F1 2024 - Round 8 - Monaco

dulpit

It's race week! And we're off to Monaco.

Key times (all Irish times):

• FP1: Friday @ 12:30
• FP2: Friday @ 16:00
• FP3: Saturday @ 11:30
• Quali: Saturday @ 15:00
• Race: Sunday @ 14:00

dulpit

Here are the standings (lol at Sargent being 21st in a 20 driver series still):

wazzzledazzle

Scrap this stupid race. With the exception of Saturday it is a procession of cars going around for whatever amount of laps in the same order.

And that's before i get on to how proposporous the whole "event" is

Superyachts and fake t*ts

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160506#Comment_122160506

Sure Singapore ain't much better they might as well scrap it too and while there at it Baku and Canada as well as any other street races.

wazzzledazzle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160684#Comment_122160684

I have no problem with street tracks, as long as you have the ability to pass on track. I remember vaguely watching a Monaco race, it must be 10/15 years ago maybe where the leader (can't recall who) literally backed the whole pack up as he was protecting his tyres. Farce

flazio

It was 6 years ago and it was Daniel Riccardo.

wazzzledazzle

Thanks Flazio, Jesus, 6 years ago. That's how dull it was that i thought it was up to 15 years ago

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122161714#Comment_122161714

If only he had stayed put. He wouldn't have won championships, but there would have been more great days and definitely more wins.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122161714#Comment_122161714

No it was not his tyres Daniel was protecting there his ERS I think had gone and he was under a lot of pressure from behind. That was one of the better Monaco races.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122161831#Comment_122161831

You must be thinking of a different race. It was not the one Flazio mentioned anyway.

Jordan 199

McLaren will be running a Senna livery this weekend:

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122165994#Comment_122165994

You got in before me. Fecking boards going awol. It's a gorgeous livery.

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mclaren/senna/363232/mclaren-ayrton-senna-pictures

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122165994#Comment_122165994

Really hoping that it's one of the Mclarens that win on Sunday. If we all hope this then it can happen. Landos first Monaco win would be awesome.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122165994#Comment_122165994

Tasty stuff.

AMKC

So is this just a normal weekend or are the first two free practices here on a Thursday like they had before?

Edits looks above 🤔 . Never mind.

Was it Monaco that used to have FP1 and FP2 on a Thursday?

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122168051#Comment_122168051

Yeah it was Monaco, because Friday was like some sort of public holiday. Thankfully they got back to normal running on a Friday a few years back now.

Anjobe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122172723#Comment_122172723

It was actually the Thursday that is a holiday (Ascension Day) so running on Thurs-Sat-Sun meant they could hold the GP weekend without closing the roads on a business day. If you visited Monaco on the Friday the roads were open and you could drive a lap of the circuit. The Monaco GP hasn't been held on Ascension for many years now though, so it was just kept as a tradition.

flazio

What year did Top Gear bring some hot hatches around the closed track? That was only possible because of the Friday thing wasn't it?

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122173018#Comment_122173018

Cheers for that.

Andrew76

Loves these behind the scenes style videos.

https://youtu.be/ufqAIwZlx0o?si=t2DmPNSf9p8-8-u3

klose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160684#Comment_122160684

Except they have overtaking and some good racing, big fan of Baku myself.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122176425#Comment_122176425

Same. I've only discovered his videos recently. He can be a bit shilly sometimes and fires our rumours without much backing, but the actual behind the scenes stuff is fascinating.

wazzzledazzle

Interesting that the booking are more sceptical wth their odds for the race. Usually Max is long odds on before every weekend to win but only slightly odds on with Lando and Chales both joint second favs.

I have a suspicion for Charles this weekend. FP1 should give some indication about who looks strong.

Regardless, you'll need to qualify in first 2 to have any chance. We know Max will fill 1 of them 2 spots.

Ted222

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160506#Comment_122160506

Well that’s true but there’s always the possibility that something unusual will happen.

I remember watching the 1982 Monaco GP which was the only one of the season that RTE used to cover. Derek Daly had recently signed for Williams as replacement for Carlos Reuteman and there was genuine belief within the motor racing community that he could be a race winner.

Anyway, race was pretty boring for the most part and it was looking like another win for Prost in his Renault. With about 5 laps to go, the rain came, Prost crashed and chaos ensued. There were at least three race leaders from then on including Daly who led for such a brief time that he wasn’t even picked up by the cameras.

Very entertaining finish and a great lesson in watching a race in full in the (increasingly forlorn, admittedly) hope that something exciting might happen.

BTW, Daly never did win a race. His teammate Keke Rosberg went on to win the championship despite winning only a single Grand Prix. It was a tragic season with the death of Gilles Villeneuve and Ricardo Paletti, while Didier Pironi suffered injuries that ended his career.

https://youtu.be/L3_WOtyg9Dw?si=_5LLYHmBuvkSMWuD

wazzzledazzle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122176845#Comment_122176845

Shwing your age there :) But thanks for the detail on that race.

Mitch Connor

:Already Asked, and Answered:

rameire

I am liking the Meath/Donegal Sponsorship of McLaren.

Looks really good.

Andrew76

Great to see the drivers pushing the limits in this practice session - plenty of the advertising getting them off the barriers from the tyres brushing off them.

This is it

Only FP1 but Ferrari looking good. Hopefully LeClerc takes pole and we've a boring race with him leading from start to finish 😁

wazzzledazzle

Yep, Ferrari looks good. The usual Merc FP1 decent run. No soft tyre run from Max

We'll see more what this weekend should look like later this afternoon

flazio

Dunne watch, unfortunate Red flag time means he's 25th so yet another weekend written off.

rameire

Nearly a total Wipeout in the tunnel in F2 Qualifying A.

Hadjar at full speed nearly hit the left rear of Miyata as he was crawling through the tunnel.

Great handling by Hadjar to miss that.

flazio

That cap Newey is wearing, is it orange or Papaya 🤔