Ricciardo: “Take a step back” after Monaco disappointment

After five races contested on behalf of McLaren in 2021, Daniel Ricciardo is in eighth place in the Drivers' Championship with 24 points, very far from his teammate Lando Norris (3rd with 56 units). The gap between the two men widened in Monaco; When the Englishman finished third, the Australian conceded a lap and fell to an anonymous 12th place.

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Yet at ease in the streets of the Principality (he won there in 2018 with Red Bull, two years after losing a success due to a pit-stop that was too slow), Daniel Ricciardo had no explanation to offer. “The whole weekend was just to forget for me. Obviously, the rest of the team achieved a podium finish so I want to congratulate them. We were never on the pace, the cars are almost identical in terms of settings. »

The man with seven Grand Prix victories does not want to dwell on this poor performance. “It’s a strange weekend, to forget. I'm not going to analyze this too much before Baku (Azerbaijan, June 4-6). This year has been full of races in which I have to do better, and that will come. This might be my first time taking a ride. LPerhaps the best thing to do is to step back for a few days. »

During its transfer to Renault in 2019, Daniel Ricciardo initially suffered numerous disappointments, before raising the bar in 2020 with two podiums.