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Ricciardo recalls driving - and nearly crashing - at the Nordschleife in a Fiat Punto

Daniel Ricciardo is one of a number of Formula One drivers with fond memories of driving the Nurburgring's Nordschleife.

The Nurburgring's F1 configuration hosts this weekend's Eifel Grand Prix, its first race in the series since 2013. But the venue is most famous for the 154-turn, 20.81 km (12.93 mi) Nordschleife configuration which runs on the outside, which was an F1 track until Niki Lauda's infamous crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix.

The Norschleife is still a race venue and is open to the public. Ricciardo is one driver with a story of the famous old circuit, stretching back to 2008 - three years before he made his Formula One debut with HRT.