Daniel Ricciardo F1 Lifestyle Is On ANOTHER Level…

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Most of you have always seen F1 drivers just by their massive world records until now you can see them building empires with a huge fan following. 

WHAT

Here we have to call out Daniel Ricciardo, giving himself the full spotlight on serving his savage driving skills for at least 12 years still with his iconic smile and his celebrity lifestyle. 

WHY

Besides his happy-go-lucky persona, take a quick look at how F1 has gotten him on his journey and improvised his lifestyle, or is it as luxurious as it seems? Let’s find out. 

BIO

Daniel Ricciardo was born on 1 July 1989 in Perth, Australia. Although he also claims to have strong Italian roots from his Italian dad and his mom’s Italian family background. 

Being raised in a catholic background, he attended Newman College. His inspiration for cars grew because of his father’s racing hobby at the Wanneroo Raceway. 

At the age of nine, our number 3 guy had his first go-kart racing at Waterloo racetracks. That might be the reason for all the coincidences Daniel had with the number 3 and in the end, got himself tattooed 3 on his pinky finger. 

Career

He started his journey with his mentor Jhon at the age of 12, a go-karting veteran, who saw Daniel as a completely enthusiastic and hard-working kid.

Before F1, he won his first Formula Renault 2.0 WEC title. He played as an Australian number 3 driver and still is.  

His skills and timings did work out well. Turns out that the Red Bull chief, Christain Honor took him as a precious asset in his team. In 2009, he won the British Formula 3 championship under the Red Bull junior team.

In 2011, with his career pacing up, he made his official debut in F1 for Hispania Racing at the British Grand Prix while competing in 11 races. 

Daniel was the first dedicated racer for Toro Rosso and recorded 10 points while finishing the 18th position.

From 2013 to 2016, Riccardo brought 5 trophies and 4 awards at home. Opportunities coming his way, Daniel left Red Bull and switched to Renault in 2019, hitting ninth in the world championship with 54 points. 

He was known for his excellent speed timing and fearless overtakes. Daniel stands out with his 8 wins and 32 podiums and is almost consistent with his excellent driving skills on the F1 scale. 

He reveals his secret of becoming increasingly popular because of the seasons: Drive to survive, showing all the drama certainly involved in F1 sports. 

Being an Australian, Daniel revealed his shoey culture of drinking wine after winning. He gave us some tips to drink wine of any flavor that should be cold enough to kill other stuff in the shoe. He assures that it will make you feel rosey. 

Tasting the flavor of his victory in those extremely sweaty shoes, in 2020, Daniel hit his fastest laps in Belgium and his final race for the team in Abu Dhabi.

In 2021, he joined Lando Norris in McLaren Team and won the Italian Grand Prix, his eighth career victory, giving the team its first win. 

In recent times, Ricardo called off his contract with McLaren after nine years. That enrages the audience to question the bromance between Lando and Riccardo after Lando’s comment on his leaving “I had no sympathy for him”. That’s how the media got a chance to glorify this drama.  

Daniel on the flip side ended on a good note by appreciating the wins and track racing experience with McLaren. Not disappointing his fans our honey badger declared to be back in the game soon. 

Till then he wasn't in the F1 but entered a new world of business ventures and the fashion industry. 

Lifestyle & hobbies

He made himself with a net worth of near to a billion by owning an $18.6 million Beverly Hills mansion in Log Angeles, besides the fresh air and beach view. His mansion is near famous Hollywood stars including john legend, Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Lawrence. 

Into the mansion, you can feel the 1960’s LA vibe with luxurious 5 bedrooms, a master bedroom with a fireplace, cool walnut wood flooring in the kitchen, and a walk-in closet. 

On the top, you can have a soothing peaceful balcony view of the pacific ocean. You can’t get enough of the iconic large pool beside a 34-acre land with signature Palm trees. 

Alongside this, his extraneous car collection is just some of his expensive obsessions. These days, he’s seen eating burgers while sitting on his McLaren 765LT, which people are really making a big deal of it, but as they should. 

His famous list of buying expensive cars starts from Porsche 918 Spyder to the nerve-racking Aston Martin Valkyrie having a worth of 3 million dollars. 

Forbes magazine ranked him 48th on their list of the highest-paid athletes in the world. He currently ranks among the top 10 salaries among F1 racers. Currently, his salary is 15 million USD.

He’s the genuine looking personality in sports and can be taken as the sole bearer of connecting fans to sports by doing multiple interviews which are not just about his game but his sportsmen's spirit and lots of jokes. Seriously, you can’t ignore him.   

Daniel has also a nickname for himself. He calls himself a honey badger which was almost unexpected for everyone to hear and might be the reason for his popularity. 

Inspired by his spirit animal attributes and traits, Daniel found it very relatable with himself. Such a smart nickname to hint to people that he’s the toughest fighter. We got you, Daniel!  

He also spills some facts for people who are interested in getting to training for F1 racing. He believed that you just not have to be strong-headed but also have good neck strength,  core, and glutes. 

Many of his fans do tend to ask on Quora, about doing squats before racing. That’s his mantra. He tends to do some movements for good blood flow before starting the first lap of the race as he believed its the most critical part. He also revealed that he didn’t know how to squat for years but now he’s loving it! 

Daniel explains that not just supermodels, but F1 drivers,  had to maintain a certain diet or low weight as it can affect their lap time. That’s an interesting note for all of you thinking about getting into F1. However, Daniel is completely not struggling with that, credit to his fast metabolism. 

He really has most of us moment feelings with his fans, as he affirms to be the first one to find people in music and flaunt in front of his friends. Thanks, mate, we are on the same page. 

Another fact Daniel just comes up to answer is that he drives slowly on normal roads and doesn’t have the urge to show off his racing skills in front of his fellows.  

He resonates with Shakira’s hit hips don't Lie, in terms of giving us some of his major dance moves. Nonetheless, he’s the world’s favorite Australian. 

Riccardo really got a funky taste in fashion. Nevertheless, he loves wearing party T-shirts with custom color headphones and a Race helmet. You can guess the fact that his fashion sense might be inspired by harry style.

Plus, his secret journal being his absolute therapy to pen down his vulnerability makes him more human and relatable. We love that! 

The biggest irony in his life is his luxurious car collection and on the flip side his vintage GoPro and iPod, which might be 17 years old today. No doubt, he’s the biggest OG. 

The two most important things he can’t live without, are his humor and his extraneous cheetah-printed face mask. We all are curious about which face mask he has now. 

There’s another impressive side of Daniel,  knowing about different cultures languages, and slang and it's honestly the biggest green flag for his fans to appreciate him more. 

Personal life

Riccardo has been a bit private about his personal life from start but now he has some rumors that are still heating up. Making an appearance in the Fitzy & Wippa podcast, he said “Love eliminates stress, yeah absolutely!” and cherry on top he couldn’t resist confirming that he’s in love and is enjoying a good work-life balance now. 

Until now he is still rejecting the rumors of getting married or being committed. He stated himself as a single soul in his interviews and called out his perspective of marriage as black and white. It makes more sense that he’s pretty much clear in what he’s doing, but he's playing with us!

He’s rumored to be seen with Heidi Berger, an Austrian actor and the daughter of former F1 Racer, Gerhard Berger. Her viral video with Ricardo saying ‘Look Mom I made it.’ gives us a little bit of a hint that something is cooking. However, we all should wait for the official announcement! 

Businessman- His span of luxurious lifestyle should be credited to his famous partnerships with different brands. 

He has currently partnered with youzfood, Optus, carsales, GoPro, bluecoast, beats, EA Sports, St Hugo, OKX, save the Children, and Thorne. He also has his merchandise, ric3, serving us with comfy aesthetics.

He’s also one of the most famous sportspeople to appear in different fashion magazines including square mile, GQ Men, Men’s Health, and many more. 

Riccardo has his own strategy to connect with his fans while being with multiple businesses and also taking a step away from his F1 racing life. 

In the previous month, Ricardo gave all of us a huge surprise by doing a whole comeback to the Red Bull racing team as the third driver for 2023. In the interview, he stated that he would be going on and off with racing, not participating in every single one. 

He’s back on track and reliving his memories. With his upcoming videos on F1 and Red Bull Racing, he seems to be back in the limelight again! Let us know in the comment section, what you guys think about this.