Red Bull racing driver Daniel Ricciardo became Sunday Formula 1 racing’s 105th winner.
The ever smiling Australian snatched a last-gasp victory in Montreal on Sunday and in doing so became the 105th man to win a round of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship and the first new winner since 2012 when Pastor Maldonado won in Spain.
Ricciardo is the fourth Australian to reach the top step of the podium in F1, following in the wheel tracks of Jack Brabham, Alan Jones and Mark Webber.
He also joins Gilles Villeneuve, Thierry Boutsen, Jean Alesi, Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica in an exclusive club of drivers who claimed their first career win in Montreal.
Ricciardo’s victory gave Red Bull their first victory of the season and power unit supplier Renault their first turbocharged victory since the 1986 Detroit Grand Prix when Ayrton Senna won for Lotus, and it also ended Mercedes’ six-race win streak and any hope the Silver Arrows had of completing a ‘perfect’ season.
Here are our photos of a great weekend of action.
The ever smiling Australian snatched a last-gasp victory in Montreal on Sunday and in doing so became the 105th man to win a round of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship and the first new winner since 2012 when Pastor Maldonado won in Spain.
Ricciardo is the fourth Australian to reach the top step of the podium in F1, following in the wheel tracks of Jack Brabham, Alan Jones and Mark Webber.
He also joins Gilles Villeneuve, Thierry Boutsen, Jean Alesi, Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica in an exclusive club of drivers who claimed their first career win in Montreal.
Ricciardo’s victory gave Red Bull their first victory of the season and power unit supplier Renault their first turbocharged victory since the 1986 Detroit Grand Prix when Ayrton Senna won for Lotus, and it also ended Mercedes’ six-race win streak and any hope the Silver Arrows had of completing a ‘perfect’ season.
Here are our photos of a great weekend of action.
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| Photos: Philippe Champoux |