Poll: Official 2024 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread - Circuit de Monaco - Race 8/24

[GravyMonster]

Lewis not knowing that outlap is important at a track like this was a proper facepalm moment

Understandable though, given that they'd been telling the drivers to go 4+ seconds slower than they can for the previous 60+ laps

 

[Flibster]

Oh, and Hamilton got the fastest lap.

 

[Basill]

Monaco is just so poor now every year due the car size, good thing Le Mans is just around the corner for some real racing

 

[Flibster]

Verstappen pit radio - Ok, that's that. Well done mate.

Verstappen - I thought the ride was bad yesterday, but this is another level. My body is completely broken.

Horner - Yeah, tough weekend Max. Plenty to take out of it. Probably one of the world's most boring races, unfortunately.

Verstappen - Yeah, that red flag completely destroyed any kind of strategy or what. It was really, really boring there. Just trying to save those tyres in the end, you know.

Pit - Yeah, I think the only car to make an overtake was Stroll.

Verstappen - I had to go to the toilet from lap 20. That was probably the hardest thing of the race.

 

[Quartz]

Totally boring race.

 

[cuke2u]

Sorry but I still want to give it a 5 and I don't feel my opinion should be stolen or dictated to..

 

[Scam]

The Princess is hot. Pretty sure I say that every year.

 

[Flibster]

Is it bad that I still snigger when they say Prince Albert?

 

[JRS]

Understandable though, given that they'd been telling the drivers to go 4+ seconds slower than they can for the previous 60+ laps

Not at all understandable. He's a 7 (8, really) time champion. If he can't figure out for himself by now when it's important to drive faster then may God help him 'cause no other bugger is about to.

 

[cuke2u]

The Princess is hot. Pretty sure I say that every year.

For someone who makes the claim their industry has been cleaned up, objectifying a person shows I was right and it hasn't..

 

[Flibster]

And if the band can't nail this anthem, they'll all be shot.

 

[Tejstar]

Not really a race, but happy for Charles.

 

[KiNgPiN83]

Not at all understandable. He's a 7 (8, really) time champion. If he can't figure out for himself by now when it's important to drive faster then may God help him 'cause no other bugger is about to.

Yeah, he does say some silly stuff during a race sometimes. Unless they told him last minute to pit, subsequently not giving him a chance to push.

 

[Scam]

For someone who makes the claim their industry has been cleaned up, objectifying a person shows I was right and it hasn't..

You ok hun?

 

[Lumeycom]

Such a boring race yet captivating somehow, as always

 

[Scam]

lol Albert joining in. I reckon him and Vasseur will be a menace tonight

 

[GravyMonster]

Monaco is just so poor now every year due the car size, good thing Le Mans is just around the corner for some real racing

It's not the car size that's the problem, the track just isn't suitable for wheel to wheel racing. Even back in 1992 when the cars were 1.8m wide and 3/4s the length and weight, Mansell couldn't get passed Senna on fresh tyres.

Compound that with the tendency for teams to prefer safe strategies of tyre saving to avoid pitstops instead of balls-out racing, then you get processions like we got today.

 

[Flibster]

Prince Albert getting in on the Ferrari sparkling wine spraying.

Normally they're vanished from the podium sharpish.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Sorry but I still want to give it a 5 and I don't feel my opinion should be stolen or dictated to..

You’re meant to rate today’s race, not one that happened in a dream, or a historic one you watched the highlights to when this was on.

 

[Kenai]

I think the poll has provided more entertainment than the 'race' did