A repeat of 2008 would be great.
The F1 Thread 2013 Season
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A repeat of 2008 would be great.
One thing is for sure at Monaco, with passing being so hard and almost non-existant, if Hamilton starts on pole it is very likely that he will finish on pole.
I am the same, every year Monaco is built up to be something that it is not, only hope of a decent race is rain.
Was that the one where Hamilton hit the wall early on but ended up winning after it starting pissing down?
If so, yes, I'd enjoy a repeat of that, but with a different winner of course
While I agree it's totally overrated, I'll happily take it, just one like it, among all the highly artificially exciting races.
Was that the one where Hamilton hit the wall early on but ended up winning after it starting pissing down?
If so, yes, I'd enjoy a repeat of that, but with a different winner of course
Yeah that was the one. Monaco can be a bit boring but it's the atmosphere that makes it special.
Give an example so I can see what you are trying to compare it to.
This entire season. The whole 'keeping the tyres is everything'. At least Monaco will offer a huge DRIVING challenge to the drivers because that's the nature of the track.
It's only been this season really where the tyres have been this much of an issue. I can even imagine drivers will striuggle a lot here too, and more stops than usual. Pirelli have ruined this season, the likes of Hamilton can't drive like they used to, and its let people down
It shouldn't be anything like in Spain, though, tyre degragation is far less serious in Monaco. It won't be completely old school, but it will be better. At least for a day.
worst race of the season for me. I get the "its monaco" thing but the race is almost always a snooze. Surely they could make use of the surrounding area instead.
I can take a one-off street race when the calendar is 19 races long. Monaco does sometimes throw up a classic, theres bound to be a safety car and the tyre situation means nobody knows anything.
I'd stick my house on a Mercedes pole though.
I'd stick my house on a Mercedes pole though.
James Allen reckons Rosberg is having to work a lot harder for his time than Alonso, perhaps Ferrari will be in the mix come Saturday.
If Mercedes are on pole its going to be a 2 hour long traffic jam
Mercedes long run pace wasn't actually that bad by the looks of it, might be their best chance to win.
I wish they would get rid of that chicane coming out of the tunnel, let them blast past at full speed
200 mph into Tabac wouldn't be clever.
Its where a lot of overtaking seems to get done from what I can remember. Pretty much the best overtaking spot on the track
I don't know how any good driver can get overtaken there, just keep to the inside line and your opponent has to go round to the outside which is very hard
I think it's extremely hard to brake there in that inside line, all the cars looks shaky even in regular line coming into that chicane.
Pretty big shunt for Massa in FP3, I'll be very impressed if Ferrari get that fixed in time for quali.
Rosberg pisses all over everyone's chips by going almost 7 tenths faster than anyone.Got two hours to fix this.
Sutil and Grosjean too! Busy lunchtimes for Ferrari, Lotus and Force India.
I thought that marshal was rocking some beats by Dre for a minute there.
Massa is the unluckiest guy in F1.
what happened to Massa?
Binned it in FP3 - pic above.
cheers, only just go up from nights, was not expecting it to be raining.
Martin makes it sound so easy, saying I would put slicks on, there is nothing to lose.
Come on Kimi, stick it on pole!
De Resta is not a happy chap there.
That's one very pissed off Paul.
I thought that the Merc's would of had the pole but they don't look to have the speed.
They do when the track dries, but if it keeps raining it could be anyone.
Yeah I should've said in the rain, they don't look to have the speed.
FFS I take that back, Lewis with a fast lap.
I do talk rubbish sometimes.Whoever is last to put a lap in will take pole here