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Daniel Ricciardo says blame lies with Renault’s manufacturing of a throttle actuator for ending his qualifying early for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo says he and Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen could finish anywhere from inside the top five to outside the points places starting from the back of the grid at the Russian Grand Prix with its chances dictated by Pirelli tyre performance.

Daniel Ricciardo believes the majority of the 2019 Formula 1 grid has been produced by talent rising to the top rather than ‘political and financial stuff’.

Full FP1 results ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix

If you kept up with Formula 1 over the summer break you’ll know some huge moves have been announced over the past three weeks making it one of the busier mid-season pauses in recent years.

Renault’s managing director Cyril Abiteboul has ordered his team to apply the same ‘offensive and decisive’ approach in the driver market to its car development after pulling off the shock signing of Daniel Ricciardo during Formula 1’s summer break.

With Formula 1’s summer break forecasting an expected calm, Daniel Ricciardo triggered the first major shock by calling time on his five-year tenure at Red Bull in favour of a move to Renault for next season.

12 races in and the 2018 F1 season is already delivering a classic, with three different winning teams and four drivers standing on the top step of the podium.

Renault’s managing director Cyril Abiteboul says capturing the signature of Daniel Ricciardo is evidence of his team’s rapid rise in Formula 1 and has set high targets ahead of the arrival of the Australian driver.

Renault has confirmed the signing of Daniel Ricciardo along with retaining Nico Hulkenberg for the 2019 Formula 1 world championship.

Daniel Ricciardo will leave Red Bull at the end of the season and is set to join Renault from 2019.

After topping the opening free practice before slipping down to third place on the times in FP2, Daniel Ricciardo remains confident he can challenge at the sharp end for the Hungarian Grand Prix despite using an older engine specification.

Daniel Ricciardo says a major shake-up in Formula 1’s race weekend formats by cutting down on practice sessions and introducing a second race would mean ‘less laps of nonsense’.

Daniel Ricciardo says whatever his front-running Formula 1 rivals plan for race strategy he needs to do the opposite to attack from the back of the grid at the German Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo says he’s preparing for the German Grand Prix with the likelihood of an engine penalty overhanging him for an engine change.

Daniel Ricciardo has downplayed the idea of him seeking the number 1 status at Red Bull Racing which is delaying his contract negotiations while he hints ‘not every door is closed’ regarding his Formula 1 future.

Daniel Ricciardo has backed Formula 1 retaining Silverstone as the home of the British Grand Prix but revealed he’d relish racing at Brands Hatch if a deal fails to materialise.

Daniel Ricciardo says there were mind games at play during his qualifying standoff with Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen as he felt frustrations boiled over in Austria.

Max Verstappen has hit back at Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo after he called the squad’s Q3 tactics unfair by explaining it was previously agreed each driver would take turns per round to give the other a tow in qualifying.

  Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says the Formula 1 driver market will trigger into action once Lewis Hamilton’s future is confirmed and feels it will impact all Red Bull-contracted drivers including the future of Carlos Sainz.

Max Verstappen believes Daniel Ricciardo should stay at Red Bull and appreciates both the relationship and the challenge the Australian driver provides as a teammate.

While reports continue to swirl pointing Daniel Ricciardo towards a new deal with Red Bull Racing, the Australian driver has kept his guard up about his future plans ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo says the latest he wants to confirm his Formula 1 future is heading into the summer break after the Hungarian Grand Prix but teases that a deal could be sorted even sooner after Red Bull’s Honda engine switch was confirmed.

Daniel Ricciardo has rated his Friday practice getting up to speed at Paul Ricard as “a pretty good day” but is wary of the speed Lewis Hamilton produced to top the times for Mercedes.