Doesn't look like there's a thread yet (sorry for the lack of an intro 😁)
Danny Ric in the barriers in FP2
Pitwall: "Is the car all right?"
Danny Ric: "Em, I'm all right"
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Looking ok now. Strange they haven't given an update
Exactly. It was perfectly fine and safe to start and there would have been an epic few laps on a variety of tyre strategies. When the heavier rain came down a little later they could well have cleared it quite quickly going around, or even in the worse case they could have stopped it then and we’d have had some fantastic action to look back on while awaiting the restart.
They’ve raced in Monaco when it’s been this wet in the past, and they were some fantastic races.
Are they waiting for it to be bone dry or something
Will the stewards be out to get rid of standing water where possible or are they going to wait for it to dry?
Exactly, it would have just been red-flagged anyway so they may as well do it here so there's no fear of anyone getting hurt or worse.
They should have track dryers like they have in the States.
Will lando get to have another nap?
Guys, the people making these decisions are the experts here, not us internet couch potatoes…
Did Lewis remove the nose piercing?
Pretty much. Think it'll be rolling start behind safety car and have to be on full wets but it'll be dry enough for inters and borderline slicks.
You just know he would be thinking of Spa!
Honestly I think Race Control were stuck between a rock and a hard place. It was either let the race start wet and be ripped to shreds for the carnage that ensues, or play safe to the ire of fans.
I'd say the drivers who were giving out on the grid during the delays were pretty quiet when they were on the track.
Was Ted Kravitz hanging around the jacks to interview people?
The teams had all put inters on (or wet I think), none needed time to make changes, hence the headless chicken stuff. The heavy rain came about 17 minutes after the scheduled race start, time for 12 laps of running on a wet but not soaked track.
As part of F1’s sustainability push they could stop shipping wet tyres all over the world since they never get used.
Martin Brundle is right what are race control waiting for ?
It's not even raining anymore. Sun is out and people are walking around without jackets or umbrellas.
Don't want to miss the Indy 500
Looks like the only solution to this standstill is to build a roof over this Monaco circuit
Speak for yourself, I'm in bed with a hangover
5.45 IndyCar starts FFS.
Radar they showed looked ok. They should get things moving if rain light
There's another rain cloud coming apparently.
So waiting around for it is the solution?
I get the red flag, but worry about the next rain shower when it comes.
So they are waiting for the next rain to come in
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Will they even have time to complete the full 78 laps at this stage? When does the 4 hour window start, given that the race hasn't started?
Sometimes these scenarios are far more interesting than the actual races
Starting to feel like a bit of sabotage for the negotiations. 😅
Despite being told by crofty that the cloud he’s seeing is the weather moving away Ted kravitz still mentioned the clouds as if it was coming towards the circuit.
Huh? That would mean it's starting in 5 minutes?
you’d never know.
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