With Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg first and second fastest, the first session of practice under unexpectedly overcast skies here in Monaco gave the impression that little has changed in the F1 pecking order. But Daniel Ricciardo was within two-tenths of them after a feisty performance for Red Bull.Rosberg set the initial pace, but his 1m 18.477s was beaten by Hamilton with 1m 18.271s and that remained the best time. At that stage, Ricciardo was 1.458s adrift, but the Australian was driving with maximum confidence in his RB10 and carved down from 1m 19.729s to 1m 19.047s, and then to 1m 18.506s. Two subsequent efforts to improve on that fell short. Rosberg also improved, but 1m 18.303s...
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