TORQUE FROM THE TRACK

Farewell to Danny Ric... a real F1 character

- BY DANIEL MOXON

POLE POSITION CHEERIO to Daniel Ricciardo who yesterday announced his retirement from racing.

He's spent the last year since he was axed from the Formula 1 grid out of the spotlight, spending time with family and growing himself a quite impressive beard (above).

In the few public appearances he has made, the 36-year-old suggested, without ever properly saying it, that he wasn't interested in another comeback. He's now confirmed as much, calling time not only on his F1 career but also on motor racing in general.

Ricciardo's career is very much a story of what could have been.

Could he have been world champion if he had just stuck with Red Bull a little longer? We'll never know.