Why is Daniel Ricciardo called the Honey Badger?
Daniel Ricciardo has never won the Formula 1 World Championship.
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Daniel Ricciardo is the current McLaren F1 team driver who was born in Perth, Australia, and made his F1 debut in 2011 for the small HRT team. Ricciardo is considered one of the most fun-loving guys on the F1 grid and has over the years developed himself as a fun character to be around.
The Australian is popularly known as the “Honey Badger” in the F1 circuit and with the help of this piece, we are going to look at why that is the case.
Ricciardo has for several years carried a picture of a Honey Badger on his race helmet and has previously said that “he can relate to the animal.”
The Honey Badger is mostly found across Asia and Africa and is a thick-skinned strong mammal. It is known for its toughness and defensive instincts and has been observed to attack prey that outsizes it.
Daniel Ricciardo believes he shares a few of the attributes of a “Honey Badger”
Ricciardo believes that he has a few things in common with the mammal and hence has adopted the nickname Honey Badger for himself.
“It is supposed to be the most fearless animal in the animal kingdom“, he told Red Bull in 2014.
“When you look at it, he seems quite cute and cuddly, but as soon as someone crosses his territory in a way he doesn’t like, he turns into a bit of a savage.”
“He’ll go after anything – tigers and pythons, he turns very quickly, but he’s a good guy.”
Daniel Ricciardo has all the attributes that he has described as we all have seen his driving style in Formula One and is one gentleman who is not afraid of anyone on the track.
Ricciardo is one of the most sociable guys when he is off the track and when it comes to “on track” action, he doesn’t shy away from a challenge and this has been one of the major reasons why he is an 8-time Grand Prix winner and has managed to get on the F1 podium an impressive 32 times.
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Rishabh Negi
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