Carlos Sainz answered “apparently yes” when asked if Ferrari is really a threat to Mercedes and Red Bull at the top of the order this weekend in Monaco. “I’ve always said that Ferrari is incredibly strong in the corners.”. Indeed, Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko bumped into Sainz – a former Red Bull junior – in the Monaco paddock after practice and said: “I hope you didn’t have much fuel on board!”. Leclerc said: “It looks good right now – almost too good to be true.”. Marko thinks Red Bull’s Thursday struggles also flattered Ferrari’s leading pace. “Our opponents look very good and we look rather bad, so that makes the gap quite big,” he said.

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