Daniel Ricciardo’s Former Boss Finally Delivers On His Infamous Tattoo Bet

When Australian Formula One champ Daniel Ricciardo joined Renault back in 2019, he made a bet with then-team boss

Cyril Abiteboul that if he managed to get on the podium, Abiteboul would have to get a tattoo. As it happens, Ricciardo got two podiums during his time with the French team, managing third places at both the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix and 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Ricciardo has since left Renault for McLaren – much to

Abiteboul’s disappointment – but a bet’s a bet. After much speculation that Cyril wasn’t going to honour his agreement with Danny Ric, the fiesty Frenchman has finally put his money where his mouth is.

Just hours ago, Ricciardo shared a photo to his Instagram showing

Abiteboul at a London tattoo parlour getting inked by well-known traditional style tattoo artist Jelle Soos. While they haven’t shown us what the tattoo is yet (teasing that a video will come out later this week), it’s great to see Abiteboul deliver on the bet.

The terms of the bet were that Ricciardo could choose the design of the tattoo, but Abiteboul could choose the size and location. Seems as if he’s elected to get it on his leg, but we wonder what Ricciardo’s picked for the design. A honey badger motif? A Renault badge? Perhaps Danny’s own face and iconic smile? We’ll just have to wait and see…

Ricciardo and Abiteboul together during the former’s short stint at Renault. Ricciardo jumped ship to McLaren after only two years with the French team. Image: Yahoo France

Ricciardo himself has plenty of tattoos, as do fellow F1 drivers Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Räikkönen. Ricciardo actually got his very first tattoo, a ship sailing around the world and a lighthouse representing home, back in 2013, when he was on the verge of getting his drive with Red Bull.

Seems as if tattoo challenges are the new big thing in F1. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff challenged Ricciardo’s current boss, McLaren’s Zak Brown, to get a tattoo – a result of an Industry Leaders’ Challenge begun by the Grand Prix Trust, a charity that helps support anyone who has worked in F1 and who has fallen on hard times.

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Brown followed through on Wolff’s wager (much quicker than

Abiteboul, it must be said) with a tattoo that honours Ricciardo’s win at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix: his first since the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix and the first for McLaren since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Brown also made a bet with Ricciardo that if he got a podium, he’d let Ricciardo drive Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s 1984 No. 3 Wrangler Chevrolet Monte Carlo NASCAR (one of many rare cars in Brown’s collection) – which the Aussie got to do ahead of the 2021 United States Grand Prix after his triumph in Monza.

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