MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- Lewis Hamilton never seemed convinced he was going to win the Monaco Grand Prix -- he did so, holding off an impressive attack from Max Verstappen to open up a 17-point championship leader.
Hamilton's frustrations came at the end of an emotional week for Mercedes and, although his radio messages may have sounded genuinely concerned, it was a remarkable drive in the circumstances -- his tyres looked to be genuinely knackered by the end of the race -- and its worth considering whether many other drivers on the grid could have replicated it.