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[AR3-GP]

Kimi Antonelli: "FERRARI are the favorites in Monaco"

"The wing they have on the rear provides them with a lot of aerodynamic downforce".

[DJ Downforce]

Kimi Antonelli: "FERRARI are the favorites in Monaco"

"The wing they have on the rear provides them with a lot of aerodynamic downforce".

Aerodynamical downforce wouldn't matter as much as mechanical grip though?

But I agree with Kimi either way that ferrari will certainly be closer to the front

[Hammerfist]

It’s so hard to pull away in these regs. When max passed Lewis he had trouble pulling away and when Lewis passed him he could not pull away either. And of course the Mercs could not pull away from each other either. Makes for a good watch but to me it feels artificial. In the drs days once you got in front you could get away quicker. Probably has to do with a lack of dirty air.

[collindsilva]

It’s so hard to pull away in these regs. When max passed Lewis he had trouble pulling away and when Lewis passed him he could not pull away either. And of course the Mercs could not pull away from each other either. Makes for a good watch but to me it feels artificial. In the drs days once you got in front you could get away quicker. Probably has to do with a lack of dirty air.

You cant have everything, the race was fun to watch, overall gap to the last car is outrageous.

[AR3-GP]

Fred:

“We are pushing hard at the factory to increase the car's performance every weekend. I hope that Spain [upgrade] represents a big step forward.”

So another 4-5 tenths?

[Emag]

This is the first race in a while where Lewis actually looked like a top dog. I hope he can keep this up. Man was so happy in the post-race interviews.

[Sidiamal]

. Nobody's talking about Hamilton's power loss at the start of the Grand Prix. He lost a second in sector 1 before shouting over the radio that he had a power problem. I don't know what the Ferrari engineers did, but strangely enough, the power came back afterwards.

It was a mode switch for both Leclerc and Hamilton that didn't work.

[Luscion]

Good race. It was like two different cars. Just not a Leclerc track I guess.

Lewis has a bad babit of giving away time during VSC and SCs. Lucky to catch back Verstappen with an amazing pass.

I think he actually did really well this race with that, during the vsc when everyone pitted for mediums Ham lost time because of a slow Ferrari pit stop, 4.3secs, Leclerc had a slow stop too at 3.2secs. ham managed to close the gap to max after both vsc on lap 46 and lap 54, on lap 54 he was 1.8secs behind before the vsc then managed to get within 1sec at the last corner before they started lap 55

[sucof]

This can be looked at from a completely different angle:
Leclerc was very bad at this track, or his car or his setup, we do not know. Hence Lewis could be ahead. Now Lewis and his fans are all saying he is back etc.
He will be "back" only if he can be ahead at many tracks while Leclerc does not have a bad weekend.

Lewis would be great at PR... Whenever he is ahead of Leclerc he claims he is back While probably nothing else happened than Leclerc slipped behind the same Lewis for a race.

[LM10]

Kimi Antonelli: "FERRARI are the favorites in Monaco"

"The wing they have on the rear provides them with a lot of aerodynamic downforce".

Aerodynamical downforce wouldn't matter as much as mechanical grip though?

But I agree with Kimi either way that ferrari will certainly be closer to the front

No one touches Ferrari at low speed and even medium speed performance. Closer to the front? Under normal circumstances Ferrari will be at the front.

[sucof]

No one touches Ferrari at low speed and even medium speed performance. Closer to the front? Under normal circumstances Ferrari will be at the front.

Let's hope this is not just the feature of the current engine, but the rest of the car.
If the first, then it might be lost with the "new" engine. If the second, they can have the fastest car for a while.

[PlatinumZealot]

More power is always better. Our engine is definitely weaker than RBT and Audi. Seems like a fourth best engine.

[SoulPancake13]

Hamilton clearly had something extra over Leclerc this weekend when it came to understanding the tyres. Canada has never been great for Charles in qualy, but he has never struggled in the race like this here before - said post race he could not get the tyres in the right window and we all know how Pirellis can be.

Monaco should be a race win barring any upgrades to the top 4 (I think Hadjar mentioned something?) and next comes Spain with a huge upgrade package according to Vassuer.

Watch out for RBR. They were pretty strong in the race today, and they are going to shed an extra 6kg of free lap time.

[Badger]

Lewis was fast in quali, fast at the start, fast on restarts, and fast on the harder compound. All indications that he ran a set-up that got more temperature into the tyres. I wouldn't read too much into it in terms of "finding something" on the driver's side. That's magical thinking usually.

[Luscion]

Hamilton clearly had something extra over Leclerc this weekend when it came to understanding the tyres. Canada has never been great for Charles in qualy, but he has never struggled in the race like this here before - said post race he could not get the tyres in the right window and we all know how Pirellis can be.

Monaco should be a race win barring any upgrades to the top 4 (I think Hadjar mentioned something?) and next comes Spain with a huge upgrade package according to Vassuer.

Watch out for RBR. They were pretty strong in the race today, and they are going to shed an extra 6kg of free lap time.

I'd be surprised if anyone brought any meaningful upgrades, if at all to Monaco given how likely it is you hit a wall. Add Norris and Stella along with Merc who think Ferrari are the favorites for pole in Monaco

Looking at the GPS data, you can clearly see that Ferrari is very competitive in the corners. You could see that here in Montreal too, in the first sector. It also comes down to handling the kerbs well. Ferrari mainly loses time on the straights. But there aren't many of those in Monaco. That's why Lando is right to see Ferrari as the favourite for pole position in Monaco. At the current stage of development, the McLaren is better suited to slow corners than to medium- and high-speed corners. Ferrari and Mercedes are superior to us there. That should put us in a good position for Monaco

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