Ricciardo's lowest moment of 2018

Daniel Ricciardo has revealed that his lowest moment of the 2018 season was his failure to finish in the United States Grand Prix after a frustrating season.

Ricciardo suffered eight DNF’s in his final season in the Red Bull ahead of a move to Renault for 2019. No driver had suffered more retirements in 2018.

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner revealed that his driver had punched a hole in the wall of his private room after the race in frustration.

"And there was the fist in Austin, and Austin was the worst one. Austin, I don't know why, I just reached a real low." He said on Red Bulls ‘On The Sofa’, their end of season review.

He retired only eight laps in the US Grand Prix after qualifying fifth on the grid.

The Australian won in China and Monaco but was unable to reach the podium for the rest of the season with a highest finish of fourth place at Canada, France, Hungary, Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi.

Expressing his frustration at his season he stated, "It all started in Melbourne, before the season even started, In practice I got the penalty for not slowing enough for that red flag so that started with putting my elbows through the door of my room.”

"A week later I tried to channel that energy into Bahrain and my race finished after one lap…so I put my knee through the door in that one and it kind of spiralled.”