He has achieved eight Grand Prix victories and 32 podiums in Formula One. He joined Toro Rosso in full-time after the team changed its driver lineup and drove a Ferrari -powered car for them in and In his first season with Red Bull under Renault power, Ricciardo finished third in the championship with his first three Formula One wins, in Canada , Hungary , and Belgium.
After two years without a victory, Ricciardo returned to the top of the podium at the Malaysian Grand Prix , eventually sealing third in the championship for the second time in three years at the Mexican Grand Prix.
After , Ricciardo signed with Renault and raced for them in the and seasons. He joined McLaren for the and Formula One seasons. He replaced the outgoing Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri, after the 10th round of the season, on loan from Red Bull Racing, and is still racing for the team, which changed its name to RB Formula One Team in the season.
Ricciardo's earliest memories of motorsports were of his father racing at the nearby Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo. Ricciardo started karting at the age of nine as a member of the Tiger Kart Club TKC and entered numerous karting events. In , he entered the Western Australian Formula Ford championship driving a year-old Van Diemen , finishing eighth by season's end.
Despite only a short amount of experience in the car, Ricciardo qualified in eighth for the first race, which later converted into sixth in the race after James Jakes and Christian Vietoris stalled on the grid.
