Ricciardo: I like the fun atmosphere in Nashville

Daniel Ricciardo, who went to Nashville a week before the American Grand Prix, understood that he would receive a more than warm welcome, because his popularity abroad was very high. Of course, motorsport fans knew him before the premiere of the documentary series Drive to Survive, filmed and shown by Netflix, but then the wider overseas audience fell in love with the charming Australian.

Daniel is a frequent guest on several American television shows and this weekend he held demonstrations in the capital of Tennessee, but he did not limit himself to driving the RB7, Red Bull Racing’s 2011 championship car.

He had organized several meetings especially for fans, and during one of them, for example, together with the employees of the Red Bull away team, he amused everyone by performing his famous trick, to the delight of those present: drinking from a shoe , even if it seemed not to be champagne this time.

It took place in a classic American bar, where Daniel sang karaoke songs and also showed off his new cowboy hat and personalized cowboy boots, which said Honey Badger. That. “Honey Badger” – Ricciardo has long been given this nickname and he chose it himself.

“In Nashville we drove around the local Broadway, where I always liked the fun atmosphere, but especially today because we were so well received,” Daniel said. – From the cockpit of the car the street just looks cool, I see all these buildings flashing by, and it’s all very picturesque.

I went to Nashville for the first time four years ago and the downtown area was full of tourists, but I never thought I would be driving a Formula 1 car here. But I also like the local bars, where there is always live music. and we. We even took part in it ourselves, which was a lot of fun.

Overall, Nashville has all of this in abundance, not just on the weekends, but generally seven days a week, and I love it!”