“The secret to winning is going as slowly as possible.” Niki Lauda’s famous remark ahead of the 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix has arguably never rung truer than it did in today’s Monaco Grand Prix as Daniel Ricciardo nursed his wounded Red Bull car to victory, having suffered a mid-race power outage that made him believe he was just a few corners from retirement. On a weekend that saw the track record at Monaco get broken in every single session, the fact this race was won by going as slowly as possible was perhaps an odd juxtaposition. But Ricciardo didn’t care. At last, he had found the solace and redemption he needed around the streets of Monaco, two years on from one of the most...
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