Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan shekaru biyu ba tare da nasara ba, Ricciardo ya koma saman podium a gasar Grand Prix ta Malaysia ta 2016, a karshe ya rufe na uku a gasar zakarun duniya a karo na biyu a cikin shekaru uku a gasar
Gasar Cin Kofin Mexico ta 2016. Tun daga wannan lokacin ya kara cin nasara a gasar Azerbaijan Grand Prix a shekarar 2017 da kuma gasar cin kofin kasar Sin da Monaco a shekarar 2018. Bayan 2018, Ricciardo ya sanya hannu tare da Renault kuma ya yi tsere a gare su a cikin 2019 da 2020. Ya shiga McLaren don kakar 2021 da Formula One, tare da Lando Norris. A watan Maris na 2021, ya shiga masana'antar giya ta hanyar aikin sirri, tare da tarin giya tare da mashahurin masanin giya St. Hugo.