[Official] Round 6 - Grand Prix of Monaco

[Pingguest]

Indeed, a ridiculous penalty robs us from the legitimate Pole Position starter. Without that penalty Schumacher should had been considered a likely contender for the victory, but due to that penalty he is without any change.

[Adam43]

It seemed odd that he got a penalty that was at worse a mistake. However, it did come off the back of the practice shenanigans in Spain. Maybe it was more to with that?

Anyway, a great lap by TGF in Monaco.

[Knowlesy]

He can still win of course. But he is more than likely to just crash into the back of someone now.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Pingguest

Indeed, a ridiculous penalty robs us from the legitimate Pole Position starter. Without that penalty Schumacher should had been considered a likely contender for the victory, but due to that penalty he is without any change.

Without any chance? A car capable of pole, starts sixth. Tyres that encourage racing. There is more chance than recents years.

[sweetchuk]

Just so good to see him take Pole - despite the penalty. Haters are gonna hate, so whatever pleases you, but the fact is this old bugger just tucked drivers barely half his age into his back pocket on one of the toughest, most demanding tracks on the calendar.

Good on him and while it may seem the odds may be somewhat against him for victory due to the penalty, at least he's shown that age is just a number to someone as focused, determined and fit as he seems to be.
It's also great to see him so relaxed about it all - despite his bad luck this year.

Looking forward to the race, which is shaping up as a cracker.

[Pingguest]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Without any chance? A car capable of pole, starts sixth. Tyres that encourage racing. There is more chance than recents years.

Did not the man himself complain that drivers could not race due to the current tyres.

[bella]

Originally Posted by Sodemo

Anyone hear about the "suspect package" found in the paddock? Apparently it was deemed "suspicious" so they had to blow it up... Would be interesting to know exactly what it was though?

there was also a similar issue at the martinez earlier in the week during the film festival. clearly something they're worried about, or are keen to be seen to be worried about. there's also lots of big hairy blokes in sncf security shirts all over the trains going around looking serious too, so it's good to see they're on the case and not infringing any civil liberties whilst they do so. hasn't stopped the pickpocketers, but at least it's a presence. could do without the gendarmes on every roundabout in the local vicinity though, it's really slowing down my lap times

/offtopic

[Marbot]

Just when Maldonado thought that things couldn't get any worse...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99912

All is own fault, IMO.

EDIT: Schumacher gets pole with terrible tyres!

[Knowlesy]

Yep, because Michael was upset with their one lap pace.

[JohnSSC]

With two drivers not known for their prowess on the starts sitting on the front row, and several drivers who are, such as Alonso annd Michael not too far back it should be a highly entertaining 1st corner.

[Bononi]

Welcome back John, long tiime no see !

[JohnSSC]

Thank you Bon! Good to see folks like you still here on the boards!

[broadrun96]

Anybody know a good justintv speed stream for tomorrow morning? Missed last year's Monaco and hate to miss another.

[Ultimo]

Originally Posted by Pingguest

Indeed, a ridiculous penalty robs us from the legitimate Pole Position starter. Without that penalty Schumacher should had been considered a likely contender for the victory, but due to that penalty he is without any change.

He could (still can I suppose) have tied Senna's record... Bleh!

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

He can still win of course. But he is more than likely to just crash into the back of someone now.

Ba-dum-tish!

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by Pingguest

Indeed, a ridiculous penalty robs us from the legitimate Pole Position starter. Without that penalty Schumacher should had been considered a likely contender for the victory, but due to that penalty he is without any change.

I'm sure that Williams' and Senna tried all that they could to persuade the stewards/FIA not to give him that penalty. Maybe just for old times sake?

And this is F1 2012. Anything can happen.

Originally Posted by Adam43

It seemed odd that he got a penalty that was at worse a mistake.

An 'avoidable accident' is the phrase that gets used quite a lot in F1, these days.

Originally Posted by Adam43

Anyway, a great lap by TGF in Monaco.

Indeed it was. He seemed quite happy about it, even knowing that the penalty would be applied. I sure hope that he stays clear of any 'avoidable accidents' in the future.

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[davyboy]

Originally Posted by sweetchuk

Just so good to see him take Pole - despite the penalty. Haters are gonna hate, so whatever pleases you, but the fact is this old bugger just tucked drivers barely half his age into his back pocket on one of the toughest, most demanding tracks on the calendar.

Good on him and while it may seem the odds may be somewhat against him for victory due to the penalty, at least he's shown that age is just a number to someone as focused, determined and fit as he seems to be.
It's also great to see him so relaxed about it all - despite his bad luck this year.

Looking forward to the race, which is shaping up as a cracker.

That's exactly the point that seems to escape many people... the most remarkable thing about the 'reprised' Michael Schumacher is the fact that he's able to be competitive at the very top table of contemporary motor sport - AGED 43 ! At a pure drivers circuit, where the car is less of an element than at other tracks, that pole position is absolutely mind blowing and [as I said given his age] arguably one of his greatest achievements. It might be a very long time before we see that repeated.

As for a race today, well history would indicate that it's unlikely we'll have anything other than a procession... however if the Pirelli tyres manage to gift us one, then 2012 will have all the ingredients for one of the greatest and most exciting F1 seasons of all time. Fingers crossed.

[gregtummer]

Is the ten-tenths chatroom up or just the stats?

I only see the stats right now.

[CTD]

Originally Posted by gregtummer

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I only see the stats right now.

It's online

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[gregtummer]

Okay something must be wrong,

I can't access the chat from either Firefox or IE.

I was able to every other time I clicked a link to enter chat.

All it is showing me is the chat statistics.

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[gregtummer]

Yep I'm in now.

Not sure what the problem was.

I restarted my computer and let all my programs access the Internet to make sure.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Grosjean out already and a full course yellow.

[gregtummer]

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