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Perfect Lap Not Good Enough to Catch Ricciardo – Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton concedes that he couldn't have matched Daniel Ricciardo‘s pace in qualifying for the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix, 'even with a perfect lap'. Hamilton's time, a 1:11.232, was over four-tenths-of-a-second slower than pole-sitter Daniel Ricciardo, with Sebastian Vettel splitting the pair in second. Despite starting from the second row on the tight Monte Carlo street circuit, Hamilton remains optimistic regarding his chances come the race. 'It was a really good session,' said Hamilton, 'I gave it everything that I could. But even with a perfect lap we couldn't catch Daniel today; Red Bull just had a little bit more performance, particularly in the last sector. 'I was up in the...
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