50 minutes before the start: Lewis Hamilton's comment

      Because of the penalty, Lewis Hamilton starts in Monaco only seventh.…

      Lewis Hamilton: "Of course, when starting from 7th position, the approach to choosing tactics should be different. Naturally, this changes a lot. Yesterday's qualifying was difficult for everyone, and I was more or less pleased that I was able to show the 4th time, because before that, during the third practice session, I crashed the car.

      But the penalty has changed a lot, now I have to start behind the first six cars, and I still don't know how the two mandatory pit stops will affect the race. But it's interesting to see how things will turn out. It is absolutely certain that the lottery element will manifest itself more strongly in this case than in the more familiar version with a single pit stop.

      Of course, I still have the same fighting spirit as in previous years, when I went to the start of this race, because here is an absolutely incredible track. In Monaco, you can fully feel how privileged we Formula 1 drivers are, because we have the opportunity to compete here. Especially when driving a Ferrari, and the speed of the cars is only increasing every year, so you always need to give your best here."