Daniel Ricciardo: “I changed F1’s level of overtaking”

Austrian racing driver Daniel Ricciardo, who is competing in Formula One for Red Bull racing, believes he changed the level of overtaking in Formula 1 during the 2014 campaign. “That’s the year I look back at being the most fun for me and the most important for my career since,” Ricciardo said in his latest Red Bull diary. “The wins were big, and I had a massive battle with Fernando [Alonso] in Germany where we raced really hard but fair, and he had some praise for me afterwards which was big at the time. 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. Maybe they learned from me and the way I was racing, so perhaps I set a new level and showed people what was possible, and the drivers that were willing to try it were trying it. I realise that sounds a bit cocky, but I really do believe that. I’m not saying all of them can do it, but at least more of them are trying!”

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