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Author Topic: Monaco  (Read 4011 times)

Offline J.Clark

Re: Monaco
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2015, 01:34:50 AM »
Life is short - live each day to the fullest.

Offline Steve A.

Re: Monaco
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2015, 09:46:58 AM »
Bit of a crazy finish to the race, a wierd decision by Mercedes. The stewards decisions are again a bit inconsistent.  A penalty for Along but not for Ricciardo. Great to see Button picking up the first points for Maclaren,  a long road ahead but progress none the less.

Offline Alianora La Canta

Re: Monaco
« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2015, 05:15:07 PM »
The highlights got through the first 38 laps in 35 minutes (including the entire pre-show!), which said a lot. The only memorable events for me were Verstappen not noticing that Grosjean's car was acting weird (that was understandable given his inexperience, his car doing a tin-opener impression against the wall was not) and Mercedes forgetting how long the Monaco pit lane was.
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Offline cosworth151

Re: Monaco
« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2015, 09:03:43 PM »
the only possible justification I can see for Merc was the VSC call which changed quickly to SC. Under VSC, the cars would have maintained their intervals. Hamilton would have had enough time for the pit stop.
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Offline Monty

Re: Monaco
« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2015, 09:05:10 AM »
Fairly awful race (as we would expect for Monaco). I was excited to see Button in the points and I wonder where he could have been if Rosberg hadn't ruined his Qualifying. It was a real shame to see the Williams performing so badly and then further compromised by bad luck.
Verstappen and Sainz showed some talent at a difficult track. I agree with other comments that Kimi is really underperforming and I cannot see him retaining his seat. Vettel (hard for me to say) drove brilliantly.
Hamilton's drive was probably the most dominant that I can remember. To drive that fast from lap one wold be good at any track but at Monaco it is nothing short of amazing. He was over 20seconds ahead of Rosberg in the same car on the same strategy! There was clearly only one moral winner and it wasn't Rosberg.

Offline lkjohnson1950

Re: Monaco
« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2015, 07:20:49 AM »
Hamilton is faster than Nico, no doubt. If you were watching closely, he got most of his lead by being quicker in traffic than Nico, He has been a dynamic passer since he started in F1. It seems clear the Williams, by accident or design, is not a high down force car, it was bound to be troublesome at Monaco. I think it will return to form in Canada. Kimi has been much happier with this year's Ferrari, but they brought an update package to Barca that did not perform as expected. Kimi immediately began complaining about understeer again. If they can get the car as twitchy as he seems to want, he will produce results.
Lonny

Offline Scott

Re: Monaco
« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2015, 08:05:22 PM »
The biggest smile I got in the race was hearing Kimi on the radio after Ricciardo pitted him just before the tunnel.  He said 'Did you see what he did there??  That was not very nice'. 

Wizzo, I think I might need a new Kimi quote mug.   :DD :DD :DD
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Offline Scott

Re: Monaco
« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2015, 08:58:43 AM »
The biggest smile I got in the race was hearing Kimi on the radio after Ricciardo pitted him just before the tunnel.  He said 'Did you see what he did there??  That was not very nice'. 

Wizzo, I think I might need a new Kimi quote mug.   :DD :DD :DD

Found it...

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Offline Irisado

Re: Monaco
« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2015, 04:57:15 PM »
The highlights got through the first 38 laps in 35 minutes (including the entire pre-show!), which said a lot. The only memorable events for me were Verstappen not noticing that Grosjean's car was acting weird (that was understandable given his inexperience, his car doing a tin-opener impression against the wall was not) and Mercedes forgetting how long the Monaco pit lane was.

My feelings exactly.  Those two incidents apart this was so tedious.  Monaco is meant to be hard on the cars and the drivers, yet hardly anyone made a mistake, and reliability was way too high.  It was a tedious procession, and that was very disappointing.
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