Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbe afọ abụọ gachara na Renault F1 Team, Ricciardo sonyeere McLaren maka 2021 Formula One World Championship dị ka onye nnọchi anya Carlos Sainz Jr. onye bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta ọtụtụ afọ na Ferrari. Onye otu ya maka 2021 bụ Lando Norris, onye ndị otu ahụ jidere. N'ihe gbasara nkwekọrịta ọhụrụ ya, Ricciardo kwetara na tupu ya abịanye aka na McLaren, ya na Ferrari kparịtara maka iweghara oche Sebastian Vettel mana Ferrari bịanyere aka na Sainz. O mechara tinye 7th na oge mmeghe oge 2021 na Bahrain, ebe ọ ruru eru nke isii. N'ọsọ na-esote, 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
, ọ gwụchara nke isii, ebe ọ nwetala otu ọkwa ahụ. N'ọsọ nke atọ n'oge a na Portugal, Ricciardo tara ahụhụ site na ọpụpụ na qualifying, na-apụ na Q1 ma malite agbụrụ ahụ site na 16th. N'oge agbụrụ ahụ ọ rụrụ ọrụ nke ọma n'ọhịa ma mechie n'ọnọdụ nke itoolu, na-enyere McLaren aka idobe ọnọdụ nke atọ na asọmpi ndị na-ewu ụlọ. Na Spanish Grand Prix, Ricciardo tozuru oke nke asaa, mana jisiri ike rịgoro nke ise na agba nke mbụ. Ọ gbachitere nke ise site n'aka onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala Red Bull Sergio Pérez ruo lap 45, ebe Pérez nwere ike ịgafe na ntụgharị 1. Ọ gbara onye nke isii, nke mbụ n'oge a ọ gafere Norris.