Does Hamilton’s future rest on upgrades? 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s future has been thrust back into the limelight ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, following a report that Ferrari are 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:preparing a stunning £40m offer to try and lure the seven-time world champ⛦ion away from Mercedes.

The 38-year-old Briton’s future remains unclear with his contract expiring at the end of the current season, despite both Hamilton and Mercedes repeatedly insisting they consider an extension to be a formality. ﷽;

The rumour mill surrounding Ham๊ilton’s future only heightened in the build-up to the Monaco Grand Prix amid a report by thewhich claims Ferrari are hoping to persuade Hamilton to join them in his ongoing pursuit of a record eighth w𒊎orld title. 

There will be huge interest surrounding Mercedes this weekend, giv🥂en the team are finally set to debut their long-awaited W14 upgrades - ori๊ginally planned for introduction at the cancelled Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - in Monaco. 

Could Hamilto𓆉n’s future hinge on the success, or indeed failure, of the updates Mercedes are hop🌱ing will turnaround their season and ultimately bring them back into championship contention? 

After all, for all of the positive noise coming from the Mercedes camp, something is clearly stopping Hamilton from signing on the dotted line on what should theoretically be a s💖traightforward deal. 

Hamilton’s decision to stay would sꦦurely be made easier if the upgrades bring the desired results to the underperforming W14. However, Mercedes may find themselves with a big headache if no improvement to their fortunes is found.&🦩nbsp;

Alonso’s best chance to beat Red Bull?

Red Bull look unstoppable so far this season, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez winning all🍷 fi🍷ve races between them and taking one two-two finishes in four of them. 

Might that change in Monaco? The advantage of t🀅he Red Bull RB19 over the rest of the field has been slightly smaller on Saturdays. With qualifying in Monte Carlo considered to be the most important of the entire season due to the tight nature of Monaco’s unique barrier-lined streets, could the likes of Aston Martin or Ferrari cause an upset?

GPS data points towards this year’s Aston Martin being a match foꦇr the Red Bull through the corners and in theory, the low-speed Monaco circuit should suit the AMR23. 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso has scored four podiums from five races so far but is yet to finish higher than third, with hi☂s wait for a 33rd car🐻eer victory recently surpassing the 10-year mark. 

Could Monaco be the place where he finally ends his decade-long wait for a win? If Alonso ✃maximises everything from his Aston Martin in qualifying, you wouldn’t put it past him, even if he is slower than the Red Bulls in the race. 

Can Leclerc break his Monaco curse? 

There is another co♉ntender waiting in the wings to potentially spoil Red Bull’s 100 perꦏcent winning start to 2023. 

Ferrari’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Charles Leclerc has claimed the only non-Red Bull pole position of the season and is known as something of a one-lap spe🦂cialist around the streets of his home, having taken the last two poles in 2022 and 2021. 

Remarkably, Leclerc has suffered a run 🧸of misfortune that has seen him yet to win around Monaco in any category.

Leclerc suffer🌊ed a retirement in his only F2 appearance at the circuit, before failing to finish his first three F1 races at the Principality. He failed to even start in 2021 following a crash on his way to claiming pole, before a calamitous strategy call from Ferrari dropped him from first to fourth last year. 

2023 has so far proven to be a miserable campaign for Ferrari and Leclerc, but will it be the year the Monegasque mana⛎ges to put an end to his hom🅠e hoodoo? 

Pressure mounting on de Vries 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries is a man under increasing pressure following an underwhelming start to his first full F1 seas🎉on. 

The 28-year-old Dutchman and fellow rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant 💫are the ꦕonly drivers yet to score points so far this season. 

De Vries has struggled to get to grips with the AT04 and has been well beaten by AlphaTauri teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Yuki Tsunoda across the opening five rounds. 

Several early mistakes and costly crashes have led to reports that de Vries’ future is under threat with Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko issuing him with a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“yellow card”. 

Amid speculation that he could be replaced mid-season, de Vries is in need of a turnaround, starting in Mon🎃aco t꧒his weekend.