Monaco F1 GP 2011

Ahh good old Monaco. Everytime I think of Monaco I always think of Sennas brilliant drives. Schumacher and Alonsos incident and Jenson button saying "MONACO BABY!!" lol... yea anyways. On to the famous street course. What will this race bring? Vettel on PURE fire this season. The guy seems untouchable and determined. Hamilton, eager to give it all he's got but is it enough? Knowing hamilton he's gunna fight until his chances are gone. I'm quite proud of Mclaren this year and how they are keeping up with RBR. They stick with their own stratagies, and inovations. But as for Ferrari.. tsk tsk.. i just cant beleive the obvious downward spiral they are in. Alonso thru his own brilliance showed hes still got it but his car and team just cant seem to get to grips with the car. Massa is looking more frustrated than ever they need to take a step back and see where they went wrong. but do they have enough time to respond to RBR and Mclaren? Good luck to all the teams, drivers and fans. May it be a safe and fun race, God speed. BRING ON MONACO BABY!!

Top 5

Vettel
Button
Hamilton
Petrov
Alonso

One of my favorite races 4Mil,and one that I look forward to watch every year. Lewis has very good history at Monaco, and a track that he throughly enjoys. Mark drove a brilliant race at Monaco last year, and sort of shocked Sebastian, but this year it's obvious that Webber can't do with his RB7, what Sebastian can with Slutie Suzie.

Top 5

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Button
4. Webber
5. Alonso

Im honestly happy they banned DRS for this race.. at least they still have KERS. Ferrari looking solid or the usual sand bagging from rivals?

lets wait and see..

even though its just practice i have to admit im quite impressed with ferraris pace so far..

well Alonso and Hamilton put in good times.. lets wait and see what the real fastest time tomorrow will be.. lol good luck everyone!

1. Alonso
2. Lewis
3. Rosberg
4. Vettel
5. Webber

Rosberg is back in my list now.

The Classifica will tell the race ... the Bulls will go down this time !

I guess the Bulls are not going down this time ...even with Button in P2 and with the known McLaren good start ...

too bad for Lewis, didn't see what happened with him !

Montoya4ever wrote:

I guess the Bulls are not going down this time ...even with Button in P2 and with the known McLaren good start ...
too bad for Lewis, didn't see what happened with him !

Luis, not Hamilton's mistake. McLaren got things wrong big time on the restart with Hamilton waiting two minutes at the end of the pit lane and was unable to bring the tyres up to temp with only one lap to get a good quali lap in.

im just happy perez was okay i thought his head took part of the impact also.

Gazzuk wrote:

<quoted text>Luis, not Hamilton's mistake. McLaren got things wrong big time on the restart with Hamilton waiting two minutes at the end of the pit lane and was unable to bring the tyres up to temp with only one lap to get a good quali lap in.

No..No..No Gaz that was a terrible idea for Lewis not to contest the idea from his engineers of a one stop stint during Q3 especially, at a place like Monaco.

Lewis had a very realistic chance for pole position, and even Alonso agreed when he said, " Today, Mclaren were very quick and I think Hamilton was probably favorite to get pole ".

hmltn-1 wrote:

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No..No..No Gaz that was a terrible idea for Lewis not to contest the idea from his engineers of a one stop stint during Q3 especially, at a place like Monaco.
Lewis had a very realistic chance for pole position, and even Alonso agreed when he said, " Today, Mclaren were very quick and I think Hamilton was probably favorite to get pole ".

Lawrence,I know what were McLaren thinking, and now he is even worse off as Hamilton has been put back to ninth place because he had to cut the chicane. We have and Hamilton has been robbed of a good battle.

not to mention hamilton put some flat spots on those tires on his last lap. redbull got lucky it all gunna come down to pit strategy for the other teams. Alonso was quickest all weekend in all sectors.. he got robbed a pole i think

Incredible when you see the slow motion Perez stunt how he covers his head with the hand (or holds his helmet) just a second before the impact as he knew he was going sideways and in a bad position for impact ... scary moments indeed ! thanks God he's ok ...marvelous F1 cars of today !

I agree with Alonso ...Lewis was "robbed" a pole ... I can't believe he didn't have a time set before the restart of Q3 !!!

Montoya4ever wrote:

I agree with Alonso ...Lewis was "robbed" a pole ... I can't believe he didn't have a time set before the restart of Q3 !!!

Monty, you bring up an interesting question. If Lewis didn't have a time set, can he start the race on any tire that he chooses?

hmltn-1 wrote:

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Monty, you bring up an interesting question. If Lewis didn't have a time set, can he start the race on any tire that he chooses?

Lawrence,I am not sure which lap time they have given Hamilton but he has to start the race on which ever set of tyres he had on at the time of that lap, so maybe not those tyres but if he does they can re-balance them, so it shouldn't be a problem for the race. I hope he gets a good start. nothing against Vettel but I would rather see someone else win this race or it will start to get boring with just one driver in the running.

Lap 47 ... how is it that Vettel's times don't fall with that long stint on those tyres ????

Lap 72 --- re-start with tyres changed

I can't believe it !!... Button was clearly the best of them all with his 3 stop strategy ... but ... Monaco is Monaco even with DRS and KERS !!!

Incredible Vettel with his one stopper ... lucky in the final laps with the SC .. but a deserved victory anyways !!

Hamilton was crazy all day long .. but he "died" in his law and we should praise him for trying even though he spoiled Massa's and Maldonado's race !!!

4Mil wrote:

not to mention hamilton put some flat spots on those tires on his last lap. redbull got lucky it all gunna come down to pit strategy for the other teams. Alonso was quickest all weekend in all sectors.. he got robbed a pole i think

4Mil, sorry I wasn't at my computer the other day so didn't see your message until late.