Ricciardo endured a difficult first half to the 2021 season after joining McLaren as Lando Norris scored more than twice as many points than his more seasoned team-mate before the summer break.
Ricciardo has since labelled his first half of the year as being “nearly laughable” before he bounced back with a dominant victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, McLaren’s first since 2012.
One of the challenges Ricciardo faced was not being able to see his family and friends back at home in Australia due to the country’s strict travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ricciardo revealed ahead of the final race of the season that he would be returning to Australia over the winter even if he had to quarantine and “stare at a hotel room ceiling for two weeks”, having not seen his parents since June 2020.
Reflecting on his season in an end-of-year interview including Autosport, Ricciardo explained how the inability to see family or friends from Australia made it…
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