Top 66 Daniel Ricciardo Quotes

I don’t really cook much to be honest.

I love coming to America to race. Maybe that’s because I’m a big fan of NASCAR as well.

I’ve definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season – at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.

Dale Earnhardt was kind of a hero of mine.

I like having as many team-mates as possible. It’s great, because the more people you can learn off, the better I think it will make you as a driver.

I don’t like letting anyone down. Not many people get satisfaction out of letting others down.

I’m the most ripped guy on the grid, let’s just say that.

The day I do get a championship-winning car, I will run with it. I will capitalise on every part of that beautiful thing.

The car is a big part of it, but you need to be a good driver to get the equipment to the top. You need both.

Pressure’s what you make of it.

Overtaking is nearly as fun as winning races. The rush you get from it is awesome.

Having the chance to be able to fight for something really meaningful – races, championships – that’s the absolute priority.

I try to send out a good message – I sometimes get asked for advice for leaving home and trying to ‘make it’ overseas. I would always say think long term, and think bigger picture: make the sacrifice.

I like a good protein and fat breakfast, so avocado, bacon, eggs, and some veggies.

The way I see it is if I can’t be happy doing this job, which is my dream job, then what’s going to make me happy in life?

Being an F1 driver is a crazy job but not what everyone expects. My year consists of 20% driving and 80% media, marketing, and travel.

I was addicted to going fast, finding the big hills on the pushbike. It was just something I enjoyed a lot – things with wheels.

Sometimes you have a bad day, and you’re like, ‘I’m over this, and I just want to play tennis,’ or do another sport that doesn’t require any other variables, but then you have a good day, and it’s like, it’s amazing, and the success makes up for it.

A lot of times when I was younger, whether it was in go-karting, or when I first started out in a new category, I would sit behind someone throughout a race. I didn’t have the confidence in that environment to take some risks.

I used to go to work with Dad on the weekend. We’d drive past an indoor go-kart track every now and then, and we went there a few times. I was never tall enough, so I always left upset. I think I was seven when I was the right height, and I was like, ‘Please let me have a go.’ It was love at first sight.

In World Series, everything is a bit slower than F1. But each time I sit in the car, whether it is World Series or F1, once I am in the cockpit, I am mentally prepared for what the car is. I don’t have to physically drive it to remember what it is doing.

When I came into Red Bull, everyone thought, ‘He’s just the happy, nice guy; he’s fast, but he can’t race hard with these top guys.’ That was a reputation I had to dismiss.

Because of my schedule and dietary requirements, I don’t party a lot, but when I can let my hair down, I will; I think that’s healthy. I love a weekend in Vegas.

I will be happier if I crash by trying than not trying and running around behind the same guy for 70 laps.

I’m not very patient.

In Formula 1, you need a great level of endurance because the races are long, so you need a pretty good base endurance.

I will always find a way to find a positive from things.

If I am putting myself out there and taking some of these risks, then I want to do it properly.

I’m very competitive. If I have to ‘turn it on,’ I know how to. The switch isn’t hard to find, don’t worry.

I’m in this sport to win but win by being the best, not by being lucky.

I’d prefer no practices and just Saturday, Sunday. Just qualify Saturday morning, race Saturday afternoon, and race again Sunday. Less laps of nonsense and more laps of meaningful business.

Since I got to F1, and especially since I got to Red Bull Racing, I said, ‘I don’t want to have any regrets. I’ve got a chance now in a top team. I want to leave it all on the table.’

I would love to do a one-off race somewhere – NASCAR would be awesome.

In the end, you have to just pull the trigger. Trust the car, trust the brakes, just go.

I enjoy being outdoors, hanging out with friends, and maybe snapping the neck off a couple of beers.

You can’t always win – although we always try!

I do a bit of Brazilian ju-jitsu when I can. I like a bit of that.

I think, in general, the sport’s frustrating because I think it’s one of only a few sports in the world where you’ve got so many other variables. Not taking anything away from the winner, but the best man doesn’t always win. I think part of that makes the sport really exciting, and part of it makes it heartbreaking.

I’ve never really been too fussed about the kind of teammate I have.

There have been times in my career when people thought I was a pushover, especially as they saw me as this smiley guy.

If you like going a certain way, then be bold and do it.

I loved a lot of motorsports, but as far as the ovals go, I was more into NASCAR.

People have seen now I am a racer, and I have big intentions in the sport, and I am prepared to get my shoulders out if I need to.

I know people fear me when they see me in their mirrors. It’s a good position to be in because they know they need to defend to the limit.

Pretty much all the drivers I get on with, at least to say ‘Hi’ and have a conversation. But when the helmet’s on, you don’t care who it is. You have no sympathy: someone blows an engine in front of you, if it means you gain a position, then you’re smiling.

In racing, things start coming up quicker, and the slipstream is stronger, so even judging in the mirrors how quick the cars are approaching isn’t always easy.

When I joined Formula One, I knew that what I found is that the cars are so much faster, and it took me a little while to understand where to always put the car.

If I win the title, I want to know I was the best guy that year, and to be the best, you’ve got to go against the best.

Back in 2014, I felt like I was ready to win a world title. I felt like I was prepared and I was as good as anyone else, but I knew I didn’t have the equipment.

I like high speed corners, but with the F111, it is taking a little time to build up to that.

I feel ’14 didn’t just shape me and my approach from then on: it changed the level of overtaking from other guys in the sport as well. Not many people were doing that, coming from a long way back and trying big passing moves.

I know that I’ll joke around to the last minute I get in the car. But once the helmet’s on – it’s sort of a cliche, but it’s true – it’s quite symbolic that that is ‘go time,’ and I’m ready to have some fun and be bad while I do it.

To get the Red Bull junior drive was like a massive pressure off… I didn’t have to go around asking Mum and Dad to sell their house or ask friends for funding. The instant feeling was, ‘Oh wow, amazing.’

I’m sure there are some things I’m not good at.

I love mountain-biking or any form of bikes, like dirt bikes; I love getting out there, although obviously I have to be careful.

On a bad day, I’ll still have a conscious thing in my mind reminding me that what I think of as a bad day is still a very good day in probably 90% of the world’s population’s eyes.

We know – relationships in this sport, it’s very hard to have a really great relationship.

I think once you get into the routine of race weekends, and there’s more of a structure, it gets a bit easier.

I know what I want, and the performance side is more important than ticking the money box.

I would like it to be remembered; I would love to be World Champion one day and have my name on the list. That is the real dream – although I am sure it is the dream for pretty much all the Formula 1 drivers.

When you’re young, the temptation is maybe to think, ‘More is more.’ But a lot of the time less is more.

If I am going to race, I will put everything on the line.

Singapore is one of my favorite races, and the city is great.

To have a home Grand Prix is awesome, so just to go there is already a buzz.

I feel like even if I was to, say, trip and fall over on the way to the car and scratch all my arm, by the time I got in the car, it would be blacked out in my head.

I love music which helps me get focused and keeps my thoughts away from other things. The music gets heavier as the race gets closer, and my warm up routine starts to get a bit more intense with heart rates, etc.