Prime Tire Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s F1 newsletter. Sign up here to receive Prime Tire directly in your inbox twice a week during the season and weekly in the offseason.Welcome back to Prime Tire, where we’re wondering how Lewis Hamilton will celebrate if he wins the Monaco GP this weekend. Charles Leclerc dove into the harbor after his Monaco GP win in 2024, so I think Hamilton should commandeer a yacht and sail away. The most dramatic possible way to skip the news conference.I’ve got Ferrari on my mind, clearly. I’m Patrick, and Luke Smith will be along shortly with some McLaren fun. Let’s dive in.Ferrari’s Edge: Hamilton’s best chance yetI was wondering, and, no, Hamilton is not particularly close to breaking an infamous Ferrari record.Allow me to explain.Hamilton has raced 29 grands prix for Ferrari and won none of them. (The 2025 Chinese GP sprint race doesn’t count.) I’m old enough to remember when we were keeping track of Hamilton’s winless streak at Mercedes. I didn’t think I’d be old enough to start tracking another at Ferrari.Here we are, though — and it doesn’t feel like Ferrari is close to cracking the Mercedes grip on the top of the podium. Except for this week: Monaco may be Ferrari’s best and only chance at a win in 2026, as Luke writes.The reason is simple: Those tight, claustrophobic streets and a lack of real straights effectively nerf the engine power that’s made Mercedes look untouchable. According to Luke’s breakdown of the GPS data from Canada, Ferrari’s chassis actually has the edge in the low-speed stuff; it’s only when George Russell and Kimi Antonelli open the taps on the straights that they disappear. In a place where you can’t stretch your legs, that gap evaporates.