Monaco Grand Prix 2011, Monte-Carlo - Race 6/19

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Monte Carlo

Thursday 26 May
First practice: 0855-1035, BBC Red Button/BBC Radio 5 live sports extra/online
Second practice: 1255-1435, BBC Red Button/BBC Radio 5 live sports extra/online

Saturday 28 May
Third practice: 0955-1105, BBC Red Button/BBC Radio 5 live sports extra/online
Qualifying: 1210-1430, BBC One/BBC Radio 5 live sports extra/online

Sunday 29 May
Grand Prix live: 1205-1520, BBC One/BBC Radio 5 live/online
F1 forum: 1520-1620, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three

Standings:
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Track:

Track Diagram
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Track DRS

FIA agrees to Monaco tunnel DRS ban
Formula 1 drivers will be banned from using the DRS in the tunnel at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix after the FIA reacted to drivers' concerns on Monday, AUTOSPORT can reveal.




The FIA have confirmed drivers will be allowed to use their Drag Reduction System all the way along the start/finish straight during the race at Monaco.
The detection point will be shortly after they exit the Swimming Pool complex, and drivers may activate their rear wings as they exit Anthony Noghes.
This makes for a much shorter DRS zone than was seen at earlier races, and it remains to be seen whether drivers will be able to overtake into the following corner, Sainte Devote.

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Circuit information
Length: 3.34km
Race distance: 78 laps / 260.520km

Car performance
Full throttle: 42%
Top speed: 286kph
Longest flat-out section: 8s / 510m
Right/left-hand turns: 12/7

Tyre wear: Medium
Brake wear: High
Downforce level: Very high
Gear changes per lap: 54

Strategy
2010 tyre compounds: medium (prime, no marking), super-soft (option, green markings)
2009 tyre compounds: soft (prime, no marking), super-soft (option, green markings)
2008 tyre compounds: soft (prime, no marking), super-soft (option, white markings)

Fuel use per lap: 1.723kg (source: Williams)
Pit lane time loss: 17.8s

Spain preview

Monaco preview quotes - Williams, Lotus, Renault & more
Having barely had time to catch their breath after a tense Spanish round, the paddock has a little over three days to pack up and shift operations to Monte Carlo for Thursday’s opening practice sessions around the punishing Monaco streets. They pose a challenge like no other on the Formula One calendar - and one that those involved relish…

- Team Preview
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Classic F1
Nick Heidfeld - classic F1 2011
Renault's Nick Heidfeld is the latest driver to choose his five favourite all-time grands prix for our new-look classic Formula 1 series.

Nick Heidfeld's classic F1 - Monaco Grand Prix 1988
Watch short highlights from the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix as McLaren's Ayrton Senna throws away victory and hands an easy win to title rival and team-mate Alain Prost.

Nick Heidfeld's classic F1 - Japanese Grand Prix 1990
Ayrton Senna clinches the drivers' world title after he and championship rival Alain Prost spin off at the first corner in Suzuka.

Nick Heidfeld's classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 2001
Watch highlights from the 2001 Brazilian Grand Prix as David Coulthard pulls off a brave move to beat Michael Schumacher at Interlagos while Nick Heidfeld claims his first ever F1 podium finish.

Watch highlights from the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix as Felipe Massa wins but Lewis Hamilton is crowned champion after a dramatic final lap at Interlagos.
Watch highlights from the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix as Felipe Massa wins but Lewis Hamilton is crowned champion after a dramatic final lap at Interlagos.

Classic F1 - Monaco Grand Prix 2010
Watch Mark Webber produce a scintillating drive to claim victory for Red Bull ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel in an incident-packed Monaco Grand Prix.













Technical Changes - Spain
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Weather Forecast
Practice 1 Thu 10:00
Practice 2 Thu 14:00

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Practice 3 Sat 11:00
Qualifying Sat 14:00

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Race Sun 14:00
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News

Driver Chnages


The track and TV coverage starts


FIA Press Conference
FIA Wednesday press conference - Monaco
Drivers - Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Jenson Button (McLaren), Nick Heidfeld (Renault), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) and Jarno Trulli (Team Lotus).

FIA Thursday press conference - Monaco
Team representatives - Graeme Lowdon (Marussia Virgin), Vijay Mallya (Force India), Adrian Newey (Red Bull), Peter Sauber (Sauber F1 Team), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren).

Thursday practice - selected team and driver quotes
Two-time Monaco winner Fernando Alonso is no stranger to success in Monte Carlo, and on Thursday he took the top practice honours, despite some stiff competition from McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg. Alonso, his rivals, and senior team personnel reflect on their early progress...



Technical changes Monaco


Practice 1
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Practice One - Vettel sets the pace for Red Bull in Monaco
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso staged a great fight for fastest time in the closing minutes of the first practice session here in Monaco on Thursday morning, with Vettel finally triumphing over Alonso by 0.113s just when it seemed that the Ferrari driver had things in the bag.





Practice 2
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Practice Two - Alonso leads tight top three in Monaco
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton finished Thursday afternoon’s second practice session in Monaco just 0.105s apart, as Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa all ended up in the 1m 15s. As track conditions continually improved, the times got faster and faster, with Alonso finally lapping in 1m 15.123s.

Highlights - Monaco GP second practice
Watch highlights from second free practice for the Monaco Grand Prix as Ferrari's Fernando Alonso leads the way with a stunning lap ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.

Iplayer The Monaco Grand Prix - Practice Two
Coverage of the second practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Practice 3
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Final practice - Alonso tops disjointed Monaco session
Fernando Alonso continued to set the pace on Saturday morning in a final Monaco practice session that was book-ended by heavy accidents.

Nico Rosberg crash halts Monaco Grand Prix practice
Nico Rosberg smashes into the barrier with his Mercedes after exiting the tunnel during third practice for the Monaco Grand Prix.
The session is red flagged for nearly 15 minutes while the debris is cleared from the Monte Carlo track.

Qualifying

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Qualifying - Vettel on pole in Monaco after Perez shunt
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was in the right place at the right time in a dramatic final qualifying session in Monaco on Saturday afternoon, to take his fifth pole of the season. Just after the world champion had gone fastest, the session was red flagged with 2m 26s remaining when Sergio Perez, who had done a great job to run ninth in Q2, lost his Sauber over the bumps exiting the tunnel.

Monaco Grand Prix - Top three drivers press conference
Sebastian Vettel is relieved to come out of qualifying on pole and joins second and third-placed drivers, McLaren's Jenson Button and Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, in sending best wishes to Sauber driver Segio Perez, who crashed in the final session.

Grid


Race

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Race - Vettel victorious in red-flagged Monaco thriller
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel rode his luck for all it was worth in Monaco this weekend. He got the pole, then had it inadvertently safeguarded after Sergio Perez’s accident. Then on Sunday, just as he was under massive pressure on worn tyres from Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and McLaren’s Jenson Button, a nail-biting race was brought to a temporary halt when Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari crashed in heavy traffic in the Swimming Pool, taking out Renault’s Vitaly Petrov in the process.


Monaco Grand Prix in 90 seconds
Watch short highlights as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel claims his first win in Monaco after a dramatic race on the streets of Monte Carlo.

Highlights - Monaco Grand Prix
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel wins in Monte Carlo after a crash causes the race to be suspended and re-started with six laps to go. Fernando Alonso of Ferrari finishes second with McLaren's Jenson Button third.

Monaco Grand Prix - top three drivers
Winner Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button give their reactions after the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo.


Standings

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Super-softs to only last 10 laps. While I quite enjoy that kind of thing in racing, I fully expect to see at least one of the top runners aiming to use just one set in Quali so they have more for the race.

I think they really need to look at the tyre allocation situation, it was fine with the Bridgestones, but with the Pirelli's they need to have more tyres available in Quali without compromising the race. Perhaps an extra two sets only available for Qualifying? Or an extra set of each for each Qualifying session they make it into?
 
Surely faster cars would just be even faster with an extra set? It'd do more harm to the middle/backfield than good I reckon. I am gutted about DRS though, I bet Sutil would have used it ;)
 
The teams actually have LESS tyres available to them this year than they did last year! I said right back before this season started that that would be a bad idea, and it seems it was.

I cant remember the exact numbers, but it was something like 15 sets of slicks per car last year, and 13 this year. Considering last year the teams needed 2 sets for a race, and this year they need atleast 4, possibly 5, and if they last just 10 laps at Monaco, possibly even 7 sets, then they simply don't get given enough!

Also, didn't know anything about Ferraris wing at Spain. Just lol at them trying to claim they were 'supports' :)
 
Thought they only have three sets of each.
So if they do 4 stops they have to use two hards.

start on softts, then two soft pit stops and that's there soft tire allocation gone.
Which is why I don't get why everyone including dc/mb where saying why have they all gone onto hard tires last race for two stints.

b) Eight further sets of dry-weather tyres will be allocated by the FIA technical delegate to each nominated driver, four of each specification, for use during the remainder of the Event. However, one set of each specification must be returned to the tyre supplier before the start of the qualifying practice session and may not be used during the remainder of the Event.
 
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Turn 1 is being resurfaced at the moment. A workers truck burst into fire and trashed the freshly laid tarmac.

Also dumped a load of oil and other nastyness onto the track.

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Don't forget the hard will only be 1 or 2 compounds away from the super soft, so not that hard.

3 sets of soft and 2 squirts on hard.

Obviously this won't be a majority but I can see someone trying it of the race is 72 laps.
 
But isn't the Prime compound only going to be "normal" softs, not medium (despite Pirelli originally saying they'd keep a gap of one tyre type between available compounds)?

Unless the super-softs are noticeably faster than the softs, and tyre wear at Monaco really is that much lighter that softs seem like hards, I could see a mixture of tyres being a lot more possible than in the other races.

What's more, I'm sure somewhere that I read that this Option/Prime combination (soft/super-soft) was going to stay for the next three races. Valencia I can understand, but Canada ought to be interesting with them!
 
In this race im pretty surtain that the teams should seriously consider not using the soft tyres at all in qualifine, just do one lap on the hard compound. emagine the time you will gain in the race and the amount of tyres you will save.......sod qualifine monaco is hard to overtake at the best of times, your better off sitting behind the front runners on hards then bash out the softs after 10 laps........the lap time you will gain will be so much greater than the time you will loose.
 
In this race im pretty surtain that the teams should seriously consider not using the soft tyres at all in qualifine, just do one lap on the hard compound. emagine the time you will gain in the race and the amount of tyres you will save.......sod qualifine monaco is hard to overtake at the best of times, your better off sitting behind the front runners on hards then bash out the softs after 10 laps........the lap time you will gain will be so much greater than the time you will loose.

Your argument is backwards.

They'd be better off wasting all their softs trying to get pole then just pootle around on hards, seeing as overtaking is so hard :p

Yes the supersoft will pwn, but that's pointless if you're jammed up behind the mid field for 10 laps. Not to mention starting from the back would be a nightmare on lap 1 with all the traffic.
 
Your argument is backwards.

They'd be better off wasting all their softs trying to get pole then just pootle around on hards, seeing as overtaking is so hard :p

Yes the supersoft will pwn, but that's pointless if you're jammed up behind the mid field for 10 laps. Not to mention starting from the back would be a nightmare on lap 1 with all the traffic.

This.

No amount of DRS or tyres is going to turn Monaco into an overtaking fest. Pole here is important. I expect we wont see anyone just sitting out sessions of Qualifying to save tyres as grid position is everything.
 
Your argument is backwards.

They'd be better off wasting all their softs trying to get pole then just pootle around on hards, seeing as overtaking is so hard :p

Yes the supersoft will pwn, but that's pointless if you're jammed up behind the mid field for 10 laps. Not to mention starting from the back would be a nightmare on lap 1 with all the traffic.

its worth a try, It would be very intresting.......it could had worked for hamilton in the last race.......just pit instantly the woop.......yes your in the back but the amount of room to gain the time back......over the 70lap race you would gain around over all a min possibly
 
Your argument is backwards.

They'd be better off wasting all their softs trying to get pole then just pootle around on hards, seeing as overtaking is so hard :p

Yes the supersoft will pwn, but that's pointless if you're jammed up behind the mid field for 10 laps. Not to mention starting from the back would be a nightmare on lap 1 with all the traffic.
On the other hand though, you run on the longer-lasting tyres, and even when you're behind an opponent you want to pass, he's probably going to come in before you? ;)
 
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