Daniel Ricciardo was one of many who bid farewell to their team after the 2020 season finale at Abu Dhabi. Ricciardo joined Renault in a surprise move at the end of 2018. He had an underwhelming season with the Enstone-based team in 2018. However, the team showed some impressive improvements this season.
Ricciardo announced earlier this season that he will move to McLaren. He appeared as a special guest in a podcast, where he talked about his two years stint at Renault and answers some questions from the listeners.
One such question was, what does the Australian do with the boots he does shoey in? Does he keep them, maybe puts them in a trophy cabinet or does he wear it again after that?
He clarified, “What I do is, I air them out. After Imola, I drove back to Monaco that night. So Monday I just threw them on the terrace and air them out all day. I keep those as little trophies”
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Daniel Ricciardo claims he gave Lewis something bigger than a championship
Daniel Ricciardo has enlisted several individuals in the famous shoey club. His latest club member was Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton had expressed earlier in his career that he would never do a shoey. However, he surprised Ricciardo and everyone else when he celebrated with Ricciardo with a shoey at Imola.
Ricciardo recalled, “I actually because Lewis did his first, signed the one that he drank out of and I gave it to him at the next race.”
“So now he’s got something more meaningful than seven-world titles,” Riccardo hilariously added.
Ricciardo had a horrible season with Renault in 2019, as he could only get to a P9 finish on the championship standing. He had five DNF results and no podiums for the season. However, there was a significant improvement in 2020.
Only one DNF result and two podium finishes. Ricciardo even clocked the fastest lap in Abu Dhabi in the last lap of the race. He had a much better finish on the standings. He finished P5 with just six points off Sergio Perez in P4.
Ricciardo will join Lando Norris in Mclaren next season. We hope that the pair performs well for the team. However, we are sure that the pair will be one of the most entertaining Formula 1 has seen in its recent times.
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