Lewis Hamilton managed to gain a few positions after his 3-place grid drop in qualifying, finishing the Monaco GP in 5th.<\/p>\n
The 7-time Champion managed to execute an overcut on VCARB’s Isack Hadjar, whilst also benefiting from the retirement of Fernando Alonso<\/a>.<\/p>\n After the first phase of pit-stops, Hamilton was quite comfortably running in P5 – facing no threats behind and too far back to bother the top four.<\/p>\n This, however, did not prevent some confusion between the British driver and his race engineer.<\/p>\n Not for the first time this year, Hamilton and his first line of communication at the Ferrari<\/a> pit wall, Ricky Adami, were not in sync.<\/p>\n For slightly over a decade, Lewis Hamilton and race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington former a winning partnership at Mercedes.<\/p>\n Their excellent communication, among other things, epitomised the relentless efficiency at Mercedes<\/a> during their dominant years.<\/p>\n In fact, when Hamilton’s Ferrari move was first announced, there were reports that Bono was considering joining the 40-year-old in Maranello.<\/p>\nHamilton still gelling at Ferrari<\/h2>\n