Daniel Ricciardo might be the best performing Formula 1 driver at the moment, according to Dr Helmut Marko.
The Australian driver was nothing short of livid after the Monaco Grand Prix, where a fouled-up pitstop by Red Bull cost him victory from pole position.
Just two weeks earlier in Barcelona, when his new teammate Max Verstappen won, Ricciardo claimed that it would have been him at the top step of the podium if he had been put on the same winning strategy.
"We cost him victory in Monaco," Marko, a leading Red Bull official, admitted to Auto Bild Motorsport.
Marko said that he understands Ricciardo's foul mood after Monaco, as the team had failed to deliver for him not only in the principality but also in Barcelona.
"He had the wrong strategy in Barcelona and in Monaco he deserved victory," said the Austrian.
"Two times he had it torn from his hands. I have told him that at the moment he is driving at such a high level - maybe even the highest out of all the drivers - that victory for him is now only a matter of time."
The 2016 championship continues on Sunday with the Canadian Grand Prix.
