ricciardo continued his partnership with carlin, by heading to the macau grand prix with the team. ricciardo quickly gathered pace at the circuit, being second fastest (and fastest rookie) behind marcus ericsson in first qualifying, before winding up in fifth place in second qualifying, setting the grid for the qualifying race. following a sixth place in the qualifying race, ricciardo was forced to retire on the first lap of the main race after hitting a wall at san francisco. he continued with a puncture up the hill before hitting the wall at the solitude esses, and caused a circuit-blocking incident, which also took out seven of his rivals.