Kammala wannan jumla: Ricciardo ya cancanci na huɗu a Grand Prix na Malaysia amma ya koma na biyu a cikin juzu'i na farko, bayan haɗuwa tsakanin Sebastian Vettel da Nico Rosberg. Daga nan sai ya jagoranci a ƙarshen tseren lokacin da jagora Lewis Hamilton ya yi ritaya tare da lalacewar injin. Bayan ya yi gwagwarmaya tare da abokin aikinsa na Red Bull Verstappen, Ricciardo ya sami nasarar farko a kakar wasa. Ya maimaita bikin "shoey" a kan dandalin, kuma ya sami damar samun shugaban kungiyar Christian Horner da kuma dandalin dandalin Verstappen da Rosberg don sake maimaita bikin. Ricciardo a karshe ya rufe na uku a gasar zakarun na Drivers bayan kammala podium a
Ƙasar Mexico. Baya ga Sergio Pérez, shi ne kawai direba da aka rarraba a kowane tseren kakar 2016. A zahiri, ban da tsere biyu kawai wanda Ricciardo ya daidaita sakamakon shekarar da ta gabata, ya inganta akan kowane sakamakon tsere daga 2015.