<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: URicciardo waqala isizini endaweni yesine e-Australia, esuka endaweni yesishiyagalombili ku-grid ngemuva kwesigwebo sezindawo ezintathu ngenxa yokusheshisa ngaphansi kwezimo zefulegi elibomvu. EBahrain, wafaka irekhodi lokungaqedi ngemuva kokwehluleka kukagesi emzuliswaneni wesibili. Umphumela wakhe ku-2018 Chinese Grand Prix wawungcono kakhulu, wathatha ukunqoba okulawula cishe imizuzwana eyisishiyagalolunye, ngemuva kokuqala endaweni yesithupha kugridi. E-Azerbaijan Grand Prix ka-2018, uRicciardo wayelwela indawo yesine nozakwabo uMax Verstappen engxenyeni yokugcina yomjaho. Uphiko lwakhe lwangaphambili lwasondelana kakhulu nomshayeli owayeseqenjini lakhe, futhi lesi sigameko sabangela ukuba bobabili abashayeli bathathe umhlalaphansi. Ngesikhathi  <response>: I-Grand Prix yaseSpain ka-2018, uRicciardo waqeda endaweni yesihlanu futhi wabeka irekhodi lomgwaqo, yize ejikeleza ngaphansi kwemoto yokuphepha ebonakalayo. Ukuza eMonaco Grand Prix ka-2018, uRicciardo noVerstappen babebhekwa njengabantu abazophumelela emncintiswaneni ngenxa yezimoto zabo eziphakeme kakhulu kanye namandla aphansi. URicciardo wahola kuzo zonke izikhathi ezintathu zokuzijwayeza ngaphambi kokufaneleka, ephula irekhodi le-lap ngeseshini ngayinye. URicciardo wakwazi ukuthola iphuzu lesibili empilweni yakhe eMonaco, ehola kuzo zonke izikhathi zokuhlolwa futhi futhi wabeka irekhodi elisha lomjikelezo. Emncintiswaneni, uRicciardo wakwazi ukubamba iFerrari kaSebastian Vettel ukuze athathe ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala eMonaco Grand Prix kanye nokunqoba kwakhe kokuqala kweGrand Prix kusuka endaweni yokuma, yize kwakudingeka aphathe ukulahleka kwamandla ngenxa yenkinga yokukhipha amandla e-MGU-K kulo lonke umjaho. 