Ricciardo baffled by “sensitive” McLaren

Daniel Ricciardo was left baffled and frustrated after his McLaren struggles continued in practice for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix.

Ricciardo was left languishing down in 15th at the end of both sessions with lap times around a second slower than team-mate Lando Norris.

Explaining his issues, Ricciardo said: “I felt like I had confidence but it was just not translating to lap time.

“Honestly, from behind the wheel it was quite frustrating because I would cross the line and be like ‘Yeah, that was probably a decent lap’ and it was like ‘You’re P12’ or 'P15' or even at one stage P17.

“[It’s] frustrating because it’s a long way off, actually. There’s a lot of time to find. Luckily we’ve got tomorrow off but right now it’s trying to figure out where all the time is.”

Ricciardo’s team will have a full day to examine the data on Friday thanks to Monaco’s traditional one-day break, with no F1 running now due to take place until Saturday morning’s final practice session.

Asked as to what his feel within the car is like, he added: “I guess not good enough yet.

“The second sector was my weakest one, that’s all the low speed really, so it’s a bit surprising I am losing so much there. I’ll get into the data, have a look, bring everything down and figure it out.

“It’s more entries, more on car and balance. I won’t lie it's very sensitive and that’s probably been the frustrating thing.

"It feels like it does require a certain style to drive it and if you don’t do that and get it right it just isn’t fast.”

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