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Vettel is going to start from the first position.
It's time for Ferrari now to show what they can do in this season. If they lost again then this season will be disastrous for them.

We have Canadian GP for the weekend, lets see if Ferrari can take some moves or this is another season to forget about.

07 JUN Practice 1 16:00 - 17:30
07 JUN Practice 2 20:00 - 21:30
08 JUN Practice 3 17:00 - 18:00
08 JUN Qualifying 20:00 - 21:00
09 JUN Race 20:10 - 22:10

The race was one of the most boring games for the last seasons.
Not any pressure to the first line up and also the fact That pit stops happen instantly doesn't give the opportunity for more different strategies.

Little late but better late then never.

MogoGP was runned for the weekend but seem like Rossi is not on his, error and crash on home track, anyway results.

1. Danilo Petrucci ITA Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19) 41m 33.794s
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 41m 33.837s
3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19) 41m 34.132s
4. Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 41m 34.329s
5. Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) 41m 40.329s
6. Maverick Viñales ESP Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 41m 41.275s
7. Michele Pirro ITA Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19) 41m 47.082s
8. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 41m 47.731s
9. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 41m 50.327s
10. Fabio Quartararo FRA Petronas Yamaha SRT (YZR-M1)* 41m 51.788s
11. Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 41m 54.317s
12. Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 41m 54.338s
13. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 41m 54.607s
14. Karel Abraham CZE Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) 42m 1.092s
15. Andrea Iannone ITA Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 42m 1.845s
16. Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* 42m 3.895s
17. Johann Zarco FRA Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 42m 15.651s
Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP19) DNF
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Pramac Ducati (GP18)* DNF
Hafizh Syahrin MAL Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) DNF
Valentino Rossi ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) DNF
Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT (YZR-M1) DNF
Tito Rabat ESP Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) DNF

This one a good race compared to other Monaco races as the few last races here has not been eventful.This one yesterday was beautiful with many things that happened yesterday.I am sorry for Leclerc as the race would have been more beautiful with him being in the fight for the top positions.

I reckon Ferrari needs to drop their championship roadmap for this year and begin practicing technical improvements and strategies that they can use next year. Also, demote Mattia Binotto back to chief technical officer.

Hamilton pulled of an impossible victory in yesterday’s race which normally we see only in movies, in the end it did boil down to his never give up attitude. I don’t know what Mercedes were thinking about those tyres, but they had lots of Luck and Hamilton driving skills to thank for their surprise victory. There would have been a death of a Marshal in yesterday’s race but, thankfully Sergio managed to brake in time and save him.

Read More here:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/motorsport/formula-one/f1-news-monaco-grand-prix-2019-sergio-perez-marshals-crash-hit-nearly-killed-them-video-watch/news-story/f3f59c0f99d42471b4a973405d087869

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/921197/1/hamilton-saved-mercedes-defeat-wolff

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It was a good race, even if we didn't saw many overtaking attempts. Monaco track is just to narrow and cars are too wide. It was very difficult win of Hamilton because his tyres was in poor condition for very long time and probably in any other track he would lose 1st position because he didn't had pace today. Mercedes also failed a bit with Bottas by piting him on the same lap as Hamilton - it cost them 2nd position. A bit sad for Verstappen - he was driver of the day, but that 5 second penalty means that he didn't even finnished on the podium.
After failure in qualification, today Leclerc had nothing to lose and he risked a lot. But when he got puncture tyre, he had to drive slower to save his car.

Full results for the Monaco Grand Prix at the Ciruit de Monte Carlo, round six of the 2019 Formula 1 season.

1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 78 laps
2. Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari + 2.602s
3. Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport + 3.162s
4. Max Verstappen NED Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda + 5.537s
5. Pierre Gasly FRA Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda + 9.946s
6. Carlos Sainz ESP McLaren F1 Team + 53.454s
7. Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda + 54.574s
8. Alexander Albon THA Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda + 55.200s
9. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Renault F1 Team + 60.894s
10. Romain Grosjean FRA Rich Energy Haas F1 Team + 61.034s
11. Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team + 66.801s
12. Kevin Magnussen DEN Rich Energy Haas F1 Team + 1 lap
13. Sergio Perez MEX SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team + 1 lap
14. Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault F1 Team + 1 lap
15. George Russell GBR ROKiT Williams Racing + 1 lap
16. Lance Stroll CAN SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team + 1 lap
17. Kimi Raikkonen ITA Alfa Romeo Racing + 1 lap
18. Robert Kubica POL ROKiT Williams Racing + 1 lap
19. Antonio Giovinazzi ITA Alfa Romeo Racing + 2 laps

Did not finish
Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari

His contribution in Mercedes is huge. Don't forget that he was one of the main reasons why Hamilton signed contract with Mercedes. But as I know, due to his health problems he wasn't with the team since August or September of last year and this season Mercedes had to work without him.

Rest in peace, Niki.

How big is his contributions in Mercedes in matters of strategy and tactics? Will his death shake the team's performances for this year?

Niki Lauda - true legend of F1, Rest in Peace. He had amazing life and career. It's unbeleavable that he survived that horrible crash and returned back to F1. I'm too young and didn't had chance to see him racing, but I recommend to watch movie Rush about Lauda and his rivalry with James Hunt.
True, qualification is crucial in Monaco, because it's impossible to overtake here. But it's difficult to talk about chances, first I think we need to see results of free practice at least.

A sad event.Rest in peace.It is even more sad when we have just entered in the week of Monaco Gp which is one of the best races of the whole F1 calendar.

I think in this Gp all major teams have equal chances to win this race, it just depends on who takes the pole.

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70.

In a statement issued to the Austrian Press Agency on Tuesday morning, it was confirmed by Lauda's family that he had passed away on Monday, nine months after undergoing a lung transplant.


R.I.P

I wouldn't say it was a beautiful race... Till now, the races are kinda boring with no real challenges between the two best teams. Ferrari seems unable to compete Mercedes and it seems they have lost the championship already.
Bottas' win was well deserved and Leclerc could make an incrdible race as well... But Ferrari management destroyed him with their strategy.

It was a beautiful race yesterday with a well deserved victory for Bottas.I think that this year will be limited to a fight within a single team , Mercedes.We have seen in these four races that Mercedes have 4 back to back wins and this shows that Ferrari and other teams are not up to the game of fighting for the title this year.

@LTU_btc you’re correct looks like it’ll be a repeat of last season where Mercedes dominated, and Ferrari only played second fiddle to them. What bothers me most is that Ferrari despite having the fastest cars are not able to compete with Mercedes, this ruins my fun when I watch the race. The suspicions you’re having are valid as I feel they’ll be more focused on making sure Hamilton wins the title, as they would not want to risk loosing Hamilton as their star racer.

Not just boring but seen already before. Ferrari is acting like complete idiot. Keeping on track Leclerc  for so long just to hope for Vettel to gain Mercedes drivers. This is becoming more and more one team show, not gonna say one man. I dont want to say anything else about race, boring but interesting in battle from 6th to 10th place. Later I watched TCR race and they are better they hit crash overtake each other and there is no team orders.

@LTU_btc. This will also be another boring season, I reckon.

Also, maybe Toto Wolff wants his own Michael Schumacher similar to Ross Brawn and wants Lewis to break Michael's driver's championship record.

Another boring race and deserved double win of Mercedes. It seems that now Ferrari simply can't compete with Mercedes and they only have tiny advantage against them in specific tracks like Bahrain. Only good thing that Mercedes let both them drivers to race without team orders. I hope that it will contine throughout the whole season. But I have impression that Toto Wolf doesn't looks very happy when Bottas wins the race.
Probably most interesting moment of the race was when Ricciardo reversed into Kvyat - it's probably dumbest action in this season so far.