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Daniel Ricciardo was in attendance when Ayrton Senna won his last trophy for McLaren in 1993
Daniel Ricciardo‘s dream of placing his trophy just beside his hero, Ayrton Senna’s last one for McLaren, has finally been fulfilled. In a photo shared by ESPN on Twitter, Ricciardo can be seen placing his first trophy for McLaren just beside Senna’s last one for the team. Ricciardo’s trophy has now been given its forever home in the McLaren Technology Centre.
In 2021, Ricciardo became the first McLaren driver to claim a race victory in nine years. After lifting the trophy, Ricciardo said: “I mentioned that my trophy would be somewhere next to one of Senna’s and this is Senna’s from Adelaide ’93. I was at the race and that’s pretty damn wild. I’m nearly speechless. I’m going to put it there and am probably going to walk away before I start sobbing like a baby.” His dream has now finally materialised. Senna’s 1993 Australian triumph was his last in F1 before the Brazilian left McLaren to join Williams for the following season.
Let us take a look at some of the responses from the fans on Twitter.
“Omg! I was today old that I realised that the metal bars on the side of the @Adelaide_GP trophy was in the shape of kangaroos”, wrote a fan.
“Do they get to see the trophies they get again afyer they leave? Or do they have some at home?Seems weird they keep them at the teams base and if they leave don’t get to see them again when they want”, asked a curious fan.
“Sucks so bad that he’s getting the boot from the sport but Hulkenburg is getting yet another shot at 42 years old. Not even to mention Daddy’s boy who had a whole team bought for him. This sport is cruel sometimes”, wrote another fan.
“This is why Daniel Riccardo is the greatest of all time”, read a tweet.
“Wow! Missing Senna and will miss Daniel”, tweeted another fan.
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