This has been a tough week for us and we now need to go back to the factory and make sure we do everything in our power to ensure it remains our weakest result of the year - and that we can return to form in Canada.Thrills and spills dotted the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix, which saw Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen romp home to claim a 1-2 finish for Ferrari. But it is clear that this weekend we didn't give them the equipment necessary to do better. Nissan/NISMO announces 2023 motorsports programsīoth drivers did their utmost today to gather as many valuable points as possible for the championship ahead.Jeep® Makes Canadian Debut, New Products at Stellantis Display for 2023 Canadian International AutoShow.Nissan-backed ServCity project accelerates future autonomous mobility in complex urban environments.Moritz Mercedes-Benz Classic brings sporty and exclusive classics to the ice in St. Mercedes-Benz Classic brings sporty and exclusive classics to the ice in St.Gooding & Company Presents the Estate of Mark Smith Auction, Entirely Offered Without Reserve, this April.We have limited the damage and need to work hard to understand our weakness and come back much stronger in Montreal in two weeks' time. But the reality is that we were in and out of the working window of the tyres this weekend and that made our performance too inconsistent overall. There were also glimpses of competitive lap times during the later part of the race on the super soft tyre. As for Lewis, he did a great job to take every opportunity that came his way and climb to P7, which was the maximum of our expectations for him today. We successfully covered Verstappen but then Ricciardo was able to unleash some lap times that we just couldn't match. He was unfortunate to lose P3 at the pit stops but, with two cars, Red Bull had the chance to pincer him and they made that work. Valtteri drove a controlled and consistent race. Today was a day of damage limitation and the drivers did that as well as they possibly could have done. But our job is to analyse what happened to us this weekend and then to understand it. Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsportįerrari dominated the race today and first of all we must congratulate them for that performance. We've got a real fight on our hands, but there are still 14 races to go. We'll be sure to push those red cars hard next time out in Canada. I went on the radio at the end there to make sure the team know that this battle isn't over. Today it was impossible to overtake and I tried everything to get past Carlos Sainz at the end! I'm just grateful to have ended up in P7. To score six points, considering where I was on the grid after a disastrous day on Saturday is a good recovery. The strategists said P10 was probably the maximum today, so it feels great to have beaten that target. I'm really, really happy that I was able to fight back to seventh. Hopefully this will be our worst weekend this season. We have to learn from this, but there's a long year ahead. Ferrari were very strong this weekend and for whatever reason, their car seems easier to operate, so we have work to do. It's been a really tough weekend for us and we've just been missing pace. I was stuck in the traffic while Daniel Ricciardo was running in free air and ultimately, that cost me a place on the podium. It's been a long week and we've worked so hard, so it's disappointing to miss out. Missing out on a first Monaco podium is painful. Scuderia Ferrari (196pt) lead the Silver Arrows (179pt) by 17 points in the Constructors' Championship. Sebastian Vettel (129pt) leads the Drivers' Championship by 25 points from Lewis (104pt) in P2.Lewis battled from P13 on the grid to claim seventh at the chequered flag.Valtteri came home in P4, behind Daniel Ricciardo, but ahead of Max Verstappen, after an intense battle with the Red Bulls in Monte Carlo.Valtteri just falls short of the podium, as Lewis fights back to seventh 2017 Monaco Grand Prix - Sundayby Mercedes-Benz
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