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Red Bull blocked Ricciardo from Le Mans

Daniel Ricciardo had an opportunity to race in last year's Le Mans 24 Hours only for Red Bull to state that they would rather he concentrate on Formula 1. Last year's running of the prestigious race was won by Force India's Nico Hulkenberg, who was given the go-ahead to race for Porsche alongside Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber. It was an epic moment for the German, who could have been up against Ricciardo had Red Bull cleared the Aussie to race. 'Le Mans would be cool. To be honest, I wanted to do it last year,' Ricciardo told Auto Action. 'There was maybe some opportunities to do it last year, but it was a bit too much with everything going on [at Red Bull] and the team preferred me to just...
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