Daniel Ricciardo recalls the time F1 champion Kimi Raikkonen busted him using the ladies toilet

Aussie F1 superstar Daniel Ricciardo has revealed the savage moment he was busted by legend Kimi Raikkonen using the women’s toilet before a race early in his career.

Speaking on Perth radio station 96FM, Ricciardo said there was usually a mad rush to use the toilets before a race.

‘You don’t want to wee in a race car,’ he said.

‘The belts are so tight and they are pushing in on you and it’s just not fun.

‘I tried recently doing it in a bottle, nup, doesn’t work.

‘Everyone kind of queues up sometimes and because you don’t have much time,.’

However with no female race car drivers in the F1 and a massive queue outside of the men’s toilet, Ricciardo spotted an opportunity during his early days. 

‘There was like a females and a males, and I was like ‘look when you’ve got to go, you just go’,’ he said.

‘So I walked into the females and as I was walking out Raikkonen goes ‘all the women are in here’ or something like that.

‘He was basically having a jab at me that I’m female.

‘I was new and the way he kind of said it, he doesn’t really talk to anyone, I just took it personally.

‘One day I will show you I am a man.’

Raikkonen and Ricciardo were all smiles at this press conference in 2018 but the two had several clashes during their F1 careers

Ricciardo on the podium of the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix with Raikkonen and former rival Sebastian Vettel 

It wouldn’t be the last time the two drivers locked horns, with Ricciardo previously revealing that Raikkonen had blanked him on the paddock.

‘On the grid, I tend to be quite friendly with people, but if I smile at someone and they blank me — it kind of p***es me off. I take it personally for sure,’ he told Esquire in 2020.

‘I remember Kimi [Raikkonen] used to give me the cold shoulder and I took that personally.

‘I would make a mental note of it, and on-track if I was ever feeling generous it was never going to be towards him.’

Throughout his career, Raikkonen was known for his cool demeanor and impressive racecraft, earning the nickname ‘The Iceman’. 

He has won 21 races, earned 103 podiums, and set 18 fastest laps over the course of his F1 career. He announced his retirement from F1 at the end of the 2021 season.