Poll: Official 2025 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread - Circuit de Monaco - Race 8/24
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People need to switch off to make it go. But as you say most people will watch it.. So why change it?Look forward to you all still watching it next season
Agreed, it was always going to be down to the strategists to engineer the finishing positions and that, to me, was fascinating. Plus no-one is forced to watch it either.
As stated by Toto Wolf and many other, F1 needs Monaco and Monaco needs F1 so whatever the armchair pundits feel it is staying and that is a good thing for the drivers because it is the one they all want to win.
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Short of sticking the drivers in go karts for the race, Monaco is and has for a long time been a lost cause.
I'm not even sure why the win carrys so much prestige anymore, short of a pile up into t1 the win happens on Saturday, the race itself is just a tick box exercise.
Least it's only 1 race, with so many events in the calendar these days, it's not the end of the world to have the glitz and glamer for 1 weekend.
I'm not even sure why the win carrys so much prestige anymore, short of a pile up into t1 the win happens on Saturday, the race itself is just a tick box exercise.
Least it's only 1 race, with so many events in the calendar these days, it's not the end of the world to have the glitz and glamer for 1 weekend.
Only for F1. Take a look at the F2 and F3 highlights.
No I certainly don't understand why a driver winning Monaco is such an amazing thing.
But they all seem to value it so I must be missing something.
Basically after qualifying you should be winning it if you start p1.
When you can drive seconds off the pace and still win I don't understand why winning it holds so much value.
They weren't great, just had a lot of incidents.
History. Some things are bigger than a percentage fans being bored for 90 mins
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It's an incredibly demanding and unforgiving circuit that is drenched in history. Plus, yes, it's a procession but you get your place in that possession by nailing it on Saturday.
Without Monaco and Ferrari, F1 wouldn't be F1. Personally I like Monaco for its history, along with Silverstone, Spa, Monza, Imola etc. At least there are fans at these races!
Winning Monaco from a drivers perspective. Its the prestige that comes as a driver who has one of the most demanding races of the calendar. However, this seems to have lost some of its mystique; Hardly any drivers get out of their car drenched in sweat nowadays due to the coasting. Its still a challenge, mainly try not to clonk the barriers, which have been moved over the years so some of the corners are more forgiving that they were.
As an aside, I watched a great film which was the F1 round at Nurgurgring in 1967, the year the game Grand Prix Legneds is based on. The drivers basically said it was a case of survival rather than racing flat out as it was too dangerous, also the circuit was brutal for cars, destroyed suspension etc. Worth a watch.
Winning Monaco from a drivers perspective. Its the prestige that comes as a driver who has one of the most demanding races of the calendar. However, this seems to have lost some of its mystique; Hardly any drivers get out of their car drenched in sweat nowadays due to the coasting. Its still a challenge, mainly try not to clonk the barriers, which have been moved over the years so some of the corners are more forgiving that they were.
As an aside, I watched a great film which was the F1 round at Nurgurgring in 1967, the year the game Grand Prix Legneds is based on. The drivers basically said it was a case of survival rather than racing flat out as it was too dangerous, also the circuit was brutal for cars, destroyed suspension etc. Worth a watch.
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Ferrari really could take P2 in the constructors quite easily this season. They are only a few points off both Mercedes and Max Verstappen now.
You can rely on Leclerc and Hamilton to both bring home good points on Sunday. Kimi will keep making errors or having some very slow races I reckon, due to his age/inexperience, and Tsunoda can't make that 2nd RB work well, just like all those before him..
The drivers will make the difference for Ferrari this season I think, even if the car isn't actually consistently faster than the Merc or Red Bull.
You can rely on Leclerc and Hamilton to both bring home good points on Sunday. Kimi will keep making errors or having some very slow races I reckon, due to his age/inexperience, and Tsunoda can't make that 2nd RB work well, just like all those before him..
The drivers will make the difference for Ferrari this season I think, even if the car isn't actually consistently faster than the Merc or Red Bull.
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Andrew Benson's take on the mandatory two stops and the race...
BBC News - F1 Q&A: Monaco Grand Prix two-stop rule, Racing Bulls and Williams tactics, Mercedes and Imola future - BBC Sport
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BBC News - F1 Q&A: Monaco Grand Prix two-stop rule, Racing Bulls and Williams tactics, Mercedes and Imola future - BBC Sport
F1 Q&A: Monaco Grand Prix two-stop rule, Racing Bulls and Williams tactics, Mercedes and Imola future
BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions following the Monaco Grand Prix.
www.bbc.co.uk
The is my thoughts on it too. Not to mention all of the arguments against it can apply in some percentage to a lot of other tracks. No point complaining about cars unable to overtake when that applies to a lot of other circuits, even more where they can only overtake due to drs.
But hey, it occurred to me earlier that the Lando doubters have gone awfully quiet haven’t they. Stealing pole away from Leclerc in a Ferrari that was looking decent, away from Piastri who was brimming in confidence, and of course the other guy in the RB too. Has it even been said in the thread yet? Flippin’ good job Lando… He deserves the praise, hopefully it can continue into this weekend.
It was absolutely what he needed. He's closed that gap to three points, and beaten Piastri two races running. Hopefully we'll continue to see a close three driver contest over the rest of the season, hell, even more hopefully perhaps Ferrari can join the party.
Great qualifying lap from him, especially against Charles. Pretty hard to screw up winning from pole at Monaco, and the race is typically where he chokes but maybe this is the confidence boost he needs for races where overtaking is a thing.
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Has there been any mention of why Lewis was so slow in the final stint? After his second stop I expected him to make use of the free air and close up to the front 4 who were being slowed by Verstappen trying to keep track position on dead tyres. He had the chance to steal a position if he could get within Max's pit window, but instead he dropped back about 15 seconds from where he came out. It made very little sense to me.
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I think if Monaco is to stay on the F1 calendar with such big cars, they need a far bigger change to the weekend than mandatory use of all three compounds in the race.
Maybe something like multiple qualifying sessions that focus on one dry compound per session, getting an aggregate time from multiple laps per compound, using all three dry compounds unless weather prevents.
Perhaps also reducing number of cars on track at any one time, similar to what we had ~15 years ago, with random draw to say which 2-3 cars are scheduled to be on track at any one time (sending them out of pits individually to spread cars aroundf track at leat to begin with).
No "race," championship points derived somehow from the multiple qualifying runs.
Maybe something like multiple qualifying sessions that focus on one dry compound per session, getting an aggregate time from multiple laps per compound, using all three dry compounds unless weather prevents.
Perhaps also reducing number of cars on track at any one time, similar to what we had ~15 years ago, with random draw to say which 2-3 cars are scheduled to be on track at any one time (sending them out of pits individually to spread cars aroundf track at leat to begin with).
No "race," championship points derived somehow from the multiple qualifying runs.
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