Poll: Official 2023 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread - Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo- Round 7

[UTmaniac]

A little surprised there hasn't been any talk of trying a time trial here instead of a super sprint, say three cars max on the track at any one time (grouped according to current drivers championship table). Cumilative time of ~8 laps, close to ten mins on track per group.

 

[visibleman]

But it does do a good job of showing how oversized and over-heavy these cars are...

I still really like the track but i think you're right in that todays cars don't really suit it now; (imo) races were better at Monaco back in the 80's to 00's.

 

[jaybee]

Read the title "...race 6/22" and thought this was the next race but not till June 22nd and you were using American date format. "Race 6 of 22" would be better imo, just saying. Probs doesn't fit though. Anyway...

I always say I cba with this race but end up watching like an obedient F1 fan slave. I think I truly will do something better with my weekend and not waste hours. Youtube "highlights" will do me.

Prediction: Max P1. Checo P2. Alonso P3. Both Ferrari's crash. Lewis hates his tyres and Christian gives 13 interviews during the race with at least 5 times claiming "it's going to be interesting" which we know at Monaco, only relates to the after party.

 

[Mr Jack]

Apparently McLaren have already thrown this race:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1661039279823257600

 

[GravyMonster]

A little surprised there hasn't been any talk of trying a time trial here instead of a super sprint, say three cars max on the track at any one time (grouped according to current drivers championship table). Cumilative time of ~8 laps, close to ten mins on track per group.

Not sure why you're surprised no ones talking about that - it's a rally stage, not grand prix racing.

 

[Feek]

They've just shown the 2019 race on Sky F1. That was a real procession. The highlight was seeing Seb pass Prince Albert the big bottle of bubbly so he could take a swig

 

[cuke2u]

Monaco is what it is and one for the drivers, the glitz and the glam. I happen to like it...

 

[413x]

Read the title "...race 6/22" and thought this was the next race but not till June 22nd and you were using American date format. "Race 6 of 22" would be better imo, just saying. Probs doesn't fit though. Anyway...

I always say I cba with this race but end up watching like an obedient F1 fan slave. I think I truly will do something better with my weekend and not waste hours. Youtube "highlights" will do me.

Prediction: Max P1. Checo P2. Alonso P3. Both Ferrari's crash. Lewis hates his tyres and Christian gives 13 interviews during the race with at least 5 times claiming "it's going to be interesting" which we know at Monaco, only relates to the after party.

I certainly won't watch it live. I never watch races live when weather is good.

Still deciding on cancelling f1tv as c4 highlights are ideal length and get same. Commentary

 

[cainer]

It's a shame China's not in the schedule for this season, i just watched a replay of the 2016 race and it was very entertaining with lots of overtakes,
gonna watch the race from 2017 now, and maybe the race from 2018 this evening
racereplay dot net if anyone wants to watch other past races, they have them all, i assume i can post that as they don't live stream

 

[englishpremier]

Opening post is much better without F2 and F3 or whatever mixed in with F1 times.

Always used to like Monaco, but it's gone the same way as most of the other races in the past years/decade.

Still, hope it rains.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Still, hope it rains.

So they can cancel it?

 

[chrismscotland]

If the latest forecast is borne out then Sunday could be interesting.

 

[uscool]

Looking forward how they get on with this

New MercedesAMGF1 sidepods comparisons

https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/status/1661643312166576128?s=20

 

[Mr Jack]

Looking forward how they get on with this

Interesting, looks like a combination of the Ferrari and Aston Martin concepts rather than following the Red Bull style. Not much of an undercut but a bowled top surface and a sharp downward slope.

 

[englishpremier]

Apparently McLaren have already thrown this race:

I don't really get the triple crown stuff. Should only count if holding them all at once. Otherwise it's just you once up on a time held a crown, then lost it, and later got another crown, then lost it, the later another.

 

[Greboth]

Got to laugh that over a year of it isn't the no pod design, the first major upgrade they bring in 2023 is pods

Hopefully it brings some performance though it'll be hard to judge around here.

 

[cuke2u]

Got to laugh that over a year of it isn't the no pod design, the first major upgrade they bring in 2023 is pods

Hopefully it brings some performance though it'll be hard to judge around here.

If they've brought in some changes to improve their mechanical grip then possibly there might be a improvement. There are some changes to the front suspension so it's feasible if it's dry, but Monaco being Monaco it will all depend upon where they qualify. It is a circuit where a drivers skill counts for a lot, and we know Lewis has that in heaps so I'm expecting there might be surprises in qualifying less influenced by the car. Having said that the Mclaren is actually as good as the Red Bull in lower speed corners, less so in higher speed ones, and top speed - obviously.
You never know but we could see one of their cars at the sharp end of the grid.

 

[DRZ]

Got to laugh that over a year of it isn't the no pod design, the first major upgrade they bring in 2023 is pods

Hopefully it brings some performance though it'll be hard to judge around here.

Given the whole cars work as one aerodynamic system, it could feasibly be that in isolation the pod/no pod comparison isn't a problem but that they/RB/everyone else realised some advantage which meant the zero pod approach didn't work with whatever that might be and the net effect is a large performance delta...

 

[englishpremier]

Got to laugh that over a year of it isn't the no pod design, the first major upgrade they bring in 2023 is pods

Hopefully it brings some performance though it'll be hard to judge around here.

During testing when he car was first shown without pods, weren't people saying "oh they are worth up to 0.5s a lap".

 

[Mr Jack]

During testing when he car was first shown without pods, weren't people saying "oh they are worth up to 0.5s a lap".

Maybe they were; but they caused so much compromise elsewhere that they lost more than they gained.