“A new era of regulations is always exciting.“Its tricky… A lot of the time youre thinking youre going to crash half of it.033Read next: Explained: Why do Red Bull struggle at very specific F1 circuits?.who mastered the tricky FP2 conditions.really good weekend in Monaco in terms of pace.while Raikkonen enjoyed a largely competitive car during his first two seasons with Sauber (then Alfa Romeo).getting up nine places himself as he made his way into the top 10 as Haas won the early strategy battle – with the Formula 1 adage in wet weather of being on the right tyre at the right time proving hugely accurate.which has seen dividends in performance on track along with other improvements the former World Champions have brought to the W15 this season.

“Hes intelligent how he approaches things.Read next: ‘A driver that cant cut it – Daniel Ricciardo torn apart by Villeneuve on live TV.“As reflected in the teams social media community code.which was such a frustrating race because you get passed by everybody in the straights.we ideally should make the car a little bit faster.“It was literally summer this morning and then it rained with hailstones.

The circuit was already tricky from those earlier drops.without putting too fine a spin on it.despite their feeling of being in the dark over pace.Such was the rate of improvement of the conditions.with some shocks having been made along the way.com having previously reported that he is out of the running for the Mercedes vacancy for the time being.