Aussie driver Daniel Ricciardo was far from happy at the end of Saturday's qualifying session around the narrow streets of Monte Carlo, the Red Bull Racing star eventually finishing up fifth fastest overall behind his young Dutch teammate, who qualified fourth.
After the session, Daniel complained to the media that the team shouldn't have sent him out into the traffic the way they did as he was unable to get the best out of the car. Like several other teams, Daniel needed that extra lap to get the best out of his tyres, and using the team's strategy, he was unable to do that.
"It was a frustrating one for me today, as I think we could have done better. In Q3 we did one lap and we needed to push hard on the out lap to really get the tyres ready and warm, the ultrasofts are not that soft here and need to be worked hard,” he said.
"We came out and had cars in front of us and it seemed like I had a gap behind me, I don't know why we didn't wait for that gap so that I could push in the out lap. So I started the lap with the tyres not where I wanted them and obviously around here that's a big thing, as is getting it right in Qualifying. However, we will see what happens."
Team boss Christian Horner admitted that maybe that extra lap could have made all the difference to the Aussie driver, but then again, maybe it wouldn't have…
“With Daniel we opted to do a one lap run with him at the end. Perhaps a build push would have been better, but it was very, very marginal to which was the preferred strategy, but hopefully we are in a position to capitalise on those grid positions in tomorrow's grand prix."
