Bottas: "Ferrari very fast, but don't discount Red Bull either"

At the end of the day, he will speak on the narrow street circuit. Motorsport-Total.com to speak. "I'm still missing a bit at the front on this track. We have had similar problems on other tracks in the middle of the corners. Here there are almost only slow corners. If you lack the feeling on the front axle here, whether it turns in or not, then you lose quite a lot of lap time," Bottas explained.

So there's still plenty to improve on the W12. "The car also feels quite stiff throughout the corners, which is quite annoying. We'll have to look at that as well," said the 31-year-old driver, who suddenly saw Ferrari flying Thursday afternoon. "Ferrari look really fast and so does Red Bull. So it's not just going to be between two teams. It should be fun"

Bottas takes third place in the battle for the world championship. The Mercedes driver has 47 points, already 33 less than Max Verstappen. If he wants to keep a chance at the World Championship title a good ranking in Monaco seems necessary.