Monaco Grand Prix 2012, Monte Carlo - Race 6/20

Duke · 21 May 2012 at 10:35

Monte Carlo

The Monaco Grand Prix is the one race of the year that every driver dreams of winning. Like the Indy 500 or Le Mans, it stands alone, almost distinct from the sport from which it was born. A combination of precision driving, technical excellence and sheer bravery is required to win in Monte Carlo, facets which highlight the differences between the great and the good in Formula One.

The Armco barrier-lined circuit leaves no margin for error, demanding more concentration that any other Formula One track. Cars run with maximum downforce and brakes are worked hard. Overtaking is next to impossible so qualifying in Monaco is more critical than at any other Grand Prix.

The Portier corner is key to achieving a good lap time around Monaco. It is preceded by the Loews hairpin, the slowest corner in Formula One, and followed by the tunnel, one of the few flat-out sections of the track. Some great names have ended their races in the barriers here, most notably Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher.

To win in Monaco places a driver's name on a list that includes many of history's all-time greats. Both Graham Hill, the man nicknamed 'Mr Monaco', and Schumacher have won it five times, Alain Prost took four victories, whilst Stirling Moss and Jackie Stewart each won here three times. But the record of wins in the Principality resides with the Senna, who won in Monte Carlo six times.

The race has been a regular fixture of the world championship since 1955, but in that time the circuit has changed remarkably little. Slight alterations were made for the 2003 event, in particular a new, gentler entry to the Rascasse corner, with even bigger changes in 2004, with a new pit complex and increased spectator capacity.

Session Times

Thu 24 May 2012
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30

Sat 26 May 2012
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00

Sun 27 May 2012
Race 13:00

All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18378942

Track:

Track Diagram

Track DRS

TBA

Circuit information

Circuit Name: Circuit de Monaco
Number of Laps: 78
Circuit Length: 3.340 km
Race Distance: 260.520 km
Lap Record: 1:14.439 - M Schumacher (2004)

2011 Race Edit - http://www.formula1.com/video/race_edits/

Current Standings

Technical Changes

http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/

News

Pirelli reveals latest batch of Formula 1 compound choices - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99744
Ban on DRS in Monaco tunnel to remain for 2012 - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99675
Ferrari chief: Massa must improve - http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/12433/7769624
Ross Brawn says there is no point in complaining about Pirelli's tyres - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99846
Practice analysis - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/05/24/2012-monaco-grand-prix-friday-practice-analysis/

Photos from the event

Wednesday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/869/general/wednesday.html

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/869/general/thursday.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/869/general/saturday.html

Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/869/general/sunday.html

FIA Press Conference

Wednesday - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99782

Thursday - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99835

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/5/13393.html

Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/5/13401.html

Practice 1

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                  Time                Laps[/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m16.265s            22
 2.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m16.630s  + 0.365   17
 3.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m16.711s  + 0.446   19
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m16.747s  + 0.482   12
 5.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m16.760s  + 0.495   20
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m16.843s  + 0.578   19
 7.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m17.038s  + 0.773   21
 8.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m17.190s  + 0.925   13
 9.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m17.222s  + 0.957   14
10.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m17.261s  + 0.996   18
11.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m17.413s  + 1.148   14
12.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m17.631s  + 1.366   18
13.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m18.106s  + 1.841   14
14.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m18.209s  + 1.944   25
15.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m18.252s  + 1.987   28
16.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m18.302s  + 2.037   16
17.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m18.617s  + 2.352   20
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m19.03$s  + 2.774   20
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m19.341s  + 3.076   16
20.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m20.838s  + 4.573   26
21.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m20.895s  + 4.630   18
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m21.638s  + 5.373    9
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m22.423s  + 6.158   15
24.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault                               1

Practice 2

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                  Time               Laps[/b]
 1. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m15.746s            14
 2. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m16.138s  + 0.392   17
 3. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m16.602s  + 0.856   19
 4. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m16.661s  + 0.915   21
 5. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m16.820s  + 1.074   18
 6. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m17.021s  + 1.275   13
 7. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m17.148s  + 1.402   21
 8. Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m17.153s  + 1.407   20
 9. Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m17.293s  + 1.547    9
10. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m17.303s  + 1.557   19
11. Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m17.375s  + 1.629   17
12. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m17.395s  + 1.649   19
13. Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m17.655s  + 1.909   18
14. Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m17.800s  + 2.054   23
15. Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m18.251s  + 2.505   22
16. Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m18.440s  + 2.694   23
17. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m18.522s  + 2.776   20
18. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m18.808s  + 3.062   24
19. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m19.267s  + 3.521   23
20. Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m19.309s  + 3.563   27
21. Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m20.029s  + 4.283   13
22. Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m20.240s  + 4.494   19
23. Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m20.631s  + 4.885   12
24. Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m20.886s  + 5.140   10

Practice 3

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver              Team/Car              Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m15.159s            25
 2.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m15.197s  + 0.038s  21
 3.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m15.209s  + 0.050s  20
 4.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m15.210s  + 0.051s  20
 5.  Romain Grosjean     Lotus-Renault         1m15.445s  + 0.286s  18
 6.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m15.471s  + 0.312s  19
 7.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m15.734s  + 0.575s  19
 8.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m15.893s  + 0.734s  23
 9.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m16.110s  + 0.951s  14
10.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m16.219s  + 1.060s  19
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m16.226s  + 1.067s  20
12.  Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault         1m16.301s  + 1.142s  21
13.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m16.311s  + 1.152s  19
14.  Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m16.479s  + 1.320s  20
15.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes  1m17.027s  + 1.868s  20
16.  Bruno Senna         Williams-Renault      1m17.055s  + 1.896s  26
17.  Heikki Kovalainen   Caterham-Renault      1m17.276s  + 2.117s  25
18.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m17.390s  + 2.231s  19
19.  Vitaly Petrov       Caterham-Renault      1m17.404s  + 2.245s  22
20.  Timo Glock          Marussia-Cosworth     1m18.259s  + 3.100s  18
21.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Renault      1m18.488s  + 3.329s  22
22.  Charles Pic         Marussia-Cosworth     1m19.099s  + 3.940s  17
23.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m19.147s  + 3.988s  19
24.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m19.151s  + 3.992s  19

Qualifying

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time            Gap   [/b]
 1.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m14.301s
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m14.381s   + 0.080
 3.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m14.448s   + 0.147
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m14.583s   + 0.282
 5.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m14.639s   + 0.338
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m14.948s   + 0.647
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m15.049s   + 0.748
 8.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m15.199s   + 0.898
 9.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m15.245s   + 0.944
10.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     no time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m15.322s                                   Gap **
11.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m15.421s   + 0.510
12.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m15.508s   + 0.597
13.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m15.536s   + 0.625
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     1m15.709s   + 0.798
15.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m15.718s   + 0.807
16.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m15.878s   + 0.967
17.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m16.885s   + 1.974
Q1 cut-off time: 1m16.491s                                    Gap *
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m16.538s   + 1.120
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m17.404s   + 1.986
20.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m17.947s   + 2.529
21.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m18.096s   + 2.678
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m18.476s   + 3.058
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m19.310s   + 3.892
24.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       no time

Race

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           1h46:06.557
 2.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     0.643
 3.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     0.947
 4.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     1.343
 5.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +     4.101
 6.  Massa         Ferrari                    +     6.195
 7.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    41.537
 8.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    42.562
 9.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    44.036
10.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    44.516
11.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
12.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
13.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
14.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Perez, 1:17.298

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Button        McLaren-Mercedes             71
Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari           66
Pic           Marussia-Cosworth            65
Schumacher    Mercedes                     64
Petrov        Caterham-Renault             16
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               6
De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth                 1
Maldonado     Williams-Renault             1
Grosjean      Lotus-Renault                1

World Championship standings, round 6:

Code:

[b]Drivers:                    Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Alonso        76        1.  Red Bull-Renault          146
 2.  Vettel        73        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          108
 3.  Webber        73        3.  Ferrari                    86
 4.  Hamilton      63        4.  Lotus-Renault              86
 5.  Rosberg       59        5.  Mercedes                   61
 6.  Raikkonen     51        6.  Williams-Renault           44
 7.  Button        45        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             41
 8.  Grosjean      35        8.  Force India-Mercedes       28
 9.  Maldonado     29        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          6
10.  Perez         22       
11.  Di Resta      21       
12.  Kobayashi     19       
13.  Senna         15       
14.  Massa         10       
15.  Hulkenberg     7       
16.  Vergne         4       
17.  Schumacher     2       
18.  Ricciardo      2

Duke · 21 May 2012 at 10:36

Remember the practice is on Thursday this week not Friday.

Duke · 21 May 2012 at 19:44

Reading F1 Racing mag today, the interview with Eddie Jordan suggests the BBC build up for Monaco they recorded with JB & LH is very funny. Probably going to watch the BBC feed this weekend to mix it up.

Duke · 22 May 2012 at 16:05

Suddenly.. tap.

Duke · 22 May 2012 at 21:07

I think this could be quite good with the tyres noming so quickly. Still hoping for a Mclaren win of course

Duke · 23 May 2012 at 16:19

It would help if we didn't have Valencia which is the same sort of thing as Monaco, but just dire on all levels.

Duke · 23 May 2012 at 18:12

Don't forget the practice is on tomorrow and not Friday. Normal European times so 9am and 1pm

Duke · 23 May 2012 at 19:50

P1 and 2 are nice to watch but tbh P3 onwards is where it starts to get interesting

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 08:33

FP1 in 25 mins

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 09:07

Flow-viz central at the moment.

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 09:58

Ben Edwards & Jaime Algersuari.

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 10:22

nom nom engine blow for Kovalainen. Went in the tunnel, smoke everywhere!

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 13:32

Love the slow motion shots of the cars going over the kerbs.

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 13:54

lol intermediate tyres?

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 14:05

Actually a little wet out there now.

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 14:10

Panzerbjorn said:
The track or the McLaren lass?

Who is first into the barrier then? Senna almost did it just now.

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 14:27

James Allen. He is only suited for practice sessions as he gets too ott during qually/race.

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 20:04

Was going to wait for P3 results but so far it seems to be Lotus, Williams, Mclaren and Ferrari all very close. However Redbull , Merc and Sauber are there or thereabouts as well!

Duke · 24 May 2012 at 22:53

Going by his website (http://www.brunosenna.com.br/en/) he has a few but can't see them on the car so much be low paid ones.

Duke · 26 May 2012 at 20:07

Just watched qually. Didn't see P3 either so didn't know about the Maldonaldo incident either.

Fantastic session, especially ramped up during Q3, the top group were so close which is great. A surprising result to see MS going around quickest and a bit of a shame he has the penalty as it would have been great to see him defending.

Shame for JB, something isn't working for him at the moment.