Niki Lauda thinks Red Bull are on course for another victory in Monaco.<\/p>\n
With on-track action always kicking off a day earlier in Monaco, the back-to-back scheduling with Spain means that – volcanic ash disruptions or no – the F1 circus must now embark on a quick dash to the Riviera.<\/p>\n
After starting from pole position, Red Bull’s Webber comfortably dominated the race in Barcelona, but the Circuit de Catalunya is famous for particularly rewarding the best cars aerodynamically.<\/p>\n
On slower tracks like Monaco, the RB6’s predecessor was not a star.<\/p>\n
But Lauda told Motorsport-Magazin.com: “If Red Bull were six tenths faster here, it will be the same picture in Monaco but maybe three or four tenths.<\/p>\n
“The situation will not change at all for the next race,” added the triple world champion.<\/p>\n
Red Bull boss Christian Horner said: “Monaco was not our strongest track, but we believe we have improved the car in areas where we were not so strong last year.”<\/p>\n
And at the time of his braking problem on Sunday, Sebastian Vettel was being beaten on track by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n
The 2008 world champion is an unabashed Monaco fan and winner, and no team has won more times at F1’s blue-riband event than McLaren.<\/p>\n
“We have to start in front of them (Red Bull) and then we can beat them,” said Martin Whitmarsh.<\/p>\n
“Mark had a good pace today, but Sebastian was not a danger to Lewis.<\/p>\n
“Monaco is very different to here.\u00a0 We’ll see,” added the Briton.<\/p>\n
However, Hamilton points out that even though Monaco is a very different circuit to Barcelona, both circuits similarly require high downforce.<\/p>\n
“I have no doubt they are going to be extremely competitive in Monaco, but I am hoping we will be a little bit closer to them at Montreal,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The circuits where we have the high downforce like we have here, they generally have quite a good edge on the rest of the field,” he admitted.<\/p>\n
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