following a minor incident during a mountain bike exercise, ricciardo was forced to miss the second test of the 2010 season, but went on to take pole position for both races at the season-opening round of the 2010 season in alcañiz, spain. he finished third and second in the races respectively, to leave himself at the head of the championship standings. two weeks later, at the spa-francorchamps circuit, ricciardo was relegated to last on the grid after being deemed to have hindered the laps of other drivers. in the next two races he finished 13th and fifth respectively – coming 2nd in the latter until many of the front-runners were given penalties for infringing the parc ferme rules before the race. one week later, in monte carlo, ricciardo secured his third pole position of the season, finishing three-tenths of a second ahead of championship rival stefano coletti. he secured his first win at the following race, one place ahead of coletti. ricciardo went on to secure two more wins at the hungaroring and at hockenheim in commanding fashion. following ricciardo's sixth pole from 12 races, tech 1 team boss, simon abadie, praised his driver's efforts greatly, saying "i am happy, and happy for daniel because six poles in 12 races is good going," and later stated his team's ambitions for success, by telling autosport correspondent peter mills, "i really hopes daniel wins the championship."