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

el_dazza · 26 May 2013 at 15:27

Skillmister said:
I thought Nico had won a race before? Is crofty an idiot or me?

Yep, china last year.

Merlin5 · 26 May 2013 at 15:28

Worth getting on the podium just to get a kiss from Charlene.

G-MAN2004 · 26 May 2013 at 15:29

Princess Charlene. Oh wow. I'd prefer coming second just to get a kiss from her!

smr · 26 May 2013 at 15:31

Wonder if merc will start putting more eggs in nicos side of the garage now....

Skeeter · 26 May 2013 at 15:32

Have the drivers decided to boycott the podium interviews?

Locky · 26 May 2013 at 15:33

smr said:
Wonder if merc will start putting more eggs in nicos side of the garage now....

Seems you don't like Hamilton? going by past posts :rolleyes:

Jono8 · 26 May 2013 at 15:33

smr said:
Wonder if merc will start putting more eggs in nicos side of the garage now....

What because Nico beat him by a 100th of a second in qualifying and Hamilton got robbed of second place? Doubtful.

Flibster · 26 May 2013 at 15:34

I can't see how the protest about the test would affect this race result.

From what I've read online, All the teams were contacted last year about the possibility of being offered the opportunity to test and many didn't reply. Red Bull were one of the non responders.

Mercedes were one of the teams who said yes.
As did Ferrari who apparently did a test at the start of the year, but in a 2010 car.

Pirelli asked for a representative car. That's exactly what they got.

If they asked the FIA, and they said yes to running the 2013 car, then there's no problem.

Psycho Ned · 26 May 2013 at 15:34

Skeeter said:
Have the drivers decided to boycott the podium interviews?

I was expecting Prost having a go at it to be cringe TV, maybe they thought it would be as well

DC and Brundle are ok at them, everyone else they've tried is pretty hopeless!

Skeeter · 26 May 2013 at 15:34

smr said:
Wonder if merc will start putting more eggs in nicos side of the garage now....

They aren't going to be a championship contender unless they sort out their tyre wear at higher cornering load tracks. They have 2 quite equal drivers, no point in focusing on one.

smr · 26 May 2013 at 15:34

Hope toto finishes with "astalavista red bull"

Skeeter · 26 May 2013 at 15:38

Flibster said:
I can't see how the protest about the test would affect this race result.

From what I've read online, All the teams were contacted last year about the possibility of being offered the opportunity to test and many didn't reply. Red Bull were one of the non responders.

Mercedes were one of the teams who said yes.
As did Ferrari who apparently did a test at the start of the year, but in a 2010 car.

Pirelli asked for a representative car. That's exactly what they got.

If they asked the FIA, and they said yes to running the 2013 car, then there's no problem.

Exactly. All the teams knew about the test, all the teams knew Mercedes were running a 2013 car. They just leave it to the last possible moment to kick up a fuss in the hope of unsettling the team to get an advantage in the race.

It's all part of the game. If anyone should be annoyed it Ferrari for not realizing they could run a 2013 car when they tested in Bahrain.

One things for sure, Pirelli are going to be spoilt for choice for teams for any further tests they do

Flibster · 26 May 2013 at 15:45

Oooh.. Bitchy Vettel.

Was expecting two silver arrows but got two busses going for a cruise...

May have been two busses, but they were still faster than you...

Guerrilla · 26 May 2013 at 15:47

Webber is gutted that he had his good start where he couldn't make the most if it

Kenai · 26 May 2013 at 15:48

Flibster said:
Oooh.. Bitchy Vettel.

Was expecting two silver arrows but got two busses going for a cruise...

May have been two busses, but they were still faster than you...

Surely a dodgy comment when anyone could just respond with 'So how does it feel to lose to a bus?' Just setting yourself up for a fall with that one

Cavallino · 26 May 2013 at 15:55

G-MAN2004 said:
Princess Charlene. Oh wow. I'd prefer coming second just to get a kiss from her!

I think Vettel is loving today. A kiss from a beautiful princess and the only ground he has lost is to Nico who is nowhere near the fight for the WDC.

Today will feel like a win to Vettel.

Flibster · 26 May 2013 at 15:58

Raikkonen called to the stewards for driving too fast while under the safety car.

Grosjean and Ricciardo also called to the stewards.

CaptainRAVE · 26 May 2013 at 16:00

Flibster said:
Raikkonen called to the stewards for driving too fast while under the safety car.

Grosjean and Ricciardo also called to the stewards.

Mercedes going too, along with red bull, ferrari and Pirelli.

Flibster · 26 May 2013 at 16:04

Horner in the RTL interview to Niki Lauda:
"Congratulations the test has obviously helped you"

Toto Wolff's response when the interviewer told him what Horner said:
"The word sore loser is what comes to my mind"

FrankJH · 26 May 2013 at 16:07

Skeeter said:
Exactly. All the teams knew about the test, all the teams knew Mercedes were running a 2013 car. They just leave it to the last possible moment to kick up a fuss in the hope of unsettling the team to get an advantage in the race.

It's all part of the game. If anyone should be annoyed it Ferrari for not realizing they could run a 2013 car when they tested in Bahrain.

One things for sure, Pirelli are going to be spoilt for choice for teams for any further tests they do

I get the point about teams not responding so how can they complain now - I still feel uneasy about the tyre testing rules stating a 2 year old car should be used however Merc using a current 2013 car.

This to me is what needs to be looked at

(as long as the same chassis is used, its irrelevant to Pirelli what car is used in the tests - however there is a huge benefit to the team getting to test tyres potentially for the next race, even on a different circuit, on their current car)