MONZA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 03: Daniel Ricciardo of Australia driving the (3) Red Bull Racing Red Bull-TAG Heuer RB13 TAG Heuer leads Nico Hulkenberg of Germany driving the (27) Renault Sport Formula One Team Renault RS17 on track during the Formula One Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo di Monza on September 3, 2017 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

It was a case of Magic Monza for Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo, who went from qualifying third on the grid, to starting 16th after penalties were applied to not only his car but to almost half the grid, to crossing the finish line in fourth place just a few seconds shy of the third placed Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel.

Daniel fought a very strong race where he continued to set fast laps, especially after his one and only pit stop, as he hunted the Ferrari. He was determined to take the final spot on the rostrum for Red Bull, however, Vettel responded to the quick times he was setting and in the end the Aussie simply ran out of laps and had to settle for fourth.

Despite this, he was more than happy with the result…

"I'm very, very happy about the result and loved it out there. It was good fun,” he said. “Two of my favourite races this year have been starting from the back. Silverstone and this one. Some good overtakes in the race kept me excited and I had some real pace in the end. I could see Seb and the thought of a podium was tempting me, so I was obviously trying to catch him right up to the end.”

“The boys did the quickest pit stop and I also got the fastest lap so that's very cool. You can almost call it a perfect day. We couldn't have done much more from where we started. Of course I wanted to be up there on the podium as it looked unreal, but I believe it will come next year. Today has been a really good boost for everyone and we're looking ahead to Singapore."