Ricciardo claims brilliant maiden pole in Monaco

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Daniel Ricciardo took the first pole position of his career with a sensational lap of the streets of Monte Carlo to book his place at the front of the grid for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix.

The Red Bull driver took pole by 0.169s from Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg with a 0.209s in the final sector where the Red Bull has looked planted all weekend. Lewis Hamilton’s Q3 session was compromised by a fuel pressure issue that saw his engine cut out at the end of the pit lane as he prepared to go out on track. His car was wheeled back to the pits for repairs and he headed back out with five minutes to spare. He aborted his first quick lap and then completed a series of slow laps ahead of one final attempt that proved to be over three tenths of a second shy of Ricciardo.

Ricciardo’s qualifying session was made all the more impressive by his best lap in Q2, which was set on the super-soft tyres rather than the ultra-softs and means he will start the race on the longer-lasting of the …

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