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		</div><p>Daniel Ricciardo believes Lewis Hamilton’s championship-winning run at Mercedes is proof he can upset the odds by turning new team Renault into a front-running force.</p>
<p>Ricciardo, 29, stunned Formula One by turning his back on Red Bull and jumping ship to Renault.</p>
<p>Ricciardo won twice last season, but his new employers have not troubled the podium since they returned to the grid as a standalone constructor in 2016.</p>
<p>Like Ricciardo, Hamilton faced intense scrutiny for his decision to drop McLaren in favor of a move to Mercedes six years ago.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nico, Daniel. 2019 colours. </p>
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<p>&mdash; Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) <a href="https://twitter.com/RenaultF1Team/status/1095297118003183616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>But Hamilton’s switch turned out to be an inspired one, going on to win four of the last five championships with the sport’s dominant team.</p>
<p><em>“I can certainly take something from Lewis’s success with Mercedes,”</em> said Ricciardo.</p>
<p><em>“It might not feel like it now, but his good run wasn’t immediate, and his first season there in 2013 wasn’t straightforward.</em></p>
<p><em>“That tested him, and even up until 2014 his career wasn’t smooth-sailing, so I can draw from his persistence alone.</em></p>
<p><em>“Look at him now. It has given him more years in the sport because without his success he probably would have walked away a few seasons ago.</em></p>
<p><em>“So, that is certainly motivating and proof in the pudding that it can be done. We have the resources, so there is no reason why we can’t do it.”</em></p>
<p>Ricciardo was making his first appearance in Renault colors on Tuesday as he, and team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, took the wraps off their new car at the French team’s HQ in Enstone, Oxfordshire.</p>
<p>Ricciardo jovially introduced himself to the assembled guests by saying <em>“Bonjour, je m’appelle, Daniel”</em>, before adding: <em>“I only joined this team to learn French.”</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">1977 to 2019. Every line. Every curve. Using the most advanced technology available, and improving year on year. Breaking new grounds. All leading to today.<br />Here is the 2019 Renault F1 Team challenger. Here is the R.S.19.<br /> <br />ð¥ in partnership with <a href="https://twitter.com/Microsoft?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Microsoft</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RSspirit?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RSspirit</a> <a href="https://t.co/4axmZVAe0Y">pic.twitter.com/4axmZVAe0Y</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) <a href="https://twitter.com/RenaultF1Team/status/1095289086942822400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Australian is a favorite among the fans for his off-track humor, but he wasn’t laughing in the latter stages of last season, as he ended his five-year tenure at Red Bull with a series of mechanical failures.</p>
<p><em>“F1 can bring you down, but that is also a sign for me that I f****** care, and I want to be successful,”</em> he added. <em>“If I am like ‘f*** this s***’, it is not because I really feel that way, but it is like I wish it didn’t suck this much, yet I know it is going to make me stronger.</em></p>
<p><em>“It is not the most straightforward sport and it has given me a lot of experience in life and I would not change it, but if I was nine again, would I pick up a tennis racquet instead? Potentially, but it is only because I really care.”</em></p>
<p>Ricciardo’s former team-mate Max Verstappen will lead Red Bull’s title challenge to Mercedes for the new campaign which gets under way in Melbourne next month.</p>
<p>Five-time champion Hamilton, 34, will get the first taste of his new car at a closed-door shakedown event at Silverstone on Wednesday. The opening winter test starts in Barcelona next week.</p>
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