Ricciardo experienced a rollercoaster first season with McLaren in 2021 that saw him initially struggle to match team-mate Lando Norris for pace, enduring a difficult run to the summer break.
But Ricciardo took a memorable victory at Monza as he scored McLaren’s first win since 2012, leading Norris home for a 1-2 finish.
The Australian’s driving style did not appear to suit the McLaren MCL35M at points, making the rule changes and new generation of cars from 2022 a chance to reset.
Ricciardo felt there were plenty of lessons he could take from his difficult moments last year, revealing that they helped teach him what his particular strengths were as an F1 driver.
“There’s a lot I can use from that moving forward, simply because yeah, it kind of occurred to me that I didn’t really know my strengths,” Ricciardo said at the launch of the McLaren MCL36 on Friday.
“I knew that I could be very fast – but I thought maybe because I have got bigger balls in the high-speed…
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