Ricciardo recalls dreading his 2018 Monaco win

Daniel Ricciardo says he was not looking forward to the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix, despite going on to win the race for Red Bull from pole position. He said the pressure of getting another chance at Monaco after a difficult 2016 weekend left him feeling anxious, and that he had hardly slept beforehand.

Ricciardo added that he had limited knowledge of how the hybrid power units worked at the time. He suggested that a fuller understanding would have made him more aware of how serious the power loss on his car was, which forced him to use fewer gears and receive instructions from the team on how to manage it.

The win was one of eight Ricciardo claimed across his career, which spanned 14 years with HRT, Toro Rosso, Red Bull and McLaren. He described the Monaco victory as one of his career highlights.