Twitter Reacts to Ricciardo’s Brilliant Victory at the Monaco Grand Prix
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What a beautiful beautiful drive. Daniel Ricciardo, take a bow. With his MGU-H down at lap 26, he was 2s down on power per lap. Yet he managed to hold off Sebastian Vettel to take his first Monaco Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton managed to take third position having complained throughout the race with tire degradation. Kimi Raikkonen took fourth and Valtteri Bottas took fifth. Following them was Occon in sixth, Gasly in seventh, Hulkenberg in eighth and a charging Verstappen in ninth. Sainz rounded off the top 10.
With the victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, Ricciardo now has 2 victories – as many as Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull referred to the performance equivalent to that of Schumacher’s in 1995. Ricciardo was pretty emotional at the end taking in all the praises referring to his loss of victory in 2016.
Verstappen provided a healthy entertainment throughout the race. Despite the nature of the circuit, Verstappen managed to overtake quite a few cars, having started at the back of the grid. In the end he was involved in a frantic three way battle involving him, Hulkenberg and Gasly for 7th position, but couldn’t do much in the end. 9th position none the less will be an incredibly favourable result for him after a pretty foolish mistake in Free Practice 3 that saw him missing the entire part of qualifying. He was credited with the fastest lap of the race award as well.
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Here is how Twitter reacted to Ricciardo’s brilliant drive at the Monaco Grand Prix:
RIC: "I felt a loss of power and I thought the race was done… this was two years in the making, I finally feel like this is redemption!" #MonacoGP 🇲🇨 #F1 pic.twitter.com/iWTXVmiluv
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 27, 2018
Led every session, and every lap of the race 😱
📻 "Well done mate, I do not know how you did that!"
What a weekend for @danielricciardo!!#MonacoGP 🇲🇨 #F1 pic.twitter.com/IYWxjih8Hd
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 27, 2018
VET: "Daniel had the answers the whole time" #MonacoGP 🇲🇨 #F1 pic.twitter.com/bHH7Xz1qWn
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 27, 2018
"Give Prince Albert a shoey," Horner tells Ricciardo 🤣👟🍾
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#SkyF1 #F1 #MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/dqXDfDMs2h— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 27, 2018
Emotional moment for Danny #MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/YDoYIMMoru
— Daniel Ricciardo #3 (@ricciardonews) May 27, 2018
The man.
The legend.
The Aussie.#MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/fSXbvdlLlY— Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) May 27, 2018
"This is right up there with Schumacher in 1995," Horner tells Ricciardo – referring to Schumacher being stuck in 5th gear at the Spanish GP
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#SkyF1 #F1 #MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/3fFiuOIe5L— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 27, 2018
The winner of the Grand Prix around the streets of Monte Carlo: @DanielRicciardo! 💪 #F1 #MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/9199sf9mzF
— Vincent Bruins (@VincentJBruins) May 27, 2018
"He's not going to drink from that shoe is he?" #MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/0JkjrEIhth
— Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) May 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/mattfilmtv/status/1000755394820673537
Does any sportsman enjoy himself more than #Ricciardo ? It's the #Perth spirit. #MonacoGP
— Rob Smith (@rcssmedasmith) May 27, 2018
2016 avenged by @danielricciardo #MonacoGP @F1
— Pranesh Dutta (@Praneshdutta) May 27, 2018
When you see Charles crash out in front of his home fans #monacoGP #wtf1 pic.twitter.com/1Obhl02i78
— Jack (@JACKS_STUDIOS) May 27, 2018
Where are the anthems? #MonacoGP #F1
— Bobby Reardon (@bobbyreardon13) May 27, 2018
Leclerc was like #MonacoGP #WTF1 @wtf1official pic.twitter.com/jiOjepgH7n
— Paddy (@oOP4ddyOo) May 27, 2018
Who else?!
👏 @danielricciardo #MonacoGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/W8mq5ylsWP
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/Maxime_BF/status/1000755944807108608
Brilliant drive by Ricciardo in a wounded car. Not been headed all weekend. World champion in the right car! #SignHimUp #MonacoGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/00D8O8lkYa
— Steve 🅱️ee 🐝 (@Stevie_Beee) May 27, 2018
Ever wondered why Halo was made?
Well here is the reason🤣 #MonacoGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/aFjU1K7SfS— C J Santosh Kumar (@cjsantosh) May 27, 2018
And now i want to look into the head of Max: Daniel winning the race with a malfunctioning car. What if Max started at the front row?? #MonacoGP
— Erwin Greven (@bowelrupture) May 27, 2018
Bloody well done @danielricciardo you've owned that since Thursday. You deserved that mate. #DanielRicciardo #MonacoGP #worldchampiononeday #bloodynicebloke
— Dave Pearce (@djiemperor) May 27, 2018
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The race saw only one official retirement – Fernando Alonso who had issues with his gearbox. Another was a crash between Charles Le Clerc and Brendon Hartley at the closing stages of the race.
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This is what Ricciardo had to say post the race, “I think I can show more emotion today than yesterday! Two years in the making – I finally feel like the redemption has arrived. We had problems, we had a lot to deal with during the race. I felt power loss and I thought the race was done. We got home just using six gears. I’m stoked.There were a few doubts that came in mid-race, but we’ve won Monaco – feels good, feels good.”
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