Despite a difficult start to life at McLaren, Daniel Ricciardo took McLaren’s first win in nine years at the Italian Grand Prix. While the Australian showed impeccable skill at Monza, his teammate Lando Norris followed him to claim a breathtaking one-two for the British team.
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During a recent appearance, Ricciardo revealed that Team Netflix spent the weekend with them filming Drive to Survive.
Daniel Ricciardo unveils Netflix in the McLaren garage in Monza
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Since Netflix took its place in the F1 paddock to film Drive to Survive in 2018, an unlikely trend has taken hold. Whenever they spent a race weekend with a team, that team got poor results.
Mercedes was known for this “curse” in 2019. They had Netflix in the paddock during the German Grand Prix, where they celebrated 125 years of motorsport heritage. Although they did well in qualifying, they couldn’t win the race. While Lewis Hamilton spent almost a minute in a mistaken pit stop, Valtteri Bottas crashed due to wetness.
However, this stroke of bad luck did not stop McLaren at Monza last Sunday. During an appearance on the “Pardon My Take” podcast, Ricciardo announced that the Netflix film crew had been in the garage of the British outfit all weekend.
He said, “What’s really cool is that Netflix is following a team every weekend and Monza they were with us. So that was the perfect setting. “
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Ricciardo is eighth in the drivers’ championship
Before Monza, the Australian collected just 56 points from 13 races. However, on the legendary Italian racetrack, he scored an impressive 27 points to increase his record to 83. He improved to eighth place in the drivers’ standings, 14.5 points behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
Formula 1 F1 – Italian Grand Prix – Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy – September 12, 2021 McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo celebrates after winning the pool race over REUTERS / Lars Baron
In addition, McLaren scored 45 points to move ahead of Ferrari in the constructors’ championship. On the way to the Russian Grand Prix next week, the Woking-based team is 13.5 points behind its Italian rivals.
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