Lewis Hamilton beamed at the performance of Mercedes’ W10 in the wake of the team’s supremacy during practice for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Hamilton led the way through both of Thursday’s sessions around the streets of the Principality, 0.081s clear of Valtteri Bottas, with Ferrari over seven-tenths off the pace.
“It's the dream for every driver to come to Monaco and have a car that you can exploit and utilise your abilities with,” said Hamilton.
“I'm really proud of the team and naturally our goal is to try and do something really positive this weekend.
“We've made some small tweaks over the two sessions and during the sessions as well, but I've been quite happy with the set-up.
“Every year we come back here, it gets faster and you really notice it when you're going past the barriers.
“It's incredibly intense out there and you have to be so focused.”
Bottas added: “It's been a good day for us on track.
“In previous years, the car felt sometimes difficult to drive, but today it was very driveable, responsive and enjoyable.
“You need to find the limits on this track and I felt comfortable to push towards the limit, which is a good sign.
“Now we need to fine tune the set-up and make sure we keep going in the right direction. I think we've started the weekend on the right foot, but we're in Monaco and anything can happen.”
