Ricciardo: I knew we had a shot

Daniel Ricciardo had “a lot of confidence” that he could take pole position in Monaco, a race that he is set to start on the super-soft Pirellis.

Ricciardo was “bitter” in the wake of his team-mate Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix victory as he felt it was a result that should have gone his way.

However he has now set himself up for a victory of his own with pole position in Monte Carlo on a street circuit were overtaking is notoriously difficult.

“It is definitely a special place,” he said after clocking a 1:13.622 in qualifying to beat Nico Rosberg by 0.169s.

“I knew coming into the weekend we would have a shot at it and it looked good from …

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