Grand Prix of Monaco F1 2017: Results of classification

Second day in the Monaco GP of F1 2017, this Saturday we have seen the session of free practice 3 and the classification. The first without too many shocks and the second with some surprises as we will now analyze. It seems that Ferrari has managed to improve the engine to such an extent that it has achieved a better engine than Mercedes as many voices in the paddock say, including Haas customer. And not only that, the chassis also looks better than the Mercedes. Pedro de la Rosa has analyzed the onboard cameras and has seen as the Mercedes is much more unstable in Monaco and Ferrari goes super thin.

Ferrari has the best car this year, who was going to say, and that shows by the results achieved by their drivers. However, Mercedes has been able to fight and not steal too many points to have a world closer to the end. In the Monaco Grand Prix they have been super strong those of Maranello and Mercedes have encountered problems every day since Thursday and even today. Kimi Räikkönen made a very good final laps today and claimed pole in the principality, his teammate Vettel has made some mistakes that cost him the first position and have to settle for second place. We will see tomorrow if Ferrari launches team orders to favor Vettel who is leading the world or not.

As for the Mercedes, some commented that their chassis that is the longest on the grid would hurt them for the race of Monaco, where a more compact package could benefit in certain ways. But they can not be changed once homologated, and I do not know if this has been concretely or what, but it has cost them enough. Just wait tomorrow what they can do because they have a complicated situation, Bottas has only been able to climb to the 3rd place on the grid at the end of the qualifying session and Lewis Hamilton, who perhaps could have done a little more, it has been Out of Q3 by an accident of Vandoorne. Bad luck for the Brit today ...

As for the other surprises, say that Carlos Sainz Jr. has made a very good final lap and has placed 6th. On the other hand, the Red Bull have also been very high in this circuit in which it does not matter so much the engine. There was very little difference between them, due also to the short length of the circuit. Verstappen and Ricciardo are behind the Ferrari and the Mercedes. Also surprising the huge step given by McLaren-Honda due to the characteristics of the circuit, where a good chassis and aerodynamics prevail in front of the engine, another message to Honda. Both cars have entered the Q3 and that was not Fernando Alonso who could have done a little more than 9th and 10th ...

Results of the free 3

RESULTS OF THE CLASSIFICATION

I just want to have fun with the race tomorrow and make it interesting at a strategic level and to see some important touches and struggles. Although the circuit is complicated to overtake and Pirelli with the hardness of its compounds also has not made it easy in terms of degradation, since it seems that you could do the entire race with a single game of ultra soft. By the way, Alonso has got rid of a good one here, since Button, who has been 9º, will have to leave last when changing the MGU-H and the Turbo when detecting problems in these Japanese mechanical units. And of course, we will also be very attentive to what Fernando Alonso can do on the other side of the puddle in the Indy 500 ...