2018 Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, May 24-27

[siskue2005]

Vettel's tyres showed graining on all four tyres after 23 laps (very heavy on the front left).
I wonder if any other team had such or if Ferrari's struggle with the tyres has extended into this race weekend.

Yes, Mercedes.

Thanks, I missed that. Was the Mercs graining during the long runs too and was it mainly left side (particularly front left) like Ferrari?

Mercedes was only minimal, not to the extent of Vettels car....and moreover Lewis had minimal graining and Bottas had more in comparison

[GPR-A duplicate2]

Yes, Mercedes.

Thanks, I missed that. Was the Mercs graining during the long runs too and was it mainly left side (particularly front left) like Ferrari?

Mercedes was only minimal, not to the extent of Vettels car....and moreover Lewis had minimal graining and Bottas had more in comparison

It is expected to get better as the weekend progresses.

[Vasconia]

Vettel's tyres showed graining

Which tyre?

https://serving.photos.photobox.com/060 ... 389c45.jpg

Wow, that´s a lot. I hope they can fix it.

No penaly for Max, I must watch again those images but it looked a dangerous situation to my eyes.

[siskue2005]

Thanks, I missed that. Was the Mercs graining during the long runs too and was it mainly left side (particularly front left) like Ferrari?

Mercedes was only minimal, not to the extent of Vettels car....and moreover Lewis had minimal graining and Bottas had more in comparison

It is expected to get better as the weekend progresses.

Yes true, but it is very big on the Ferraris when compared to any other car

[GrandAxe]

Yes, Mercedes.

Thanks, I missed that. Was the Mercs graining during the long runs too and was it mainly left side (particularly front left) like Ferrari?

Mercedes was only minimal, not to the extent of Vettels car....and moreover Lewis had minimal graining and Bottas had more in comparison

Thanks. I also read somewhere that Stroll had graining too. It seems to be a general problem, but one that seems to affect the Ferrari by far the most then. But its just P1, so corrections might be possible.

[Bill_Kar]

Temperatures 22-38 (air-track)
Anyone remember what were the temperatures in FP1?

[F1NAC]

Temperatures 22-38 (air-track)
Anyone remember what were the temperatures in FP1?

[media]https://twitter.com/F1/status/999575835563757568[/media]

[Bill_Kar]

Thank you F1NAC.

I actually think that Mercedes is looking good.

[Vasconia]

RB is a beast here, clearly the car to beat. It would be a surprise if they don´t achieve the pole, and even a 1-2. Ferrari and Mercedes Will improve but this is Monaco so I dont know if they can reduce that big gap using their qualy mode.

It seems that Ferrari is slighly faster than Mercedes. The Italians improve a lot from FP2 to FP3 so we will see how much they can improve.

[JPBD1990]

Ferrari’s race pace is best at the moment, which tells me they might have a bit more in reserve for qualifying that redbull do. The same always applies for Mercedes of course, so I think it will be as close as ever.

As a Ferrari fan, I’ll be happy as long as we’re only behind redbull and not Mercedes. Of course, to be on pole would only be an added bonus.

[Just_a_fan]

I would bet that Ferrari and Mercedes both expected RedBull to be the car to beat here. On that basis, I should think that both Vettel and Hamilton would be happy so long as they finish adjacent to each other (obviously, each would want to finish in front of the other). I would think that Ferrari and Mercedes both consider the other to be the team to beat this year - RedBull are realistically not yet close enough to these two to challenge for the season - so they won't be too worried about this as a bad one-off race..

Having said all of that, each of the 6 realistic pole position challengers will want to take pole and the win.

[Bill_Kar]

Yeah, probably it will be a two horse Q, but I expect Merc+Fer to close in. Ferrari already made a step forward into FP2, Hamilton is close in terms of separate sectors. I think he is 2 tenths slower in S1+S2 from the best RB, S3 can't be sure for now (he made a really terrible exit out of 16+ traffic).

[Big Mangalhit]

Even tho tyres are graining I suppose this is the track that matters the least as long as you win quali and can do an one stopper you should win. And I think even with graining it will be a one stopper.

[Bill_Kar]

Even tho tyres are graining I suppose this is the track that matters the least as long as you win quali and can do an one stopper you should win. And I think even with graining it will be a one stopper.

It's highly probable that if tires are graining you'll lose to undercut.

[bonjon1979]

Even tho tyres are graining I suppose this is the track that matters the least as long as you win quali and can do an one stopper you should win. And I think even with graining it will be a one stopper.

It'll be interesting to see what happens should some teams decide to stop early because of graining. If the undercut looks strong then you might see teams forced into making an early stop, those behind can split strategies. There might also be case for the overcut as well if the Hypers hold on really well. I wonder if teams that don't expect to get pole but are fast might do Q2 on the ultrasoft and safe the Hypersoft for a really powerful undercut.