Monaco Grand Prix 2013, Monte Carlo - Race 6/19

Duke · 21 May 2013 at 19:01

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

Thur 23 May 2013
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30

Sat 25 May 2013
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00

Sun 26 May 2013
Race 13:00

Live on Sky Sports F1 HD

* For BBC times and info see here *

Track Diagram

Circuit Information

Circuit Name: Circuit de Monaco
First Grand Prix: 1950
Number of Laps: 78
Circuit Length: 3.340 km
Race Distance: 260.520 km
Lap Record: 1:14.439 - M Schumacher (2004)

Championship Standings

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                   Time      Gap      Laps[/b]
 1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m16.195s           30
 2. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m16.282s + 0.087s  26
 3. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m16.380s + 0.185s  20
 4. Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m16.394s + 0.199s  22
 5. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes               1m16.469s + 0.274s  27
 6. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m16.993s + 0.798s  26
 7. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m17.020s + 0.825s  26
 8. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m17.129s + 0.934s  28
 9. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes       1m17.378s + 1.183s  24
10. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m17.380s + 1.185s  22
11. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m17.509s + 1.314s  25
12. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m17.548s + 1.353s  26
13. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m17.625s + 1.430s  20
14. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari         1m18.193s + 1.998s  25
15. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m18.454s + 2.259s  24
16. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari         1m18.754s + 2.559s  27
17. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault       1m18.830s + 2.635s  27
18. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m19.067s + 2.872s  24
19. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault       1m19.203s + 3.008s  20
20. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault       1m19.438s + 3.243s  27
21. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth      1m19.773s + 3.578s  19
22. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth      1m20.225s + 4.030s  20

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107587

Practice 2

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                   Time       Gap     Laps[/b]
 1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m14.759s            45
 2. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes               1m15.077s  + 0.318s  50
 3. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m15.196s  + 0.437s  37
 4. Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m15.278s  + 0.519s  38
 5. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m15.404s  + 0.645s  41
 6. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m15.511s  + 0.752s  38
 7. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m15.718s  + 0.959s  10
 8. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m15.959s  + 1.200s  39
 9. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m16.014s  + 1.255s  32
10. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m16.046s  + 1.287s  42
11. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m16.349s  + 1.590s  43
12. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes       1m16.434s  + 1.675s  40
13. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari         1m16.823s  + 2.064s  42
14. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m16.857s  + 2.098s  40
15. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari         1m16.935s  + 2.176s  44
16. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m17.145s  + 2.386s  37
17. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m17.184s  + 2.425s  42
18. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault       1m17.264s  + 2.505s  46
19. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth      1m17.892s  + 3.133s  40
20. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault       1m18.212s  + 3.453s  43
21. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth      1m18.784s  + 4.025s  40
22. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault       1m19.031s  + 4.272s  30

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107592

Practice 3

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                  Time        Gap         Laps[/b]
 1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m14.378s               22
 2. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m15.039s   + 0.661s    13
 3. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m15.261s   + 0.883s    17
 4. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m15.286s   + 0.908s    17
 5. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m15.311s   + 0.933s    20
 6. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m15.380s   + 1.002s    19
 7. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m15.550s   + 1.172s    20
 8. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m15.594s   + 1.216s    17
 9. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m15.861s   + 1.483s    15
10. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari        1m15.926s   + 1.548s    25
11. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      1m15.958s   + 1.580s    23
12. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m15.976s   + 1.598s    19
13. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m15.976s   + 1.598s    21
14. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m16.060s   + 1.682s    16
15. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m16.068s   + 1.690s    12
16. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m16.105s   + 1.727s     8
17. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m16.427s   + 2.049s    26
18. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m16.933s   + 2.555s    17
19. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault      1m17.902s   + 3.524s    20
20. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault      1m18.102s   + 3.724s    20
21. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth     1m18.706s   + 4.328s    22
22. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth     1m19.228s   + 4.850s    22

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107639

Qualifying

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                  Time       Gap [/b]      
 1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m13.876s
 2. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m13.967s + 0.091s
 3. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m13.980s + 0.104s
 4. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m14.181s + 0.305s
 5. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m14.822s + 0.946s
 6. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m14.824s + 0.948s
 7. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      1m15.138s + 1.262s
 8. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m15.383s + 1.507s
 9. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m15.647s + 1.771s
10. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m15.703s + 1.827s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m17.748s                               Gap ** 
11. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari        1m18.331s + 2.343s
12. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m18.344s + 2.356s
13. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m18.603s + 2.615s
14. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m19.077s + 3.089s
15. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault      1m19.408s + 3.420s
16. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m21.688s + 5.700s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m26.095s                                Gap * 
17. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 	1m26.322s + 2.870s
18. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault      1m26.633s + 3.181s
19. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.917s + 3.465s
20. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.303s + 3.851s
21. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth
22. Felipe Massa          Ferrari

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107643

Race

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team/Car                  Time/Gap[/b]
 1.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              2h17m52.056s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault          + 3.888s
 3.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault          + 6.314s
 4.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes                 + 13.894s
 5.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes     + 21.477s
 6.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes         + 23.103s
 7.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari                  + 26.734s
 8.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari       + 27.223s
 9.  Paul Di Resta        Force India-Mercedes     + 27.608s
10.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault            + 36.582s
11.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari           + 42.572s
12.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault         + 42.691s
13.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari           + 43.212s
14.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth        + 49.885s
15.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault       + 1m02.590s

[b]Retirements:[/b]

     Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes           72 laps
     Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault              63 laps
     Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         61 laps
     Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth          58 laps
     Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault           44 laps
     Felipe Massa         Ferrari                    28 laps
     Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault            7 laps

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107681

Duke · 21 May 2013 at 19:03

Don't forget practice is on the Thursday like normal at Monaco.

Tenzo · 21 May 2013 at 20:15

Thanks Duke

Skeeter · 21 May 2013 at 20:47

Woo. I love Monaco.

But why is the DRS detection point so far before the zone? Its got the pit entry between the two as well. I don't understand why the detection and activation line aren't the same. The system doesn't need 10 seconds to figure out if the driver gets DRS.

tummelv · 21 May 2013 at 20:48

Wonder if Caterham or Marussia could finally get a point this year? They're closer than ever and the tyre deg could spice things up a lot.

edit: @Skeeter

That's a ridiculous place to have it considering it's such a short straight with very little overtaking potential at the end.

Guerrilla · 21 May 2013 at 21:00

Yay, thanks Duke

Merlin5 · 21 May 2013 at 21:28

Thanks for the thread, Duke.

Duke said:
Don't forget practice is on the Thursday like normal at Monaco.

Didn't know this was a Monaco tradition, why is that?

Also, Monaco..meh. Usually pretty boring as there's little to no overtaking.
BUT, I'll still be watching!

Duke · 21 May 2013 at 21:58

Merlin5 said:
Didn't know this was a Monaco tradition, why is that?

Can't remember why, think it has always been that way.

SKILL · 21 May 2013 at 22:58

Yay for the most boring race of the season \o/

On the plus side, as a Hamilton fan, with the complete lack of overtaking here and the Merc's qually pace maybe he'll be able to get a decent place even when his tyres just melt away, or is that wishful thinking?

dannyjo22 · 21 May 2013 at 23:33

Duke said:
Can't remember why, think it has always been that way.

Because 3 consecutive days of this track with no break sent people into a coma. Only race of the season I can't stand

Utterly pointless and should be a non championship prize fund race.

413x · 22 May 2013 at 00:05

Will lotus and ferrari have the balls to go with one stop if it's viable?

The_Abyss · 22 May 2013 at 00:08

Duke said:
Can't remember why, think it has always been that way.

I believe it is pit lane management. GP2 and / or Porsche races on the same weekend cannot share the same pit area as at other tracks, due to the limited space in Monaco.

The opposing more cynical view would be that they get the tourists in the casinos and shops for an extra day

The_Abyss · 22 May 2013 at 00:13

Woohoo - me and the g/f are in O by Piscine, between turns 14 and 15. One of the best changes of direction in F1 (although the race is likely to be a bit pants). Fingers crossed for good weather.

People talk about the Trulli train, but Mark Webber's win in 2012 was just as bad IMO. He cruised around in 1.19 for most laps of the race. Given the criticism about driving within the limit in 2013, it will be interesting to see how this race compares with last year.

Indy500 · 22 May 2013 at 04:03

The difference was Trulli actually qualified on pole in 2004 (and he was driving the third\fourth best car against the MS\Ferrari juggernaut). Webber inherited the position after Schumacher's grid penalty.

Should be some amusing brain fades and safety car periods as is the norm for Monaco lately. Might even watch it

Thomas. PLease. · 22 May 2013 at 07:38

I can't see Merc even winning this, surely they'll just get jumped in the pits at some point?

Skeeter · 22 May 2013 at 08:30

Thomas. PLease. said:
I can't see Merc even winning this, surely they'll just get jumped in the pits at some point?

I expect so. This isnt going to be a 1 stopper. Paul Hembrey thinks the super softs will only be good for one lap!

drunkenmaster · 22 May 2013 at 09:09

Indy500 said:
The difference was Trulli actually qualified on pole in 2004 (and he was driving the third\fourth best car against the MS\Ferrari juggernaut). Webber inherited the position after Schumacher's grid penalty.

Should be some amusing brain fades and safety car periods as is the norm for Monaco lately. Might even watch it

Webber was also purposefully holding everyone up to help Vettel move up the grid, which worked very very well for Vettel, though according to Vettel after his stealing the win this year incident, Webber never helps him... ****.

I don't know, the biggest problem with brain fade is the tiniest mistake when you are pushing the car to the edge, once again because of the tyres this year the cars won't be pushing to the edge, they will be so far from the edge it will take a pretty drastic mistake to cause safety cars. We've had YEARS of safety cars ruining races, yet not one this season, there is a reason. Maybe some rain will do it

Thomas. PLease. said:
I can't see Merc even winning this, surely they'll just get jumped in the pits at some point?

jumped at the pits, possibly, its not the fastest track, nor the best circuit to heat up tyres and go out and do an awesome outlap, and the pit lane exit while slow also lets you cut the corner. If you get ahead even with colder tyres and less grip it will be very hard for someone to jump them.

I assume Merc will slip back but, well look at last track, while slower Rosberg was holding them up then those harder tyres for both drivers didn't wear down quicker, they just never actually turned on to get them speed. That was last year their worst race pretty much as well, Monaco was from what I recall, less bad on the Merc to start with, so also shouldn't be as bad this year. If they can do what happened last week, keep ahead and the tyres don't randomly not work for the car then it will be more like the first stint last week throughout the race, but a FAR harder to pass at track. The real problem would likely be guys doing less stops, Kimi might have the ultimate advantage here with less stops and guys doing more stops dropping back and needing to overtake.

deuse · 22 May 2013 at 10:26

Thanks Duke. Could this be the first win for Merc? but I do hope they get a top 5.

smr · 22 May 2013 at 10:38

Woooooohooooooooo Formula 1 weekend

Thanks Duke

Nightglow · 22 May 2013 at 10:42

Thanks Duke.

Perfect excuse for a lazy weekend.