Lewis Hamilton has outlined the areas where there is a “night and day” difference between Mercedes and Ferrari’s Formula 1 cars. Mercedes remains the benchmark in F1 this season after continuing its unbeaten start to the 2026 campaign as Andrea Kimi Antonelli clinched a dominant fifth win on the bounce at the Monaco Grand Prix.

The seven-time world champion is enjoying a much-improved F1 season, crediting team boss Fred Vasseur for his turnaround

Kimi Antonelli is an immovable object at this point. He’s won five straight grand prix and is rewriting the Formula […]

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Over the years, the buildings have changed, crash barriers appeared, the swimming pool section grew, and the cars eventually got too big and fast to race each other properly on the tight confines of a circuit that one world champion described as “riding a bicycle in your living room.

Antonelli’s 66-point lead, five wins in six rounds and the fastest lap on 44 percent of all flying laps this season make a compelling case that this is one of the greatest campaigns in modern F1 history, and that the car isn’t doing all the work.