Former Method 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes that Lewis Hamilton has a first-rate alternative to deal a “large blow mentally” on his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc on the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix.
Regardless of Leclerc just lately placing pen to paper on a multi-year contract extension to safe his long-term future with the Maranello outfit, the Monegasque driver arrives at his house race trying to rebound. The brand new deal got here off the again of a depressing weekend on the Canadian Grand Prix, which he described because the “worst weekend of my profession”.
On the opposite facet of the storage, Hamilton heads to the Monaco Grand Prix with the momentum of his finest outcome with Ferrari after ending the Canadian Grand Prix in second.
In accordance with Montoya, this weekend gives Hamilton with an opportunity to place stress on his team-mate.
“He [Hamilton] is in a very good place as a result of he comes from a very stable road course to a different,” Montoya defined when assessing the intra-team battle on F1 TV. “You’ve got acquired Charles with a brand new contract, and that is the right alternative to beat Charles and put lots of stress on him.
“Charles’s contract was in all probability signed earlier than Canada, I might assume. You’ve got a brand new contract, and you’ve got a foul weekend, then it will get introduced. If Lewis may beat him right here, it will be big. It could be an enormous blow mentally.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
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“Sure, Charles is absolutely good right here, however you have to bear in mind you have acquired a seven-time world champion subsequent to him.”
Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who appeared on F1 TV alongside Montoya, insisted that Leclerc’s pure affinity for the slim format makes him the benchmark.
“Canada was a very off weekend for Charles, however he’s the perfect driver on the grid round this circuit,” Palmer famous. “His report speaks for itself. Each time he is turned up, he is been tremendous fast. He simply loves it; he is acquired a pure really feel.”
He added: “The best way that he drives, it is attacking. He likes a sharp automobile, which is how it’s a must to drive residing on the sting right here.”
Leclerc topped the timesheets in FP1 and put within the second-fastest time in FP2 behind Hamilton.
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