5 Craziest Moments at The 2018 Chinese GP

The 2018 Chinese GP Podium
The 2018 Chinese GP Podium

#5 The Honey Badger's Raging Charge

Daniel Ricciardo celebrating his victory at the 2018 Chinese GP
Daniel Ricciardo celebrating his victory at the 2018 Chinese GP

The man himself said it best after winning the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix: "I Just don't seem to win boring races." Daniel Ricciardo certainly proved himself as one of the most exciting drivers to grace this sport for a long time after executing some daring overtakes and a stellar offensive drive to get to P1 in Shanghai.

After taking advantage of the safety car like his teammate Max Verstappen, Ricciardo was originally behind the Dutchman. However, with Verstappen being pushed off the track by Hamilton, Ricciardo was able to narrowly avoid collision with the other Red Bull & go on the attack.

Within a few laps, Ricciardo had stormed past a pair of 4-time world champions, at 2 completely unexpected times. While most people wouldn't dare try and get past Lewis Hamilton without DRS, Daniel Ricciardo is not most people. The Honey Badger moved sneaky as a snake & weaved past Hamilton on the back straight, braking as late as possible to make the move stick.

He then did the same to former teammate Sebastian Vettel, flying past him on the straight like nobody's business. With only race leader Valtteri Bottas in front of him, Ricciardo executed his most astonishing move of the race, finding a gap, where only he could find a gap and squeezing his Red Bull in front of the Finn & getting the race victory!

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Edited by Kishan Prasad
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