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Ricciardo: Monaco 2016 debacle 'haunted me for two years'

Daniel Ricciardo says the rage of losing the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix because of a botched pit stop was whitewashed only two years later by his 2018 triumph in the Principality. In 2016, driving for Red Bull Racing, Ricciardo had launched his Monaco Grand Prix from pole and taken a commanding lead at the start, determined to hold his own and pinch Formula 1's jewel from his rivals. But a fumbled pit stop by his Red Bull crew, which had called him in at the right time only to fail to have his tyres ready for the routine stop, handed the sure win to Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton. Ricciardo's last throw of the dice for a title? Filled with rage, Ricciardo cut a dejected figure on Monaco's podium...
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