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The speed of Red Bulls RB12 at the Monaco GP has been hailed as absolutely unbelievable by the Sky Sports F1 pundits after the former champions outpaced Mercedes in Thursday practice. Living up to pre-race predictions the former world champions were poised to battle it out with Mercedes this weekend, Daniel Ricciardo dominated second practice to outpace Lewis Hamilton by a large six tenths of a second margin.Fresh from their first victory in 21 months at the Spanish GP after profiting from the first-lap collision between the two Mercedes drivers, Red Bull are using Renaults new engine on Ricciardos car, while the RB12 is well suited to the twisty street confines of Monaco. Standing on the inside of Monacos fearsome Swimming Pool section, which cars sweep through at around 230kph, Sky F1s Martin Brundle said: Absolutely unbelievable speed and confidence those two Red Bull drivers have got through here.And theyre braking later and taking more speed into the next right-hander, the exit of the Swimming Pool, as well for good measure.Absolutely unbelievable. It defies belief that they can carry that amount of speed into this Swimming Pool section. Practice Two timesheet - Top four Driver Team Lap time 1. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:14.607 2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:15.213 3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.506 4. Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:15.571 The performance of the RB12 slightly later round the lap also caught the eye.We were standing on the outside of Rascasse, and they look very cool round there, said Johnny Herbert. The amount of speed they are able to carry into the corner and use the tyres almost as a brake and it seems to change direction so quickly.When is the Monaco GP on Sky?With a lot of cars, the back end flicks around the same time, but this is so stable. It looks very good.Mercedes engineers were seen taking a closer look at Ricciardos Red Bull as it was pushed into the garage at the end of Practice Two, with chief race engineer Andrew Shovlin remarking they look pretty quick.Nico Rosberg, third fastest in P2, concurred with that assessment.Its very simple: today they were faster than us, the championship leader admitted. So we need to dig into it and see if we can find a big chunk of lap time. Of course, we can still turn up our engine, but we dont have six tenths [worth] of turning up the engine.So definitely surprising how quick they were. We expected them to be there or thereabouts, but not that quick.Red Bull boss Christian Horner told Sky F1: It was a massively impressive session for Daniel. On both sets of tyres hes been quicker than Mercedes Of course, nobody knows what fuel levels, engine modes people are running on a Thursday in Monaco, but certainly a very positive start. Short runs and long runs look competitive.Armed with the one new engine Red Bull have access to this weekend, Ricciardo outpaced team-mate Max Verstappen, the winner at Barcelona, by nine tenths of a second - although suggested the new unit was worth just a little bit of additional lap time.Obviously weve got a good car around here as well, Ricciardo said. So its down to a little bit of both. Lets see how we go in qualifying, but certainly today Im happy. This track is certainly one where you can find a little bit more when you can push it on the limit.Ive always enjoyed it around here and felt more comfortable this afternoon in the balance. I think were in a pretty good window now. It depends what the track does on Saturday, but if it doesnt change much I dont think well be touching too much. Ive got some good confidence, which is the most important thing around here.Ricciardo led for the majority of the last race in Spain, but finished only fourth after Red Bull split their drivers strategies and Verstappen ended up winning the race on his debut for the team.If there was a way to react, Daniel has done it following Barcelona, said Paul di Resta. Hes nearly a second quicker than Verstappen, all bar three hundredths [of a second]. Hes going to try to take the spark out of Verstappen and make him think about his approach for Saturday.Watch the Monaco GP live on Sky Sports F1. The race starts at 1pm on Sunday, with build-up underway at 11.30am. Or watch the race without a contract for £6.99 on NOW TV. Also See: Ricciardo fastest from Hamilton WATCH: F1 Report Monaco GP When is Monaco on Sky F1? 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CHASKA, Minn. -- Danny Willett really had no idea what to expect during his first career match in the pressure-packed Ryder Cup.When it came to the partisan American crowd, he knew exactly what was coming.The 28-year-old Masters champion was heckled and jeered throughout his Ryder Cup debut Friday afternoon, a vociferous response from fans at Hazeltine who took exception to a crude but humorous essay penned by his brother this week that called American golf fans fat, stupid, greedy (and) classless.From the moment the Englishman stepped to the tee box at No. 1 until he and partner Martin Kaymer were defeated by Brandt Snedeker and Brooks Koepka on No. 14, Willett heard from a Hazeltine crowd of more than 50,000.It was anticipated, Willett said. Like I said before, coming to America is a tough one, just like when the Americans come to Europe. They gave me a little bit more. And yeah, I think it was exactly what we thought it was going to be.There were playful taunts like a chant of Will-etts bro-ther! Will-etts bro-ther!Several fans asked Willett to get them a hot dog, a reference to a plea in Pete Willets blog for a British golf outlet that the European team silence the pudgy, basement-dwelling, irritants, stuffed on cookie dough and pissy beer, pausing between mouthfuls of hotdog so they can scream `Baba Booey until their jelly faces turn red.Others were a little more aggressive, telling Willett to hit it in the water and hollering youre brothers an idiot!American vice captain Bubba Watson implored some of the more unruly fans to calm down on a few occasions and European teammate Rory McIlroy said a minority of fans were hostile and perhaps crossed a line, prompting him to deliver a bow after finishing off Dustiin Johnson and Matt Kuchar with a 20-foot eagle putt on No.dddddddddddd 16.If that brings more heat from the fans on Saturday, McIlroy will be ready.Most of the people out there are respectful and are just cheering really hard for the U.S. team, McIlroy said. Thats totally acceptable and thats exactly what happens in Europe. But still, its a hostile environment that the people out there dont want you to hole a putt. They dont want you to it a good shot.I think when you do hole a putt or hit a good shot, it just makes it that much more satisfying.Whether it was the crowd or Snedeker and Koepka, Willett and Kaymer were soundly defeated, 5 and 4. It was the only loss of the afternoon session for the Europeans, who rallied to win the other three after getting swept in the morning foursomes. Willett got off to an impressive start, rolling in a long birdie putt on No. 1 to answer the crowds initial taunting. But the Euro pair only took one hole in the match, when Willett birdied No. 9.You get that pretty much every week, it seems like, on tour on the weekend, Snedeker said. You get in the last couple groups, people dont want you to win or whatever it may be, you hear some yelling. I didnt think it crossed the line by any stretch of the imagination today.Willett at least gets Saturday morning off. He was not in the lineup for the foursomes matches.He spent most of Thursday apologizing for, and trying to distance himself from, his brothers remarks, but did acknowledge that he had trouble focusing amid the brush fire created by the essay.By and large, he said, it was probably what we expected. ' ' '