Ricciardo has 'unfinished business' in Monaco

Daniel Ricciardo admits he sees the Monaco Grand Prix as "unfinished business" after missing out on near-certain victory in 2016.

Having secured the first pole position of his career with an impressive qualifying performance last year, Ricciardo held a comfortable lead in a wet/dry race when he was called in for his pit stop to change to slicks. However, Red Bull did not have the right tires ready and the delay cost Ricciardo the lead (pictured above), with Lewis Hamilton able to hold the faster Australian off to secure victory.

"Certainly, yeah, looking back on last year, a bit of unfinished business but I will do what I can," Ricciardo said. "I definitely come here with still good feelings, good vibes. The level of confidence is still high, I guess. We've got some new parts on the car. We had them in Barcelona, we saw it gave us bits and pieces but not as much as we obviously still desire.

"We've got more this weekend and probably more Monaco-specific as well, so hopefully that will give us more than it did a couple of weeks ago and give us a chance to start leaning on the front guys a bit more."

Asked what repercussions there were at Red Bull following the lost victory last year, Ricciardo replied: "They went to some old-school spanking techniques with a big wooden... cricket bats, pretty much, as we call it!

"And beyond that, the physical pain there was certainly some... there was no physical pain for the record! Not that I know of. But there were certainly some things which were already in place for Canada, some systems stuff within the garage, as opposed to just radio communications, let's say.

"There were actually displays that were put up around the garage which were clear for more people and they kind of knew what was happening as opposed to just verbal communication which can sometimes be more confusing, obviously in the heat of the moment. Yeah, that was solved immediately, which was obviously nice."

Despite Red Bull being further off the pace compared to Mercedes and Ferrari this season, Ricciardo believes Monaco still offers an opportunity to battle for pole position.

"It's hard to predict. I think it was in Bahrain, we seemed relatively strong in qualifying without too much of an answer and then we bring the update and we're kind of still there, with that same gap. I think this weekend is a chance. If you put everything together in qualifying 'round here, it can give you a good chunk of lap times. It's just having that level of confidence around here and then we'll see – see what happens after this weekend. This one's fun, yeah. Looking forward to it."