not only of his one-lap performance – he got through Q1 on medium compound tyres, saving fresh softer rubber for the race – but his racecraft, as he shrugged off a fierce attack from his team mate. It took until Malaysia for Ricciardo to claim an overdue first win of 2016. He grabbed second in Germany (thanks in part to team orders) and split the Mercedes in Singapore. It wasn’t until Silverstone that he qualified behind his team mate, and he ended the year with a combined 15-6 margin over Verstappen and Kvyat.Īs Red Bull replaced Ferrari as the second-quickest team, Ricciardo took the fight to Mercedes when the opportunity presented itself. Throughout the season Ricciardo’s strongest card was his qualifying performance. His frustration deepened in Monaco, where he dominated the weekend but lost the win when his team fluffed a tyre change.
But with Red Bull anxious to cover off the threat from Ferrari’s two-strategy approach Ricciardo ended up a distinctly unimpressed fourth.
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In Spain he hit the front when the Mercedes drivers took each other off. This turned out to be Ricciardo’s only point-less race in a season where he never failed to see the chequered flag. But Kvyat lost his role as Ricciardo’s team mate after badly compromising his race in Russia. That meant it was the other Red Bull, in Daniil Kvyat’s hands, which reached the podium first. Nonetheless Riccairdo took the fight to the red cars and impressed by beating them to a place on the front row in China.
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Red Bull weren’t on Ferrari’s pace at the beginning of the season until Renault introduced an engine upgrade at Monaco.
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