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

Just caught up by watching the extended highlights on BBC. Not a bad race, although it seemed over quick as they cut out all the time behind the safety car :p

A bit slow and boring up front but very close (too close for some ;)) racing in the pack behind. Force India looked quick around here.

Onwards to Canada - one of my fav GPs.
 
Jon Noble ‏@NobleF1 3m

Monaco GP stewards are to prepare report for FIA over Merc secret tyre test. Matter could then go International Tribunal. Story soon

Jon Noble Jon Noble ‏@NobleF1 20m

Nico Rosberg's Monaco GP win is safe despite tyre test protests. FIA result is official. Protest a totally separate matter
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Flibster said:
FOM to consider live streaming.

http://f1broadcasting.wordpress.com...anagement-may-consider-live-streaming-online/
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Can't see it being more expensive than the amount you need to chuck at Sky if you only want to watch the F1! I'd certainly be interested if it is around £5 a race weekend. Ofcourse what included extras beyond the race itself would make a big difference.

As it stands I just can't even consider the Sky option considering I watch nothing else on tv bar Top Gear and some other motorsport that's all freeview.
 
It's going to be interesting watching Hamiltons whole demeanor now he's getting out qualified and beaten by Rosberg. It's kind of similar when Button beat him initially at Mclaren and he pretended he was ok with it while the Mclaren relationship got worse.

Button too I think will come more and more under pressure from Perez.
 
dannyjo22 said:
It's going to be interesting watching Hamiltons whole demeanor now he's getting out qualified and beaten by Rosberg. It's kind of similar when Button beat him initially at Mclaren and he pretended he was ok with it while the Mclaren relationship got worse.

Button too I think will come more and more under pressure from Perez.
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It will indeed, Button seems very unhappy already.

The problem with Hamilton is that for pure racing speed he can't be matched, but in the new tyre management climate, he just can't deal with it well - even when tyres were very durable he would often need an extra pitstop over everyone else around him.
 
Mr Men said:
So it seems the FIA did not actually know about this test going ahead at all, very very strange.
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Really? Even though they started almost immediately after the Grand Prix and are saying they got confirmation (I assume mercedes/pirelli didn't specially request it, but assumed it was covered under Pirelli's contract). All very strange - I can't imagine a team trying to test in secret since it is always going to get out.
 
Only just watched the race, sky+'d it.

Great win for Nico. Should have been a Mercedes one-two.

Interested to hear the outcome of this investigation. Didn't someone say Ferrari did the same thing after Bahrein?
 
So what Pirelli should have done is to borrow the current Mercedes car and use their own test driver? Wikipedia says Lucas di Grassi and Jaime Alguersuari are their two test drivers.
 
Wrt: Grosjean, I still think he's getting better, but hardly surprising that someone who is known for having issues with not crashing crashed at Monaco. Given the rest of this season though I do feel he has improved compared to last year, AND if he manages to do as he has done so far this season continuing with how he's performed this year so far, I don't see why there's an issue keeping him in an f1 car, and generally last year I would have said get him off the grid 100%.

Perez is being a bit young and hot headed though. Don't think he deserves the car he's in tbh.

kd
 
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