Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

I don't see my family often enough, but when we do catch up, it's somewhere new in the world. They get to travel more than they would if I wasn't doing this sport.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

2014 is a year I'll remember for a long time - it was definitely a breakthrough in my mind as well. Standing on the top step of the podium a few times was icing on the cake.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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.'

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

I signed a dog collar. Someone gave me their dog - a live dog - and I signed its collar. When they handed me the dog, I didn't know what to do. That was weird.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

When you spend time working on something for a time period, and then it doesn't correlate, it decreases in your motivation.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

Normally, if I don't qualify as well as I think I can, I seem to carry a little chip on my shoulder for the race, and that normally helps me out.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

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.

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

I've learned what F1 is like, and it is an extremely competitive sport on and off the track.