Poll: Monaco Grand Prix 2017, Monte Carlo - Race 6/20

[Merlin5]

Well that's it then, Vettel is going to be 23 to 25 championship points ahead of Lewis.

 

[Mr Men]

What happened to kimi? I missed it

He pitted which released Seb who put in monster laps and got out ahead of him. Nothing much really.

 

[BuffetSlayer]

Cant call monaco racing when the only overtaking happens in the pits.

 

[SS-89]

Which doesn't matter, when slow Vettel couldn't pass him. If Kimi stayed out for 5 laps then pitted him he'd have kept the lead. It doesn't matter if Vettel is 'quicker', it matters that they pitted them on different strategies. If Kimi pitted 5 laps later than Vettel pitted the lap after, it would be Kimi in the lead.

They need max points haul, kimi was backing Vettel into Bottas and verstappen.

 

[drunkenmaster]

Merc used Bottas to help Lewis in Spain, not any different to what Ferrari might have done today. Crofty might stop crying about it soon hopefully.

They didn't 'use' him, the race played out that his strategy was there. He was so slow on the tires they had put him onto a one stop, meaning they meant for him to stay out that long, Vettel caught him and it helped Hamilton. As Bottas said after the race, he had switched to a one stop and he was helping himself by holding up vettel but then his engine went. If he'd had good pace on the other tires and Vettel had to pit again they wouldn't have been too far back from him, I don't think it was really going to work out but they didn't just go hey, Bottas, drop 20 seconds back from Hamilton to hold up Vettel, Bottas was already that far back because his pace was so bad.

 

[Junglist]

They haven't really cared about history in the past, dumping circuits when it suits them.

We need some of the drivers to start saying that it's unsuitable.

Drop it and return to Turkey, IMO

 

[MooMoo444]

Well that's it then, Vettel is going to be 23 to 25 championship points ahead of Lewis.

It's only race 6 of 20odd, it's nowt. Just frustrating Ferrari using back room team orders so early in the season..

 

[drunkenmaster]

They need max points haul, kimi was backing Vettel into Bottas and verstappen.

A, he wasn't at all, B, you can't pass here, backing people into anyone doesn't matter. Bottas and Verstappen showed immediately poor pace, it was immediately clear the undercut wasn't working and they were in zero danger from them at all.

 

[elmuzzy66.]

Why has no one crashed yet

No pastor!

 

[BuffetSlayer]

It's only race 6 of 20odd, it's nowt. Just frustrating Ferrari using back room team orders so early in the season..

My feelings exactly. Feel sorry for Kimi. His team have totally shafted him.

 

[Jono8]

Kimi given up?

 

[Mr Men]

They didn't 'use' him, the race played out that his strategy was there. He was so slow on the tires they had put him onto a one stop, meaning they meant for him to stay out that long, Vettel caught him and it helped Hamilton. As Bottas said after the race, he had switched to a one stop and he was helping himself by holding up vettel but then his engine went. If he'd had good pace on the other tires and Vettel had to pit again they wouldn't have been too far back from him, I don't think it was really going to work out but they didn't just go hey, Bottas, drop 20 seconds back from Hamilton to hold up Vettel, Bottas was already that far back because his pace was so bad.

They used Bottas to help Lewis win regardless of what you might say.

 

[BuffetSlayer]

Ca

Kimi given up?

Can you blame him? Why bother trying if back room team orders are going to sabotage your chances.

 

[el_dazza]

Already gets a 1/10 from me. Dreadfully boring.

 

[wesley]

Kimi given up?

Not really a race when there is a team order in place. I'd given up too

 

[Mr Men]

It's only race 6 of 20odd, it's nowt. Just frustrating Ferrari using back room team orders so early in the season..

And Bottas moved for Lewis in race 2....

 

[Kelt]

Off to play Company of Heroes until the 500, I'll make sure to let the door hit my ass on the way out.

 

[drunkenmaster]

It's only race 6 of 20odd, it's nowt. Just frustrating Ferrari using back room team orders so early in the season..

If you lose the title by 6 points, then you will look back on this race and be extremely angry at themselves that they didn't do it. I have no real problem with it in this situation, Kimi is no where near and he won't be, he puts in less effort than every other driver, he's flat out bad at multiple race weekends a year, he signed up to be a number 2 for a huge salary. Ferrari did the right thing, it just irks a little.

Every race of the season counts, you can't go to the final 5 races then favour one driver, every single race result counts.

 

[Locky]

Monacrap will never be dropped due to the wealth in the area...

 

[drunkenmaster]

This race is genuinely ridiculous though, there has been, afaik, a single on track pass with Perez passing Stroll and unless I blinked, we didn't see it. One pass the entire race and they haven't shown it.