[Official] Round 6: Monaco Grand Prix

[bjohnsonsmith]

Excellent intro as ever, full of information.

I'm looking forward to this weekend; Monaco and the Indy 500.

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Excellent intro as ever, full of information.

I'm looking forward to this weekend; Monaco and the Indy 500.

That's a weekend of two of the lasting traditions in motorsport.

[Knowlesy]

Ten years since JPM won here.

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by Bononi

That's a weekend of two of the lasting traditions in motorsport.

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

Ten years since JPM won here.

And everlasting feelings also...

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Bononi

That's a weekend of two of the lasting traditions in motorsport.

Such a shame both races coincide. I'd love to see F1 drivers invited to the 500, it would really open up the the sport, just like it used to do.

[gomick]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

Ten years since JPM won here.

And how long since he won the Indy 500 - get a win in the coke 600 & he can tick that last weekend of May off

[bella]

the train strike is now a traditional thing, they do it to get a long weekend. in reality it makes less and less of an impact on the train service every year. if it's going to happen they give reasonable notice on the paca-ter website. to be honest i drive closer and catch a train from eze. harder to actually fit in a carriage on sunday morning in particular, but better for service.

sometimes the italians strike as well but i'm not sure how they handle it.

otherwise... monaco lovely, weather great, some really fascinating stuff happening in the support races. it's quiet this year though, definitely. i don't think it's a reflection on f1, or the popularity of the event, more a demonstration of the political situation in france and what the relevant wealthy people think about it.

[djinvicta]

i drive closer and catch a train from eze. .

Yes, I parked in the bus stop layby opposite the station there one year. The train was SO packed, someones mobile went off and they couldnt get it out of their pocket!
Instead of queuing to get back to Eze station, try a taxi from Monaco, a very reasonable 10 Euros, even on race day.

[chillibowl]

sniffpetrol's Monaco GP preview

it made me laugh.

naturally i have to also add this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzqZV9V4R-s

[bella]

Originally Posted by djinvicta

i drive closer and catch a train from eze. .

Yes, I parked in the bus stop layby opposite the station there one year. The train was SO packed, someones mobile went off and they couldnt get it out of their pocket!
Instead of queuing to get back to Eze station, try a taxi from Monaco, a very reasonable 10 Euros, even on race day.

it's not that bad, and it's only a 10 minute journey! sounds like you needed a dose of mtfu

[Last2LiftOff]

Right, just watched the last of FP2 on the ole PVR and....crikey, I love the Monaco GP!

But, with all due respect fellas; 90 mins. of FP with all those great onboards and nary a one where the BBC1 announcers were not yapping away the entire time. Oh well, must just be me (or you'd think they'd shut the heck up every now and then...for the odd onboard anyhow).

Okay, got that off my chest...as we were.

[steve nielsen]

OK, so Massa, Sutil and Crashean all managed to crash in FP3

I wonder if they will make it to qualifying?

[jsTrecu]

Lots of crashes this last free practice, and lots of drivers struggling to find clean air. It was ugly, and Q1 will probably be the same.
What the hell was Grosjean trying to do ?

[wolfhound]

I wonder can Ferrari rebuild Massa's car in time for qually, it looks like a tough ask.

[frostie]

Just back from FP3. Couple of things to note, the Sauber's looked very impressive at the chicane and Guttierez had great traction and confidence through there. The McLaren looked like a handful through the session with Button looking very loose at a lot of corners, he had a huge slide through Casino Square that he was very lucky to collect.

Under braking for Mirabau there was a lot of cars looking up but the Lotus seemed to have superb traction and Raikkonen had a lot of confidence in the front end and was on the power early and hard. He could be a challenger in quali but he'll probably have to settle for a top four spot. Rosberg looked mega pretty much everywhere

Just been told that Massa is to take a gearbox change as well

[frostie]

I'd be very surprised if it doesnt rain for quali. It's gotten very dark and cloudy and quite cold.

Few FP3 photos for everyone:

[canamman]

QUAL MONACO: Way to go Lotus and Grosjean! Unbelievable Q1 performance!
Fixed it up and made it out in the closing minutes to go 4th.
2nd rebuild for the weekend.

Awesome pictures Frostie!

[kurski]

MTV3MAX channel commentators Oskari Saari & Mika Salo says if Grosjean fire, so Lotus F1 Team new driver not D'Ambrosio or Valsecchi, but someone else.

[canamman]

Originally Posted by kurski

MTV3MAX channel commentators Oskari Saari & Mika Salo says if Grosjean fire, so Lotus F1 Team new driver not D'Ambrosio or Valsecchi, but someone else.

Interesting.


Great pole for home town boy Nico. Now go get that win tomorrow.
What a fun Quali. Had a little bit of everything.

[jsTrecu]

Great Q, Rosberg doing much better than I expected against Lewis.
Vettel almost did it with a car that is slower over a lap than Mercedes, without those little errors in the last sector it would've been a perfect chance to win easily tomorrow. Still 0.2 clear from Webber nevertherless...
And again Kimi infront of Alonso with a slower car, Alo must be a little disappointed.

Not even these useless tyres will prevent a Mercedes parade tomorrow I think.

[werner]

*Jumping up and down with an orange hat* Giedo van der Garde 15th! Not bad at all!

[bjohnsonsmith]

So another Mercedes front row. It's all going to be about pit stops.

[Marbot]

I think it's all going to be about that first corner and pit stop errors.

[Adam43]

Whatever it'll be rubbish.

[Mekola]

Will Mercedes GP cars resist and finish on front positions this race?