Sebastian Vettel was a low-key fifth in afternoon practice in Monaco this afternoon, having topped the slower session in the morning.
“I had a good feeling straight away, brushed the wall after three laps, so I don’t have to do it again this week!,” said Vettel. “It’s fun around here, it’s a different track, very bumpy, very rough. Some places of the track they resurfaced, but I don’t think they made it any better, or any worse.
“It’s interesting. Ferrari look very competitive, all in all, everyone is really close to each other. We’ve got Nico up there with the Mercedes, both McLaren drivers, so it’s tight. Not only to find your way without brushing the wall, but also to find your preferred grid slot.”
Vettel is happy with the way his DRS is working: “You cannot use it as aggressively probably as in other places, also the straightlines here are very short, so it doesn’t make a lot of difference in some places, but surely the big straight lines you are using it as everywhere else. I think it was a very good idea not to put us to any risk in the tunnel.”
Vettel did a lot of laps on the supersoft and has no concerns about it.
“I think not bad, positive so far, both tyres are working, that’s most important, and lasting pretty well. We’ll see how conditions are on Sunday. I think similar today. The supersoft seems to be the preferred tyre for qualy, you can be quicker, you can extract more lap time out of it. We’ll see. No drama today, I would say.”
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