Fernando Alonso has identified Mercedes as the favourites to win the upcoming Monaco GP despite lapping Lewis Hamilton during his resounding victory in Sunday's race at Barcelona.Armed with a car he believes is the best he has driven in four years at Ferrari, the two-times World Champion closed to within seventeen points of championship leader Sebastian Vettel with a dominant win on home soil at the Circuit de Catalunya. In contrast to the F138, which is commonly regarded as the best all-round package in the field, Mercedes' 2013 charger is a Jekyll and Hyde affair - supremely fast in qualifying trim but reduced to a backmarker on race day by in its inability to keep its tyres in shape....
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