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Vettel ‘optimistic’ for Monaco despite ongoing tyre struggles

Sebastian Vettel remains “fairly optimistic” heading into this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix despite Ferrari’s ongoing struggles with Formula 1’s “sensitive” 2019 tyres that have contributed to its poor start to the season. F1 tyre supplier Pirelli tweaked its compounds for the 2019 season, reducing the tread by 0.4mm as well as bringing its range closer together in terms of performance and durability. Despite impressing in pre-season testing, Ferrari has failed to win any of the opening five races of the season, with its tyre struggles being identified as its main area of weakness compared to Mercedes, which has recorded a one-two finish at each round. Vettel said Ferrari used...
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