Monaco Grand Prix 2014, Monte Carlo - Race 6/19

[Jono8]

The pits will decide this. They are so evenly matched in terms of pace that it is going to come down to who has the best pit stops.

 

[Vertigo]

Is the live timing showing no gaps/intervals for the first four places for anyone else?

EDIT: Ah just fixed itself

 

[Vertigo]

The pits will decide this. They are so evenly matched in terms of pace that it is going to come down to who has the best pit stops.

Not necessarily pit stop speed itself but what each can do on-track whilst the other pits. If Rosberg goes in first and Lewis puts in a blinder lap or two...

 

[Glaucus]

Hamilton has to take the undercut, and by at least two laps to try and get in front.

 

[utajoker]

i think lewis will pit first.

 

[knip]

Kimi's got the ***** apparently

He'll be hoping for a quick race then

 

[Glaucus]

He needs an Imodium stop then.

 

[Jono8]

Kimi's got the ***** apparently

He'll be hoping for a quick race then

No wonder he is going quickly then!

 

[413x]

this race is going to be tedious

 

[drunkenmaster]

Thing is Hamilton can't pit till he can hit clear air for sure, and Rosberg will get to that point first.

One thing Hamilton could do is, if Rosberg was aiming for one stop at say lap 30ish, Hamilton could come in at lap 20 and do an extra stint on super softs and burn the hell around the track like he just don't care. He would still presumably end up behind Rosberg after the second stop but be on significantly fresher tires at the end and maybe have hte traction to get him down the straight... maybe. No worse than being behind him now though.

 

[DAnDan]

this race is going to be tedious

Very

 

[MagicBoy]

this race is going to be tedious

Go watch something else then.

 

[englishpremier]

i think lewis will pit first.

Nico will most likely have first refusal since he's ahead on track. I can't see him allowing Lewis to stop first and undercut him. Especially as Lewis' tyres are going off.

 

[dannyjo22]

Hamilton too stupid to give a gap to save his tyres.

 

[Flibster]

Kimi's got the s**** apparently

He'll be hoping for a quick race then

He needs to come 4th then. Wouldn't have to go through all the podium and press conference before being allowed a 'comfort break'

 

[Concrete]

Hamilton playing the game.

Letting the team know that he is struggling, better let him pit first.

 

[Flibster]

Hamilton told that there are a few cars in his pit window so they will have to extend the stint.

 

[el_dazza]

My girlfriend says weaving to warm the tyres at the start is pointless as it doesn't heat them up. Showed her the thermal image - no heat in a straight line, plenty when the car is turning. She still won't have it even with blatant evidence on the screen. Women.

 

[utajoker]

nico locks up but manages to keep going around this time

 

[drunkenmaster]

lol, and Rosberg shows what a "real" lock up looks like and how massively different it was to his lock up yesterday.