Daniel Ricciardo's Pole Lap | 2018 Monaco Grand Prix

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo puts in a storming lap to claim the second pole of his F1 career - both in Monaco.

[AbdulAhad-oqlz]

The only team mate who really challenged verstappen, seeing this 4 years later is pain

[flozbydani]

The traction of this car is the other planet.

[GGsorensen]

So let me get this straight: Verstappen, Magnussen, and Grosjean are all starting next to each other on the grid, going into that tight first corner?

[randompalmtopgaming]

Might be the best monaco lap ever. No mistakes, perfect lines.

[JanbekOzturk]

5 years later, this is still the best lap I've ever seen. I can't understand how he can carry so much speed into Casino. 2018 RedBull's Chasis was made specifically for the Monaco circuit and it really shows. I really want Ric to be Max's teammate, if its his day he's really special.

[FSTUDIOS]

Miss this Ricciardo, The true Danny Ric

[syntetic]

F1's uploading the laps quicker than the driver actually do the laps themselves. Next upload tomorrow: Pole lap from canada

[megumi_]

I think Monaco 2018 was the best weekend of Ricciardo career, dominated from free Practice to the Race, imagine if he didn't have problem in the race aswell...

[josublanco]

Am I the only one loving the downshift sound?

[bornresaabe]

You watch this and then watch his onboard in a Mclaren and you can see the big difference is he isn't able to carry the speed into the corner like he did in the RB. With the front end confidence he didn't need to brake late and carry speed, he could brake less aggressive and carry a lot of speed and manage it without compromising his exit speeds. However in the Mclaren, it has a weak front end, strong back end. In order to drive fast he needs to drive complete opposite to what makes him one of the fastest.

It's exactly what happened to Kimi as team-mate to Alonso at Ferrari. Alonso smashed him that season by big margins just like Lando is doing to Daniel now. It's because that Ferrari was made with a strong rear end (Alonso preference). Kimi prefers a car with a strong front end, same as Daniel.

[soupe]

Qualifying battles after 6GP:

Ricciardo 3 - 3 Verstappen
Hamilton 4 - 2 Bottas
Ocon 4 - 2 Pérez
Sirotkin 4 - 2 Stroll
Gasly 4 - 2 Hartley
Leclerc 4 - 2 Ericsson
Magnussen 4 - 2 Grosjean
Hulkenberg 4 - 2 Sainz
Vettel 5 - 1 Raikkonen
Alonso 6 - 0 Vandoorne

[ShionShinigami]

To set this lap in perspective: The legendary pole lap from Senna in 1988 was 13 seconds slower than this lap - on a track with little over 3km length.

[NxDoyle]

I think it would be good for Daniel to win a championship. Not just because of huge honey badger bollocks & clean racing style, although it doesn't hurt.

He is pretty much the best ambassador for the sport. There's not an ounce of jaded, world-weariness about him, nor is he prone to fits of callow petulance.

[musculusiv]

He was so sinced-up with that RB! Really hope he can ever reach this level of confidence again in a McLaren

[thatsthepuzzle]

Ricciardo deserves a win at monaco after the 2016 incident. Hopefully he gets it tomorrow!

[anotherone]

Danny Ric has been on fire all weekend, hopefully he finally gets that Monaco win he so deserved in 2016

[cdb]

Both Red Bull drivers performed as expected today. Well done Danny Ric.

[fuckyougoogle]

he is not just driving it, he is flying

[thattempt]

I don't know how much has changed with the cars since then but this was faster than Max's pole lap last year, awesome stuff. Hope Danny stays with us long enough to show us more like this.

[james_fg]

3 years later and this is still the greatest lap of the turbo hybrid era