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[Other Sport] Monaco Grand Prix 2pm Sunday
- Thread starter Poyningsgull
- Start date
Seeing this thread has reminded of the time I got a freebie to Monaco that included a champagne reception on a yacht by the finishing line. Having zero interest in motor racing, the then Mrs G and I decamped to Antibes and had a lovely lunch and stroll around a semi-deserted town.
Icy Gull
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Puts me in mind of people who get hospitality and a seat on the half way line for a Cup final and spend the whole afternoon in the bar because they don’t like football.
rogersix
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- Jan 18, 2014
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he's american
dolphins
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Only saw some of the quali, and a little bit of final practice...and didn't hear much of the commentary. Have they fixed the allegedly bendy rear wings yet?
Live by the sea
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- Oct 21, 2016
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Only if it’s applicable- Monaco is all about wealth is it not . I don’t dislike it but find it amusing seeing the young women with men old enough to be their grandfathers .
A yacht by the finishing line in Monaco? I hope they sacked the skipper.
Icy Gull
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Interesting low key but obviously pissed off, without actually sounding it, interview post quali from Lewis.
Seems not doing the tyre warming as he’d requested was the problem
From BBC Sport
Hamilton with a fight on his hands
Unusually, Hamilton was not a contender in the fight for pole. The world champion, who leads Verstappen by 14 points in this year's title chase, starts seventh after a difficult session in which he could not get his tyres up to the correct working temperature.
Hamilton, as you might imagine, was not a happy man afterwards. He is not one for criticising his team in public, but he came as close as he has done for a long time after this.
"There will be some tough discussion I have with my engineers tonight or maybe after the weekend," he said, "because there are things that should have been done but haven't been done. We will learn from it and come together stronger in the next race.
"It is a little frustrating, but it is what it is. I can't really say too much about it. This is a team and I don't want to be critical of the team, but behind closed doors I will be and we've got to work harder."
Wolff described the post-session debrief as "very productive and tough".
"There is one particular aspect of tyre heating that we discussed this morning and on Thursday night, when we could have taken the direction, one he was interested to pursue, but we didn't," he said. "And that was exactly the content of our discussions now."
Getting the Pirelli tyres used in F1 into the correct working temperature window is notoriously difficult, and this was exacerbated in Monaco by the Mercedes' inherent characteristics.
The car has proved the quickest race car this year, partly because it looks after its tyres so well, which means it can run faster and longer than its rivals.
The flip side of this is that it does not get its tyres up to temperature as quickly as some other cars, notably the Red Bull and the Ferrari. And clearly whatever Hamilton had wanted to do to try to improve this aspect in the cool, overcast conditions of qualifying in Monaco, was not the way Mercedes as a team chose to approach the session.
Hamilton was the first to acknowledge that Bottas and his engineers had "done a better job".
Starting seventh, Hamilton said, on a track on which overtaking is close to impossible, "really does put the win out of reach".
But there are things Mercedes can do to make progress and limit the damage Verstappen could cause to Hamilton's championship lead.
Seems not doing the tyre warming as he’d requested was the problem
From BBC Sport
Hamilton with a fight on his hands
Unusually, Hamilton was not a contender in the fight for pole. The world champion, who leads Verstappen by 14 points in this year's title chase, starts seventh after a difficult session in which he could not get his tyres up to the correct working temperature.
Hamilton, as you might imagine, was not a happy man afterwards. He is not one for criticising his team in public, but he came as close as he has done for a long time after this.
"There will be some tough discussion I have with my engineers tonight or maybe after the weekend," he said, "because there are things that should have been done but haven't been done. We will learn from it and come together stronger in the next race.
"It is a little frustrating, but it is what it is. I can't really say too much about it. This is a team and I don't want to be critical of the team, but behind closed doors I will be and we've got to work harder."
Wolff described the post-session debrief as "very productive and tough".
"There is one particular aspect of tyre heating that we discussed this morning and on Thursday night, when we could have taken the direction, one he was interested to pursue, but we didn't," he said. "And that was exactly the content of our discussions now."
Getting the Pirelli tyres used in F1 into the correct working temperature window is notoriously difficult, and this was exacerbated in Monaco by the Mercedes' inherent characteristics.
The car has proved the quickest race car this year, partly because it looks after its tyres so well, which means it can run faster and longer than its rivals.
The flip side of this is that it does not get its tyres up to temperature as quickly as some other cars, notably the Red Bull and the Ferrari. And clearly whatever Hamilton had wanted to do to try to improve this aspect in the cool, overcast conditions of qualifying in Monaco, was not the way Mercedes as a team chose to approach the session.
Hamilton was the first to acknowledge that Bottas and his engineers had "done a better job".
Starting seventh, Hamilton said, on a track on which overtaking is close to impossible, "really does put the win out of reach".
But there are things Mercedes can do to make progress and limit the damage Verstappen could cause to Hamilton's championship lead.
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
Damage limitation weekend for Lewis. Max will get pole, Le Clerc’s car is almost certainly going to need a new gearbox and start from the back of the grid, but it’s Ferrari and they could get up to some shenanigans
Just seen Ferrari found no damage to the gearbox so Le Clerc will be on pole.
Will Max have a go into the first corner?
Icy Gull
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Both are rather feisty and risk takers, there is zero room for gung ho driving at Monaco...can’t wait
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
First lap red flag, Hamilton up to 5th...?
Someone's going to stick it in a wall early on. My son has gone for lap 1, turn 1.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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LeClerc being out of the race is huge. Verstappen on his own on the front row is a guaranteed 25 points unless he crashes/his car breaks down. Hamilton needs a stormer otherwise he'll be leaving Monaco in second place in the championship.
With no one binning it so far the predicted procession has ensued. Perhaps the installation lap will be the biggest talking point?
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Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Mercedes having a Monaco mare, Bottas out cross-threded wheel nut ensured calamity pit-stop
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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If Bottas didn't have bad luck he'd have no luck.
And how has Vettel got ahead of Hamilton?
Disastrous couple of minutes for the mercs.
And how has Vettel got ahead of Hamilton?
Disastrous couple of minutes for the mercs.
I’m listening on 5 Live.
Cant tell if the continual whining is an engine or Hamilton on his radio.
Cant tell if the continual whining is an engine or Hamilton on his radio.
swindonseagull
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First one i have watched in a while.....BORINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG