FOLLOWING REPORTS in August that Australian Formula 1 hopeful Daniel Ricciardo could earn a test in one of Red Bull’s F1 cars, news this week confirms just that.

Hot on the heels of winning the 2009 Formula 3 championship in his rookie year, the 20 year-old Ricciardo will drive for Red Bull at the young driver [...]

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PERTH NATIVE DANIEL RICCIARDO, the young driver TMR has followed with keen interest in 2009, has become the first Australian to claim the British Formula 3 Championship in 20 years after clinching the title at Algarve in Portugal.

Ricciardo secured the championship with two races remaining after a characteristically strong weekend, finishing third in the first [...]

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AUSTRALIAN RISING STAR Daniel Ricciardo may be rewarded for his performances in the British Formula 3 championship with an end of season Formula 1 test, according to Red Bull boss Christian Horner.

A member of the Red Bull young driver program, Ricciardo lead the F3 title race by 45 points from Austrian Walter Grubmuller with only [...]

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Australian rising star Daniel Ricciardo has continued his scintillating form in the British Formula 3 Championship, dominating a mid-week test at Silverstone to reassert his status as favourite for the title.

Driving the Carlin Motorsport prepared Dallara-Volkswagen, Ricciardo blitzed the pack in wet conditions, setting a fastest time of 2m 01.953s, three tenths quicker than closest [...]

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Ricciardo celebrates after his victory this past weekend. Photo by Paul Gibson.

Australian F1 hopeful Daniel Ricciardo has secured a clean sweep of race wins during the opening weekend of the British Formula 3 Championship at Oulton Park.

Ricciardo secured both victories in commanding style, jumping his rivals on the grid to establish an early advantage and [...]

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Australian open-wheel rising star Daniel Ricciardo has set the fastest time in practice heading into the opening round of the British Formula 3 Championship this weekend.

The Carlin Motorsport driver clocked a time of 1m 28.166s - more than five tenths quicker than his nearest rival - to reaffirm his status as favourite heading into the [...]

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