Daniel Ricciardo photo details dropping jaws

Doing the rounds online, fans noticed the racing driver’s self-proclaimed “good looks” have been immortalised through a statue at his very own Dubai residence.

The metal structure appears to be a recreation of the 34-year-old’s Monaco race win from 2018, where he famously leaped into a pool in front of a clued-in press gallery, PerthNow reports.

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With the 2024 Formula 1 season in the middle of its Middle East stretch ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Ricciardo’s choice of exterior decorating has been making waves again on social media.

Photos of the residence first emerged in December, and have been swirling across cyberspace since popular racing Twitter account Formula God shared the statue’s insightful inspiration recently.

“THIS IS LEGENDARY,” the Twitter account posted with a photo of the statue.

Motorsport commentator Bella James’ initial video of the statue in December has been getting plenty of views in recent days and is now up to 1.2 million views on TikTok.

“This is Daniel Ricciardo’s house in Dubai, and no, your eyes aren’t deceiving you… That’s a statue of him jumping into the Monaco pool after winning in 2018. I’m not even joking,” she said.

She continued: “I don’t even know what to say. Go you Daniel, go you.”

While many responses were overwhelmingly in support of the Red Bull driver’s self-adoration, others couldn’t believe he owned a house in the Middle Eastern hub.

“So he’s got a house in LA, a flat in Monaco, his ranch in Perth, and now a house in Dubai?” one person said.

“I live in Dubai and I can’t for the life of me pinpoint the district he lives in,” asked another.

With Ricciardo’s Italian heritage, one commenter joked the statue’s significance to him was “his Roman empire”.

Ricciardo was in Dubai in December and a photo of him and Red Bull boss Christian Horner got people talking at the time.

One photo shared on Instagram showed Ricciardo posing alongside girlfriend Heidi Berger, Horner and the Red Bull boss’ wife Geri Halliwell.

Ricciardo’s rumoured property portfolio has not been confirmed, but his net worth was recently estimated to be £38million.

— This story originally appeared on perthnow.com.au and has been republished with permission