F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo busted out his southern accent for U.S. Grand Prix weekend in Austin

Daniel Ricciardo went all out for the Formula 1 race in Texas.

Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo loves Austin, he loves the Longhorns and he loves Circuit of the Americas, the track where the biggest racing series in the world will compete this weekend in the United States Grand Prix.

He’s happy to be back for the first time in two years, and he’s going all-out for this Texas weekend.

All-out for the 32-year-old McLaren driver from Australia includes doing some interviews with a southern accent. Or, at least attempting to imitate one because Ricciardo’s impression of a southern accent is coming out a little more like a cross between a NASCAR TV broadcaster, like Darrell Waltrip, or Talladega Night‘s Ricky Bobby and Foghorn Leghorn.

And it’s hilarious. He’s even (almost) got Waltrip’s signature catchphrase “boogity, boogity, boogity” down.

Ricciardo ditched his attempted Texas/southern/Foghorn Leghorn accent midway through answering this question about why he loves being at COTA — though he was so distracted by his impression, Red Bull driver Max Verstappen’s apparent laughter off camera or both that he briefly forgot the question.

But that wasn’t the only time he did this accent impression. He also did an entire interview in a southern accent, as he spoke about his excitement about getting to drive Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s 1984 Wrangler Chevrolet Monte Carlo at the track this weekend.

In addition to being a NASCAR legend, the late Earnhardt Sr. is a hero of Ricciardo’s. And Ricciardo will drive the Monte Carlo after winning a bet with the head of McLaren Racing, Zak Brown, who has the car in his personal collection, per Jalopnik.

And of course, going all-in for the U.S. Grand Prix meant dressing the part, including showing up to the track in a cowboy hat and a bolo tie.

Clearly, regardless of how Ricciardo performs this weekend, he’s having the most fun at COTA.

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