Eight wins, 32 podium finishes, more than 250 starts and 1,329 points scored, along with hours of Drive To Survive footage that added context to his “wild and wonderful” adventure.
Ricciardo’s own suggestion of calling the show ‘Daniel To Survive’ might have taken it just a little too far, but there’s no denying his impact across the six seasons to date.
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“It’s the end of an era, isn’t it?” Gay-Rees sums up. “I think it was just a really happy union. We have that with a number of drivers now, which is good. We’re not trying to replace him. We’ll miss him on a personal, professional and sporting level, but nothing lasts forever – for any of us!
“If it is the end, it’s sad. We’ll be sad to lose him in that capacity, like we were sad to lose Guenther Steiner, in a way. But he’s a young man, he’s got a lot of time ahead of him. Who knows where it’ll take him? I’m sure he’ll have a pretty rich and storied life going forward.
“He’s going to be around in some capacity… I wouldn’t necessarily mind trading places with Danny Ric going forward, do you know what I mean? He’ll have a lot of fun!”
Head to Netflix to watch every episode from the Drive To Survive archive.
