Ferrari continues to improve, Mercedes now looks vulnerable
MONACO — While resurgent Ferrari keeps improving, Mercedes is at a loss to explain the difference in performance between its two cars.
Ferrari will start the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday with Kimi Raikkonen in pole position and championship leader Sebastian Vettel next to him.
Although Valtteri Bottas qualified in third place, his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton was out of the top 10.
“We have to try and understand what’s happening, how we are going backward over the weekend,” Mercedes head of motorsport Toto Wolff said. “There is a certain DNA in the car. It seems to be a bit of a diva.”