Daniel Ricciardo: Top Gear’s new top dog
Rising Formula One star Daniel Ricciardo has added another feather to his cap, smashing the ‘star in a reasonably priced car’ lap record on British TV show Top Gear.
The segment puts celebrities behind the wheel of a passenger car and asks them to show us their fastest lap around the Dunsfold Aerodrome track in Surrey.
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Ricciardo clocked a time of 1 minute 42.2 seconds, knocking F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton off top spot by 0.7 of a second.
What a lap! Daniel’s time of 1:42.2 sends him to the top of the @BBC_TopGear #F1 leaderboard. pic.twitter.com/izrstkNxjN
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) February 8, 2015
After it was revealed Ricciardo was the new top dog, he said: “This is how I felt after Canada.” Ricciardo’s maiden Grand Prix win came in Montreal last year.
It’s about to get real pic.twitter.com/6YByDr1nhH — Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo) February 8, 2015