Last year Daniel Ricciardo was on his way to winning the Monaco Grand Prix. Unfortunately, there's little chance of a repeat in 2019 following his switch from Red Bull Racing to Renault over the winter. His new team had looked in particularly poor shape in Thursday's two free practice sessions. Ricciardo was 11th fastest in FP1 but sank to a lowly 17th in the afternoon. However he did manage to recover much of that lost ground during Saturday morning's final practice. Even so, it was a surprise to everyone - even the driver himself - to see Ricciardo succeed in making it all the way through to Q3 in the afternoon qualifying session, where he finished in seventh place. Mercedes lock-out...
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