Daniel Ricciardo has got his swagger back.
After overtaking Alpine’s Esteban Ocon at the Mexico Grand Prix, Ricciardo showed a finger gun move on the way through that epitomised his improved performance on the track.
Ricciardo had one of his best drives of the 2022 season – voted driver of the day – starting the race from 11th and finishing in seventh despite a 10-second time penalty while beating teammate Lando Norris.
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The McLaren driver showed off some of his best form including several dramatic overtakes and late braking as well as a bold tyre strategy to secure his best result since Singapore earlier this month and his third-best finish of the season.
It wasn’t without adversity too as Ricciardo slammed into AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda on the 51st lap – forcing the latter to retire and resulting in a 10-second penalty to Ricciardo.
It however only fired the Aussie up as he didn’t accept the penalty and ignited a brilliant charge of overtakes.
But it was the finger gun that really caught the eye of the F1 world on social media as fans lit up for the 33-year old’s unexpected move as well as his performance at large.
F1 content head at EssentiallySports Shreya Sanjeev tweeted: “Daniel Ricciardo you f***ing legend. Saw the honey badger on track today.”
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