Daniel Ricciardo produced a new track record to lead Red Bull to a one-two finish in the first Formula 1 practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, edging out teammate Max Verstappen at the top of the timesheets. Armed with the new-for-2018 Hypersoft tyre, a new fastest time around the streets of Monaco looked to be a formality through the race weekend, but Ricciardo wasted little time in beating Kimi Raikkonen’s benchmark from Q3 last year of 1m12.178s. Ricciardo dipped half a tenth below Raikkonen’s 2017 pole lap to end the session with a top time of 1m12.126s, beating Verstappen by 0.154s in the final classification. 5774263478001 CrashTV:  Verstappen was able to...
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