Motorsport Week
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Motorsport Week
Home Single Seater Formula 1

Ricciardo: No regrets over Renault’s ’20 F1 progress

by Phillip Horton
5 years ago
A A
Ricciardo: No regrets over Renault’s ’20 F1 progress

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Renault F1 Team RS20. Russian Grand Prix, Saturday 26th September 2020. Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia.

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Daniel Ricciardo has stressed that he has no regrets over his impending switch to McLaren amid Renault’s resent surge in performance in Formula 1.

Ricciardo joined Renault for 2019 but after just one season of a two-year deal opted to put pen to paper on a multi-year McLaren deal for 2021.

It meant Ricciardo and Renault entered the delayed 2020 campaign knowing that the parties would split at the end of the season.

Renault started the year in subdued form, taking only a string of eighth places from the opening events, but has been the midfield’s strongest team across recent rounds.

RelatedPosts

Christian Horner could be in line for a sensational move to Ferrari

Christian Horner talks with Ferrari over shock F1 role – report

3 minutes ago
Aston Martin wants to end Fernando Alonso's career on a high

Where Aston Martin is aligned with Fernando Alonso on F1 future

1 hour ago

Renault, on 99 points, is now only five points down on Racing Point, with Ricciardo’s future employer McLaren just two points further up the standings.

“It is obviously no disrespect to Renault and where I currently am, but I do not regret it,” he said.

“Am I happy to see us progress? Absolutely. And all well and good if it means that we have Renault as a competitor next year to push McLaren further, then that is good for everyone.

“I want to be racing at the front, and every race in F1 is so important, so every chance I get to do it, the sooner the better.

“I am glad that we are making progress, and I feel a part of it, which is important as well for me and my growth as a driver.

“The team have not shut me out with anything. I have been doing simulator and all of it, so it is been really good to work with them.

“And I know for sure bittersweet especially for some guys in the team to know that I cannot continue on after this year. But I’m going to give it a red-hot crack until the last day.”

Ricciardo suggested that the near four-month delay to the start of the season inadvertently assisted Renault’s cause and that the R.S.20 can now be competitive on all types of circuit.

“In winter testing the car was a bit better, but I still don’t think that we left Barcelona in the winter with a whole chunk of confidence,” he said.

“The updates that we brought to what was then the first race in Austria they made a proper step.

“So in the winter this was a bit unexpected, but once we got racing this was the level we expected to see.

“Even last year what we kind of expected to happen 12 months later, but we had flashes of it last year but did not show it consistently enough to really believe it was going to get to the level that we expected.

“On all ranges of circuits now, which is the most encouraging thing for the team. And personally for me to be quick around here, because I don’t think I ever really have been.”

Tags: Daniel RicciardoF1Renault
Share205Tweet128Share

Related Posts

Christian Horner could be in line for a sensational move to Ferrari
Formula 1

Christian Horner talks with Ferrari over shock F1 role – report

3 minutes ago
Aston Martin wants to end Fernando Alonso's career on a high
Formula 1

Where Aston Martin is aligned with Fernando Alonso on F1 future

1 hour ago
Isack Hadjar is poised to partner Max Verstappen in 2026
Formula 1

The striking F1 similarity that Red Bull sees between Isack Hadjar and Max Verstappen

2 hours ago
Load More

Discussion about this post

Upcoming Races

#EventDate
18Singapore GP03-05 October
19United States GP17-19 October
20Mexico City GP24-26 October
21São Paulo GP07-09 November
22Las Vegas GP20-22 November

Click here for the full 2025 F1 calendar

Drivers’  Standings

#DriverPts
Oscar Piastri324
Lando Norris299
Max Verstappen255
George Russell212
Charles Leclerc165
Lewis Hamilton121
Andrea Kimi Antonelli78
Alexander Albon70
Isack Hadjar39
Nico Hulkenberg37

Click here for full Drivers’ Standings

Latest Articles

Christian Horner could be in line for a sensational move to Ferrari
Formula 1

Christian Horner talks with Ferrari over shock F1 role – report

October 14, 2025
Aston Martin wants to end Fernando Alonso's career on a high
Formula 1

Where Aston Martin is aligned with Fernando Alonso on F1 future

October 14, 2025
Isack Hadjar is poised to partner Max Verstappen in 2026
Formula 1

The striking F1 similarity that Red Bull sees between Isack Hadjar and Max Verstappen

October 14, 2025

Follow Motorsport Week

Join our daily motorsport newsletter

* indicates required

Motorsport Week

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd

Other Links

  • About & Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Motorsport Monday

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • Formula 1
    • Latest News
    • 2025 F1 Calendar
    • 2025 F1 Championship Standings
  • Formula E
    • Latest News
    • 2025 FE Calendar
    • 2025 FE Championship Standings
  • MotoGP
    • Latest News
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • WRC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
    • 2025 WRC Standings
  • IndyCar
    • Latest News
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WEC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • Live Updates
  • Other
    • IMSA
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • Galleries
  • About/Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd