Ricciardo to make Formula 1 debut at Silverstone July 10, 2011.

[Blue and Gold Blood]

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/mo...for-perth-driver/story-e6frg26l-1226085114066

Ricciardo has been loaned by Toro Rosso to the Hispania team. Lets hope he out-qualifies his team mate and finishes the race. Cant expect too much with that car but a solid qualifying in comparison to his team mate would be a successful weekend.

And what a circuit to make your debut!! This Silverstone race will be very interesting now

 

[ManWithNoName]

One HD is going to be unbearable...

 

[mattys123]

Great news.

And yes, we can't expect too much from him in that car, but to out qualify his team mate and avoid any accidents would be an awesome result.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Best of luck Ricciardo

 

[Golding]

One HD is going to be unbearable...

OMG AMW & ADR on the same grid!!!

 

[SebastianVettel]

Genuinely great guy, hope he has a good run.

Do question the wisdom of it, and how much he gains from trundling around under permanent blue flags racing 3 other cars, though. Not unusual for Red Bull to loan their drivers, have done so before, but not so sure it's an ideal thing for the kid himself.

Still, further evidence that the guys in charge like him, and could be close to going in at Toro Rosso this year IMO. I'm not sure they fork out the cash if they had no plans of running him in their own cars this year IMO.

 

[Frankster177]

OMG AMW & ADR on the same grid!!!

Italian/Aussie Ricciardo on the grid.
Hope he does well.

 

[Blue and Gold Blood]

Italian/Aussie Ricciardo on the grid.
Hope he does well.

oh piss off. He was born in Perth ffs. Everyone in Australia could boast about where their parents were originally from.

Trust a carlton supporter to try and claim he is Italian...

 

[Frankster177]

oh piss off. He was born in Perth ffs. Everyone in Australia could boast about where their parents were originally from.

Trust a carlton supporter to try and claim he is Italian...

Couldnt care less about ALF.
IF you lot can be proud of webber, I can be too.

 

[Magma]

oh you beauty. great to see.

 

[Blue and Gold Blood]

Back on topic, i dont want to jinx anything, but ive got a feeling Ricciardo could be a world champion. Now i know this sounds stupid and is a very early call, but its his name.

Some people you just know wont turn out to be superstars of their sport - like Bellchambers, and McDougall. But the name Ricciardo has a good ring to it. Like Matera.

Anyway laugh at me now, but i hope i remember to bump this post when he is world champ in 5 years time.

 

[Magma]

would this be the first time 2 australians are driving in the same gp?

 

[tazzietiger]

Good luck to him. Hopefully this leads onto joining one of the main teams in the future as a full time drive.

 

[Papa Juggs]

The bottom teams have the pressure to beat the 107% rule.

The car and driver have to be up to scratch.

It seems to be at the discretion of the stewards but I would hope he can make the cut even with that car.

 

[NMFCMUFC]

Get Around hiiiiiiiim

 

[ManWithNoName]

Couldnt care less about ALF.
IF you lot can be proud of webber, I can be too.

Mark Webber was born in Australia. Why shouldn't we claim him?

Not sure why anyone's calling Ricciardo an Italian. He's not.

 

[ROates]

I think the head guys at HRT are just looking forward to saying "and he made his debut in our car...." when Ricciardo becomes a champion...

 

[raikkonen]

Two Australians on the grid. Very interesting!

 

[drd23]

Its great news and Im cautiously optimistic but I worry about the effect that driving such a dog of a car will have, especially if he doesnt do as well as hoped. Last thing we need is for him to put up some bad performances and the have Helmut Marko drop off of him

EDIT: Lol at this statement by HRT chairman Jose Ramon Carabante's on Ricciardo driving for them

This agreement is a reward for all the hard work Hispania Racing has shown since we started in Formula 1 last year

 

[drd23]

would this be the first time 2 australians are driving in the same gp?

Its the first time since 1977.

The last time that 2 Aussies started a GP was the 1977 Belgian GP at Zolder (Alan Jones and Larry Perkins)

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Good luck to him. Hopefully this leads onto joining one of the main teams in the future as a full time drive.

Toro Rosso>>>2012>>>>M.Webbers[Retires] seat Red Bull 2013.
Bookmark it.

 

[FishingRick04]

Toro Rosso>>>2012>>>>M.Webbers[Retires] seat Red Bull 2013.
Bookmark it.

Maybe he'll have Hamiltons McLaren seat as he's going to RBR is 2013 isnt he?

 

[ManWithNoName]

Its great news and Im cautiously optimistic but I worry about the effect that driving such a dog of a car will have, especially if he doesnt do as well as hoped. Last thing we need is for him to put up some bad performances and the have Helmut Marko drop off of him

EDIT: Lol at this statement by HRT chairman Jose Ramon Carabante's on Ricciardo driving for them

To be fair I'd be working my arse off if it meant getting Narain Karthikeyan the hell away from my team.

 

[Simple Jack]

D Ricciardo to fight the HRT through the field and overtake Vettel on the last lap for the win*

*Perhaps a tad optimistic

 

[mattys123]

would this be the first time 2 australians are driving in the same gp?

First time since 1977 apparently.

Alan Jones was obviously a contender while Larry Perkins and Vern Shuppan had a few races also.