Daniel Ricciardo. Picture: McLaren Twitter The history of McLaren proved overwhelming to Daniel Ricciardo when the Australian first arrived at the team’s factory. McLaren’s Technology Centre (MTC), from which its Formula 1 team is based, houses a collection of its historic cars on prominent display. Among them are cars driven by Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, and Mika Hakkinen; the grandeur of the moment was not lost on Ricciardo. “Growing up as a kid you kind of know, or at least in my area, you knew two teams and it was Ferrari and McLaren,” the 31-year-old said when asked by Speedcafe.com about the impact the team’s history had on him. “And obviously Senna, Prost, all these...
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