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Race winner Ricciardo ‘wanted to cry' after early problems

Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo admitted he wanted to ‘close his eyes and cry' after suffering a loss of power while leading the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix. Having started from pole and leading the opening stages, an MGU-K failure robbed Ricciardo of a quarter of his Renault's engine power and threatened to end his race before half distance. It left the Australian battling a rear-guard action with a wounded car for much of the race, ultimately pulling off an astounding victory. 'The start went well and I was like, pretty much done the hard part, let's just finish this race,' Ricciardo explained. 'Then, I think Lap 18 or something, I exited one corner and I just felt ‘burgh',...
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