Lewis Hamilton is predicting the majority of teams to be able to pull off one-stop strategies in Monaco which he fears will make it “a boring race” and limit his opportuniti♔es to attack for victory.

The Mercedes driver secured third place in qualifying behind p🍌ole-sitter Daniel Ricciardo for Red Bull and Sebastian𝄹 Vettel in second for Ferrari but is playing down his chances to maintain his winning run due to the limited overtaking opportunities at the Monaco street circuit.

The re☂igning F1 world champion hopes for split strategies to open up the race during pit ♋stops as he aims to put pressure on the two ahead of him.

“They should make us use multiple ultrasofts, or hypersofts,” Hamilton said. “One stop is always a boring race especially on a ෴track where you can’t even overtake. So, it adds more excitement to it. I’m sure we’ll do one stop tomorrow. The 🔴other tyres could probably go a long way.”

Hamilton feeဣls his maximum in qualifying would have been second place behind Ricciardo had it not been for a mistake on his final lap but is content t𓄧o fight from the front of the second row.

“I was happy with my last one. I was 0.27s but I lost it in the middle and the last sector so naturally not happy with that,” he said. “That wouldn’t have been enough anyways for pole but it woulౠd have made a difference, obviously I would have been 𒊎second.

“I gav🐬e it everything I could and you can’t alwa🍎ys get it perfect. The good thing is the car is in one piece and I can live to fight another day.”