Bojan Vrbnjak
Daniel Ricciardo joined at 17 years old Red Bullubecause the team was paying attention to the talented based on his results Australian. From this season onwards Daniel a race for the factory team Renault. The Australian believes that in racing it is more important to achieve results, dig to show your personality. “Luckily, I didn't have to worry about sponsors here," so Ricciardo about its beginnings. “I had family and friends at home who helped me. In general, my father had good friends and that made it all easier for us. Then he took over everything Red Bull and took care of me."
On the subject of personality he has Ricciardo clear opinion: "Yes, for Red Bull I was interesting because of its results. However, it is also clear that your personality helps to ensure that sponsors also pay attention to you and that you secure financial income outside of your Formula 1 contract. Drawn below the line, however, the results are the ones that say the most.“With personality, however, racers can build their existence outside of racing events, and here it is important that you sell well on the outside. He sees that too Ricciardo"Clearly, if you’re looking at it purely from a financial standpoint, then it’s important to set something up for yourself, maybe outside of motorsport. That you have as many options as possible. Otherwise, it’s just about the results here."
According to Australian but it also goes hand in hand with a combination of athletic success and personality. A good example of this is Lewis Hamilton, which has in addition Formula 1 many other areas where he is active - such as fashion. But Ricciardo he believes he has British also benefits from having five championship titles on his account. Hamilton he was therefore only able to build on other activities on the basis of his sporting success.
For young racers who want to prove themselves in Formulas 1, Ricciardo sees similarly: “I believe the results help. If Lando had a bad season on paper alone, then his will would not be good either. Then it would certainly read: You’d rather focus on racing instead of Instagram.”As with Hamilton vidi Ricciardo also here the link: “This goes hand in hand. It is important that you use current events for your own needs. If you have good results, if you are doing well, then you can maximize it and put yourself in the center of interest."
Ever since he left the team Red Bull in the direction Renault, Ricciardo no longer stood on the winners' stage. He achieves his main criterion, to achieve good results, with a new employer only in rare cases. Still Australian he does not regret this change of team and continues to firmly believe in the project at Renault. "After Max won in Austria, I was asked if I regret the transfer to Renault. But no, I don’t regret it. Because I have a feeling I would be at Red Bullu still in the same position. It would be like in previous years, maybe with the podium, maybe not."
In the end Ricciardo added: “This year I worked with new engineers and also learned a lot about myself. It’s a little harder to stand more from behind at the start, but I personally already knew I had to get a little more out of myself this year. Pri Red Bullu would probably just do the same, with the same people."
