F1: Predicting the Top 5 teammate rivalries of 2019 

#3 Nico Hulkenberg vs Daniel Ricciardo (Renault)

Hulkenberg will go down fighting Daniel in the Aussie's first year at Renault

Perhaps it may not be wrong to say that if one had a secret power to right a major wrong in the sport then correcting Nico Hulkenberg’s underwhelming stats in a decade-long stint wouldn’t be a bad point to start with.

What do you reckon?

The German driver who has to his credit a lot of experience in the sport, amplified by 156 races against his name, has not only failed to stand on the podium but has only collected a solitary pole position and two fastest laps.

To that end, his teammate, the man behind (perhaps) the sport’s most infectious smile- Daniel Ricciardo- could assert quick influence.

Not only since Ricciardo has to his credit - seven race wins compared to none by the ‘Hulk’ but also 29 podium finishes and 13 fastest laps.

That said, the 2019 Renault car may surely not be the strongest even as the ‘Honeybadger’, content at leaving 2018’s highly unreliable Red Bull may expect things to be different.

And should that be the case, Hulkenberg racing against Ricciardo in a mediocre car- if at all Renault fail to deliver a sufficiently driveable, if not a Grand Prix-winning car- could well prove a point to his critics.