Ricciardo recalls first victory: "I thought: 'F*cking hell,I'm sending it'"

Ahead of his final race with Red Bull Racing before he leaves for Renault, Daniel Ricciardo has recalled the day when he won his first-ever Grand Prix in Canada, back in 2014.

Since that win in Montréal, Ricciardo has won six more races (so seven in total). His first season with Red Bull in 2014 was arguably his best one. He won three races, two of which back-to-back in Hungary and in Belgium. He actually was the only non-Mercedes driver that year to have won a race. And you thought Mercedes were dominant this year.

"I was in fourth behind Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, both driving for Mercedes, and Sergio Perez in a Force India," Ricciardo wrote in his article on The Players' Tribune.

A great insight of what was going through the Honey Badger's mind when he got his maiden win. And good writing for him too! He could always go and do that if the whole racing thing doesn't work out for him... but with seven wins in Formula 1, we think he's doing alright for himself.

Next season, Ricciardo will team up with Nico Hülkenberg at Renault, forcing Carlos Sainz out of the team as the Spaniard will go to McLaren to replace the retiring Fernando Alonso. Pierre Gasly, in his turn, will take the Aussie's place at Red Bull.