Formula 1 2018 - Round 6 – Monaco

Harika

After the snore festival that Barcelona was, we might not see many overtakes again.



All sessions on Sky F1 and Channel 4 and the Online Service
Thursday May 24, Free Practice 1, 10:00-11.30
Thursday May 24, FP2, 14:00-15.30
Saturday May 26, FP3, 11:00-12:00
Saturday May 26, Qualifying, 14:00-15:00
Sunday May 27, Race, 14.10-16.10

With the low engine power importance, ToroRosso and McLaren are looking for good results while Mercedes is fearing a hard weekend.

skipper_G

I always find it hard to be enthusiastic for the Monaco GP, it's an awful race to watch on TV. Still, with the chunky kittensoft tyres and all the extra downforce I suppose the lap record will be smashed this weekend. I can only hope for some excitement in the F2 races or some Grosjean madness in the F1 race

callaway92

My favourite GP

Joeface

I still do not know why it is considered the Jewel in The Crown of F1 ...maybe once upon a time.
it needs Rain or stupidity to make the race interesting . Will probablly watch the first 3 laps and leave it at that unless there is chaos

Qualifing is always interesting here , Was it last year Hamilton was having one if his off days and Vandoorne crashed just before the clock ran out and F-up Hamiltons only decent run .

Ghost Train

I think it's great, it's sort of bonkers to be racing the highest performance cars in the world around the twisty streets of this town by the harbour. The race isn't always the best but often it does deliver some very memorable moments. You're almost guaranteed one or two drivers will put it in the wall or try and force a pass. It was always a track that Jordan had a chance of getting some points at or getting some sort of upset with the results

Mike Litoris

It's an epic race weekend to attend. On TV, the race anyways, is awful. Even when it rains there's little on track action apart from drivers sliding off. To be there is just something else, though!


For the race I'll watch the first few laps then do stuff with it on in the background to still soak up the atmosphere.

Jordan 199

Mike Litoris wrote: »

It's an epic race weekend to attend. On TV, the race anyways, is awful. Even when it rains there's little on track action apart from drivers sliding off. To be there is just something else, though!


For the race I'll watch the first few laps then do stuff with it on in the background to still soak up the atmosphere.

Like ironing your socks?

Mike Litoris

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Like ironing your socks?

Bahaha! Painting the wifes toe nails and stuff.

AMKC

Joeface wrote: »

I still do not know why it is considered the Jewel in The Crown of F1 ...maybe once upon a time.
it needs Rain or stupidity to make the race interesting . Will probablly watch the first 3 laps and leave it at that unless there is chaos

Qualifing is always interesting here , Was it last year Hamilton was having one if his off days and Vandoorne crashed just before the clock ran out and F-up Hamiltons only decent run .

Yes it was. The Merc with its long wheelbase was not great around that track last year and the same in Singapore but Hamilton got lucky in Singapore when Vettel F-up his and a few other drivers race.

Harika

skipper_G

A few talking points from FP1:
Red Bull fastest, Ricciardo and then Verstappen. Some Ferrari & Mercedes sandbagging for sure but Red Bulls look quick.

Max made a really poor decision after going deep into turn 1, he reversed on to the track instead of spinning around. He's likely to get a slap on the wrists and a reprimand if not a penalty of some kind.

I saw pictures of Vettel's kittensofts after 25 laps or so, they had massive graining. They have work to do to find a solution for that.

And Sirotkin had a puncture after hitting the wall on the start/finish straight. Great choice Williams, great choice.

AMKC

Well not a whole lot happened in FP1. The biggest thing was Max Verstappen destroying his front left tyre with a lock up and then reversing out unto the track from the run off so he is under investigation by the stewards for unsafe entry onto the track.
Romain Grosjean was quick around the track. He got 9th place in it and touched one of the barriers with his front tyre then went very hard over the kerb which is lower than it used to be. If it had of been a little higher its likely he would have lost the car and crashed it. One of the williams got very close to it too. It was Lance Stroll. Pierre Gasly lost the rear end around one of the corners a little bit but the slightly raised kerb saved him and he recovered the car.
So no crashes yet.

Mike Litoris

skipper_G wrote: »

I saw pictures of Vettel's kittensofts after 25 laps or so, they had massive graining. They have work to do to find a solution for that.

They were mental looking! Looked like they were being rubbed with a cheese grater.

skipper_G

Mike Litoris wrote: »

They were mental looking! Looked like they were being rubbed with a cheese grater.

Great description! It was really extreme graining

Harika

Depending on the durability of the ultra soft, we might see now some interesting tactics.

Jordan 199

Keke Rosberg taking his 1982 championship winning Williams FW08 around the track:

HighLine

How good does this shot look?? Some great trackside reporting from Martin during today's FP1&2

https://twitter.com/SkySportsF1/status/999653831989383169

Harika

Seems like the kitten soft are too hard for more tactical solutions.
RedBull look mighty. McLaren&Renault best of the rest. Haas struggling but a very compact midfield. 0.6 sec cover position 7 to 17

Burkie1203

Harika wrote: »

Seems like the kitten soft are too hard for more tactical solutions.
RedBull look mighty. McLaren&Renault best of the rest. Haas struggling but a very compact midfield. 0.6 sec cover position 7 to 17

Hypersoft good for just 8 laps in race conditions according to the Merc boys.

AMKC

So I came in to see the session had stopped and thought damn it I have missed a crash have I. Lookaly I had it recording as well but then found out it was only a drain cover problem on the track.
Riccardo set the fastest lap of the session otherwise not else happened really. A rather boring session. Still glad I was able to see it mostly live do. Am looking forward to FP3 and qualifying.

A lot of praise for Leclerc from Hamilton. He said it was great to see such a great talent come into the sport and he has been watching him come up through the lower formulas and into the sport.

The Channel 4 coverage looks really good this weekend. Can't not wait to see Karun in the 1982 Williams of Kiko Rosberg and the chat with Riccardo by Lee Mckenzie.

Charlie-Bravo

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Hypersoft good for just 8 laps in race conditions according to the Merc boys.

I'm sorry, did you not get the memo? It's Kittensoft.

Jordan 199

Bottas will have Mika Hakkinen's livery on his helmet this weekend:





:cool:

Charlie-Bravo

Formula 2 on at 10.30 this morning. It's on eir sport.

Mike Litoris

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Keke Rosberg taking his 1982 championship winning Williams FW08 around the track:

That is just menacing looking! Love the look of that era.

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skipper_G

Bottas had a small mistake in FP3, he overshot the corner and went to spin the car around and clipped the back of the rear end against the barrier.

Also Grosjean is on the radio again having a moan about the car, the traffic and everything else in between

Forgot to add, the Red Bulls are seriously quick. Going to be a ding-dong battle between them two for pole

Ghost Train

Mercedes not really hooking it up. Bottas slower than one of the Williams

Mike Litoris

Well done Max. *shakes head*

Joeface

Max just crashed out in fp3
He got launched into the barrier.

AMKC

Verstappen has hit the wall About time someone made it exciting go Max.

Ghost Train

Verstappen crashing. With such a fast car that could really mess up his qualifying and race

That was a massive error, wasn't just a brush against the barrier. Fool. Might get away with it though.

Ghost Train

Hopefully repairable before qualifying

Mike Litoris

Lovely slo mo of the incident! Second time he done that there.

Mike Litoris

WTF was he doing? He didn't just clip it he lumped the fcuk out of it. :eek: Helmut is roasting his arse there now!

Ghost Train

Nice to see the chat in the garage after too

Ricciardo goes fastest too... lol

By .001sec

Mike Litoris

Ric just goes fastest by .001 ahead of Max!

H3llR4iser

...and that's the yearly "Verstappen puts it in the wall in Monaco" taken care of this season as well

skipper_G

Herr Marko giving Max the look

Again Max gets the balance of risk versus reward wrong. I sometimes feel this is the kind of behaviour he would have outgrown with a couple of seasons in lower formula but can't change that now. Hopefully he doesn't need a gearbox penalty. The shunt didn't look too severe at the rear

skipper_G

EJ randomly turned up at the end of the C4 show for FP3 even though he's not on the coverage. The face on Karun as he tried to hold back the laughter was priceless and EJ with "is that it?"

skipper_G

Just watching the piece on C4 about Grosjean, the last time he scored points was Japan last season. The last time he scored more points than KMag in a race was in Belgium last season. He is definitely under pressure for that seat

Joeface

Was it Gunner what ever his name over Haas
Said Kmag gets in the car says it crap and drivers anyway, he can compensate .

RG on the other hand it just feeds his negativity and spirals downwards

skipper_G

OSI wrote: »

Has Max gone a full weekend without contact this season?

Australia he had a big spin in the race in turn 1, damaged his floor and lost a few places. He ended up 6th behind Alonso.

Bahrain he spun into the wall in qualy, they initially blamed the engine for applying 150 extra HP before they retracted and confirmed it was driver error. And then he unnecessarily clashed with Lewis on lap 2, had a puncture and retired.
(Edit: I remembered something about the extra HP being crap, thought it was the team but wasn't it came from Renault so I'm unfairly projecting an opinion to the above statement)

China he was on to challenge for the race win before he hit Vettel trying to overtake him, ended up 4th before a time penalty for that crash dropped him to 5th.

Azerbaijan he and Ricciardo crashed and wiped each other out.

Spain was pretty clean aside from damaging his front wing when he clipped the back of Stroll under VSC. Still had a podium finish.

So the answer is no, he hasn't had a clean weekend without a spin or contact of some kind

skipper_G

Confirmed gearbox change for Max, so 5 place penalty.

Ghost Train

skipper_G wrote: »

Confirmed gearbox change for Max, so 5 place penalty.

Pity, and looks like he won't be ready to get a lap in

skipper_G

Ghost Train wrote: »

Pity, and looks like he won't be ready to get a lap in

Seems that way, talk about wrecking your own weekend. Chance to win at Monaco blown

skipper_G

As the track started to get quicker you can see the front 3 teams just moving ahead. Before that it was changing constantly, at one point Sirotkin was quickest.

skipper_G

Leclerc just shot up from 17th to 7th...... Wtf

Ghost Train

skipper_G wrote: »

Leclerc just shot up from 17th to 7th...... Wtf

Sirotkin doing well too

Was hoping Verstappen might get out but not to be

eagle eye

Verstappen finding out that Karma is a bitch.
He screws his teammates chances a few weeks ago and now with a car capable of winning the greatest race of them all he will start at the back of the grid.

Loving it.

Rossi IRL

Camera man doing a good job