Daniel Ricciardo to make F1 debut @ Silverstone

**steveaki13** · 13th July 2011, 21:57

Originally Posted by henners88

Debut race in a car that handles appallingly. Liuzzi has had the luxury (if it can be considered that) of driving this car at every event and pre season testing etc. Ricciardo is fast as he's proved in the past when testing the Red Bull in Abu Dhabi and I won't write him off just yet.

Alot of drivers would have been out of F1 very quickly, if everyone judged them on their first race.

**F16** · 14th July 2011, 08:37

Perhaps, to see him can accomplish the whole laps on his very first race, is good achievement.

**CaptainRaiden** · 14th July 2011, 09:44

Originally Posted by Bruce D

Very quiet around here after the weekend. Am I not the only one that thinks Liuzzi drilled Ricciardo this weekend then?

While I never bought into the hype created around this kid by the Australian media, to be fair and unbiased, it was only his first race against a seasoned driver, but a lackluster showing nonetheless and much below par compared to Hamilton's first outing. So far, apart from banging in some fast laps in the fastest car on the grid during "testing", this kid hasn't showed anything to warrant the hype he is getting. They almost have him pegged as the next Senna or something.

**Koz** · 24th July 2011, 11:55

He impressed me yesterday, his time was very close to Liuzzi's. Hope he has a good race today.

**steveaki13** · 24th July 2011, 12:31

I think he just needs to keep improving. He finished about a minute behind Liuzzi in the last race, so I think he will want to keep him in sight this race and try and battle him if possible.