Daniel Ricciardo described the United States Grand Prix weekend as “overwhelming” as he finished fifth in front of a weekend crowd of 400,000. The biggest ever crowd for the race at Circuit of the Americas saw a thrilling battle for victory between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, but also a popular third for Sergio Perez. From Ricciardo’s perspective, a demo run in Dale Earnhardt’s 1984 Wrangler Chevrolet Monte Carlo. “I mean it’s so fun, it’s always so fun here,” Ricciardo said. “Sometimes I have to bring myself back a bit because I can be like a kid in a candy store and get too excited and probably burn more energy than I need to. But no, I just enjoy being here.
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