Talk:Daniel Ricciardo/Archive 1

Formula Renault 3.5
Can someone please fix the infobox so it doesn't look like he's currently racing in FR3.5? 27.32.169.195 (talk) 08:06, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out. DH85868993 (talk) 11:31, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

He looks Arabic
Is he really Italian? He looks more like an Arab. 93.219.167.45 (talk) 11:07, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, he's really (Australian of) Italian (descent) - see http://www.grandprix.com.au/news/italian-background-australian-through-and-through. DH85868993 (talk) 02:20, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Really? "Looks"? We're making edits based on what someone thinks how a person "looks" ? --Falcadore (talk) 03:27, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

The majority of people that come from the center and the south of Italy have darker complection. Needless to say, Sicily was for centuries a place where Greek, Arab and other cultures converged. It is not unlikely that some of Ricciardo's genes could derive from some Arabic areas around north Africa and Middle East.

ICE77 (talk) 03:33, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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Who is his Dad?
There's evidence to suggest that Guiseppe Ricciardo of JR Engineering is not the dad, but some other Joe Ricciardo from Perth is his dad.

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/7fmyca/ricciardo_retires_with_a_hydraulic_problem/dqdu484/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.240.141 (talk) 15:17, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Okay I found evidence that Joe Ricciardo of Ricciardo Earthmoving is the father, to conflict with Joe Ricciardo of GR and JR Engineering is not. https://thewest.com.au/sport/motorsport/how-mum-and-dad-tried-to-steer-ricciardo-away-from-racing-ng-ya-161196 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.240.141 (talk) 15:23, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Daniel Ricciardo info box mucked up, maybe by whoever removed a photo?
Would an administrator, or experienced editor, please sort out whatever has gone wrong with the info box for Daniel Ricciardo? The page now lookso awful. Ta KinsaleAnnette (talk) 08:16, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Can I edit my own post in a TALK discussion? Not familiar enough with TALK to find a way to edit. Happy to receive a how-to explanation, please. KinsaleAnnette (talk) 08:28, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Number of wins
Ricciardo doesn't have 26 wins. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.208.1.17 (talk) 15:31, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Fixed. DH85868993 (talk) 15:55, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Photo
Daniel is racing for McLaren now. The photo in the info box need be updated. Gavin730 (talk) 12:50, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
 * We don't just change photos to something newer just for the sake of having a newer photo. If you have a freely available, high quality photo of him as a McLaren driver, go right ahead.  Zappa  O  Matic   (alt) 15:26, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Does someone know the correct way to say Daniel's last name? Being an Italian name, "Ricciardo" should be pronounced reech-ee-AR-do (according to my understanding of Latin grammar rules), yet I have only heard it pronounced ri-CAR-do, which would fly in the face of Latin grammar by not pronouncing each letter in some way. Am I right, or is Daniel's surname an exception? 174.30.10.177 (talk) 19:04, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * According to him, Australians had a problem pronouncing it properly, and "ri-CAR-do" became the usual pronunciation, which he has stuck with. There was an interview with him on the BBC coverage where he said he didn't mind if Italian people pronounced it "reech-ee-AR-do". He didn't seem to mind either way, but in his home country, it's "ri-CAR-do", oddly. Bretonbanquet (talk) 23:27, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing at /ɹɪˈkɑː.dəʊ/. Does that fit an Australian accent? 2.103.91.195 (talk) 14:29, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks pretty close to me. Bretonbanquet (talk) 14:38, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Bretonbanquet's statement is spot-on. I listened to him discussing it on Australian radio a few weeks ago and that is exactly what he said then. Cheers. Melbourne3163 (talk) 21:42, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * It's weird, though, because no Aussie would think Nina Ricci's surname is pronounced like "Ricky". They are aware it's "Ree-chee", or at least like "Richie".  But add an -ardo and the whole thing comes tumbling down.  It's all too hard.  There are too many syllables.  They're an easily confused mob.  It's a wonder they can manage Daniel Giansiracusa's surname at all, and not render it as "Grainger" or something.  Or Robert DiPierdomenico. Someone should write a treatise on how Australia is probably the most multicultural country on planet Earth yet the typical Aussie has the greatest difficulty with any words of two or more syllables.  But they're proud of their inability, because anyone who can say funny lingo is at best not one of the boys and at worst a poofter.  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  06:50, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Good lord, talk about generalisations... 121.45.197.118 (talk) 10:04, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Just because Daniel thinks his last name should be pronounced like he claims, it doesn't mean that what he says is correct. In fact, he should know better. Just because his family is ignorant and doesn't know how to pronounce its own last name, it doesn't mean that what they say is the rule. The proper way to pronounce Ricciardo is Ric-chee-ardo with chee as in cheese and imperial. However, chee is shorter than chee of cheese and ia is not falling but flat like in ya when you mean to say yeah. Combined, cchia sounds like in cha of the dance cha-cha-cha. This is because in the Italian language 'ca, che, chi, co and cu' sound like 'ka, ke, ki, ko and ku' but 'ce and ci' sound like chestnut and chimney. Any other pronunciation is wrong: period. I don't care where Ricciardo lives and what he assumed to be correct as he grew up. Rules of grammar and pronunciation in this case are set in stone. Formula 1 commentators continue to butcher his name and they did it for years now. It's extremely annoying. I know something about languages, in particular the Italian language. Spread the word and pronounce Ricciardo like you should.

ICE77 (talk) 05:39, 28 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Re ICE77's comments on 28 March 2014, "Just because Daniel thinks his last name should be pronounced like he claims, it doesn't mean that what he says is correct". He is not saying that others with that surname must pronounce it the way he and his family does - he is saying that this is the way they do pronounce it. This isn't a "right or wrong" thing, they can pronounce it whatever way they want - it's not a big deal.


 * Your comment, "Rules of grammar and pronunciation in this case are set in stone" isn't correct in regard to pronunciation. There are many examples of families pronouncing their surname differently to the way others with the same name do. Two examples come to mind; Dalziel - some say 'Dalzell' some say 'Dee-l', some say 'Dalzeel'. Strachan - some say 'Strawn' some say 'Stracan'. It is up to the family; simple as that in my opinion. Cheers. Melbourne3163 (talk) 06:11, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

If you had a basic knowledge of the Italian language you'd know that there are no exceptions to the way you pronounce words in the Italian language. It's not like reed and read or pick and peak in English. Rules are well defined for the language and it's not about interpretation like in law. The driver and his family are just plain wrong. That's a fact. ICE77 (talk) 03:52, 29 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Re your comment "... there are no exceptions to the way you pronounce words in the Italian language", I understand what you said but how it is pronounced in the Italian language isn't relevant in this instance; it is only about how the family chooses to pronounce it in the English language. As an aside Daniel had a great race in the Bahrain Grand Prix yesterday, well done to him! Cheers. Melbourne3163 (talk) 23:39, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

It doesn't matter how they choose to pronounce their last name when they choose to pronounce it the wrong way. This is a classic example of blind ignorance by choice.

108.214.99.60 (talk) 03:06, 14 April 2014 (UTC)


 * His name might be Italian, but he is not. He and his family can pronounce their name (their name, not yours or anyone else's) however they like, and are free to allow others to pronounce it in any way they see fit. Or maybe everyone in the US whose name stems from a European name should be pronouncing it exactly as they would if they were still in Europe. Wikipedia is solely concerned with what actually happens in life, not what a couple of people think should happen. Anything else has no place on this talk page; it's not a forum for people's random opinions. Bretonbanquet (talk) 17:47, 14 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Despite my mini-rant above, I agree with you. It's the same with people like Bernard Tomic.  Serbo-purists may call him Tom-ich, but he and his parents call themselves Tom-ik, so that's the end of that.
 * This is very different from cases where some anglo commentators can't or won't get their tongues around simple sounds like -zh-. They have no difficulty with the words "pleasure", "measure", "Asia" etc, even "Dr Zhivago" - but see if they can say Mikhail Youzhny's surname as "yoozh-nee".  Fat chance.  It's usually "yooz-nee".  Now, that is 100% wrong, and no amount of repetition will ever make it right.  They can say "usually" but not "Youzhny" - how weird is that! --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  22:11, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

I agree it is entirely up to Ricciardo how he wants us to pronounce his name. There can be no debate about that. But in Italian, the name is pronounced like this: http://www.forvo.com/word/ricciardo/ If the article is going to give an English approximate of the normal Italian pronunciation (as it currently does), it should say "Richardo", not "Richiardo". Italians do not say "Richiardo".

Ultimately, it doesn't matter how the family of the driver pronounces "Ricciardo". Somebody started this section by asking how the last name should be pronounced and I explained it clearly above. Any other pronunciation is wrong and butchered.

ICE77 (talk) 04:50, 18 April 2014 (UTC)


 * He. Is. Not. Italian. 121.45.197.118 (talk) 10:06, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Presumably ICE would say he may call himself an Aussie, but he's actually Italian.

The last two comments are unsigned and ridiculously pointless. Ricciardo is indeed Australian but he just happens to have an Italian last name.

ICE77 (talk) 03:27, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

And what about the pronounciation of another Latin name in the world of sport: Jose Mourinho? On British TV the 'J' in Jose is always a soft 'G' instead of 'H', and the surname is Mur'een'ee'oo, with three syllables expanded to four. O,O, Mur'een'ee'oo! But I can't find any discussion of that on his WP talk page. O Murr (talk) 18:23, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

So everyone who pronounces a name ending in “stein” as “steen” is wrong too. Glad we cleared that one up. Mr Larrington (talk) 22:06, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Death of Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo is not dead, hell, he's on track in Brazil (not really, since he crashed with Kevin Magnussen) as I'm typing this right now. Unless there is a source that says that Ricciardo has been killed, he is not a dead man, and is alive and well. TheBlueSkyClub (talk) 18:38, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * It was vandalism. It's been reverted. DH85868993 (talk) 02:44, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, thank you! TheBlueSkyClub (talk) 20:05, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

2023 Season
I noticed that my edit of changing "test driver" for the 2023 season to "reserve driver" was first reverted, and then the section for the 2023 season was deleted entirely. The reasoning was that "We don't include roles like "Third Driver" or "Ambassador" (see Alonso, Rosberg or Hakkinen as examples)"; however, this is cherry picking examples. Even in the case of Alonso and Rosberg, they have test driver roles listed in their career summaries, and there are countless other examples of Formula One drivers having both test roles and reserve roles listed in their summaries. Some exemples of that are Nico Hülkenberg, Marcus Ericsson, Esteban Ocon and Mick Schumacher. Surely his reserve role for the 2023 season is an important enough role to be listed in his career summary.

I do agree that ambassador roles are not sufficient enough to be listed, but there is a precedent of reserve and test roles being included. Spookysquid (talk) 14:48, 31 March 2023 (UTC)