Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo have seen a long history of them. However, it was the one that did not work out well for the McLaren team. Ricciardo did not have the best results with the McLaren team while Lando Norris was getting the team some points.
This resulted in Oscar Piastri replacing the Australian for the 2023 season. With just one season in hand and his debut season, Piastri won his personal best result of P3.
The Aussie has also challenged Lewis Hamilton at the Silverstone race and also has a personal best P2 in qualifications. With that being said, as good as it is for the team, it is also a little stressful for the Brit. Norris stated,
“It’s been good. Of course, it’s more stressful having a quicker teammate. I have to deal with it… “It’s been good for me, good for the team. We kind of have similar comments, different ways at times driving, sometimes very similar. But our comments always generally want the same things.”
Norris: “It’s been good for me, good for the team. We kind of have similar comments, different ways at times driving, sometimes very similar. But our comments always generally want the same things.”
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The McLaren team had a rocky start but soon found a way to get on the top. The team has now become a threat for the Mercedes team and a competition for the Ferrari and Aston Martin teams.
Daniel Ricciardo remains undefeated in decade-long McLaren stats
Daniel Ricciardo has recently developed a not-so-good image to his name. After losing his seat at McLaren for 2023 to a rookie, he lost all hopes of finding a seat. However, Red Bull lent him a hand and soon got him to AlphaTauri.
To no luck, the driver was left on the side bench because of his wrist injury. However, he has held a decade-long record at McLaren that not even the star driver has defeated.
Ricciardo did not have the best results when it came to McLaren, however, he is the only driver who has won a race for the McLaren team in a decade. What McLaren’s star driver, Norris has not been able to achieve was done by Ricciardo.
The Australian won a race for his papaya team at Monza. He had also done a phenomenal job as he survived a chaotic race to secure a win. However, this did not convince the McLaren team to keep him for another season.
A reminder that Daniel Ricciardo is the only driver to win in a McLaren in the last decade 🏆 pic.twitter.com/eLzcb4UR26
— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) August 24, 2022
However, the driver was saved by none other than Christian Horner. He received a seat at Red Bull as a reserve driver and worked in the simulator to build himself back. Soon, he also replaced Nyck de Vries and was off to a great start at AlphaTauri.
However, with a sudden incident at the Dutch Grand Prix, he was yet again left with having to bench all his races. And the deja vu for Ricciardo continued as another talented rookie stepped in for him.