Daniel Ricciardo celebrates fourth after "crazy" British Grand Prix

Daniel Ricciardo has celebrated his fourth place finish in the F1 Pirelli British Grand Prix at Silverstone, thanking the late-race chaos for his best finish since Monza 2019.

Daniel Ricciardo at the F1 Pirelli British Grand Prix. (Image: Supplied)

The West Australian was sitting in a comfortable sixth position with teammate Esteban Ocon eighth, before tyre issues for both Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz saw both drop through the field.

Ricciardo said “It was a crazy race at the end, and it feels really cool to take fourth place.”

“We made a good start, jumped up to sixth and we showed decent pace. At the safety car restart I was close to Carlos [Sainz] but didn’t have enough and that allowed Lando [Norris] to have a run on me and I missed out there. That was a bit frustrating, but it came back to us at the end.”

“The race really came alive and that was really good. We had some pace at the end and I was able to get Lando and then Carlos had a problem. I saw Charles [Leclerc] getting closer and maybe with a couple more laps we could have had a podium!”

“We have another chance next week. We were assisted by some chaos, but we were definitely a top six car today and that’s pleasing.”

Daniel Ricciardo passes Lando Norris in the final stages of the British Grand Prix. (Image: Supplied)

Teammate Esteban Ocon, who finished sixth, said “I’m very happy with today’s team result.”

“It was very fun out there, lots of overtaking, lots of fun battles and a fantastic result to finish it off. I think today shows how quick our car is in the race. It really felt awesome today and it was a strong performance from the team. It’s a credit to everyone at Enstone and Viry for their hard work between Budapest and this race. We had a lot of discussions, and that’s really paid off today. It proves that we need to qualify further up to make our life easier on Sunday.”

“We have another opportunity next week for more.”