Ricciardo has 'unfinished business' in Monaco after 2016 frustration
Daniel Ricciardo says he has “unfinished business” in Monaco after losing last year’s race to a mix up in the pits.
The Red Bull driver took pole and looked set for victory until he pitted and the tires were not ready. He’s determined to make up for it this year.
“Certainly, looking back on last year, a bit of unfinished business but I will do what I can,” he said. “I definitely come here with still good feelings, good vibes. The level of confidence is still high, I guess. We’ve got some new parts on the car. We had them in Barcelona, we saw it gave us bits and pieces but not as much as we obviously still desire. We’ve got more this weekend and probably more Monaco-specific as well, so hopefully that will give us more than it did a couple of weeks ago and give us a chance to start leaning on the front guys a bit more.
“It’s hard to predict. I think it was in Bahrain, we seemed relatively strong in qualifying without too much of an answer and then we bring the update and we’re kind of still there, with that same gap. I think this weekend is a chance. If you put everything together in qualifying round here it can give you a good chunk of lap times. It’s just having that level of confidence around here which helps and then we’ll see, see what happens after this weekend.”
Looking back at last year’s pole lap he said: “I think from my side, I thought it was all I could do. I was really happy with the lap with the tools I was given but I felt like we could have had a better car in some areas of the lap, so I felt a bit limited. I remember through Casino Square there was still quite a bit of understeer, so it didn’t feel like the front tires were probably still where they needed to be but I was pretty happy with the rest.”
