Official 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**

[Jordie Barretts sock]

TheDeuce said:

Kart16 said:

Nova Gyna said:

And we’re back to “lulu”

Max/RBR fans are so effortlessly offensive

Jeez that is awful.

Grow up children, surely you're better than that?

As it has descended into childish wk. I'm off.

Thank you for your company this afternoon. See you next week until the under 10s arrive.

[TheDeuce]

g4ry13 said:

732NM said:

procession fest next stop. Monaco.

I watched some of the Historic race there last weekend and it made such a change to see skinny cars passing each other. Just impossible with these F1 cars and i've never enjoyed the race or bought into the "tension" seeing one car closely follow another for the lead.

It's all about quali in Monaco, which is always fun. The GP is just a love letter to the history of the sport, nothing wrong with having one token race a year for the sake of tradition is there?

[TheDeuce]

Adrian W said:

TheDeuce said:

Max/RBR fans are so effortlessly offensive

I just assumed we weren't feeding trolls

Apologies.

[PlywoodPascal]

What were the crowd chanting during max’s post race interview? The interviewer was grimacing and the sound was faded out. They also faded it out during be podium ceremony.

[Nova Gyna]

732NM said:

Snappy89 said:

Alonso was half a second slower than GR's fastest in the end. Wasn't even close.

Obvious team decision to gain more points in the constructors. Of course George doesn't care about that. He can be a short sighted silly lad.

All those laps trudging around in the Williams, hoping against hope he gets the call-up to the top team, only to get there and find it’s all turned to st.

It’s no wonder he’s a bit uppity from time to time.

[Nova Gyna]

TheDeuce said:

Adrian W said:

TheDeuce said:

Max/RBR fans are so effortlessly offensive

I just assumed we weren't feeding trolls

Apologies.

Yes. Sorry.

[RichB]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

TheDeuce said:

Kart16 said:

Nova Gyna said:

And we’re back to “lulu”

Max/RBR fans are so effortlessly offensive

Jeez that is awful. Grow up children, surely you're better than that? As it has descended into childish wk. I'm off.
Thank you for your company this afternoon. See you next week until the under 10s arrive.

I'm afraid that Kart bloke is a complete WUM.

[g4ry13]

TheDeuce said:

g4ry13 said:

732NM said:

procession fest next stop. Monaco.

I watched some of the Historic race there last weekend and it made such a change to see skinny cars passing each other. Just impossible with these F1 cars and i've never enjoyed the race or bought into the "tension" seeing one car closely follow another for the lead.

It's all about quali in Monaco, which is always fun. The GP is just a love letter to the history of the sport, nothing wrong with having one token race a year for the sake of tradition is there?

It's purely financial and to get the "glam".

I would say we have many token races in the season already.

From a safety perspective; the cars have well and truly outgrown the track. But we'll always race there until enough bad stuff happens.

[TheDeuce]

g4ry13 said:

TheDeuce said:

g4ry13 said:

732NM said:

procession fest next stop. Monaco.

I watched some of the Historic race there last weekend and it made such a change to see skinny cars passing each other. Just impossible with these F1 cars and i've never enjoyed the race or bought into the "tension" seeing one car closely follow another for the lead.

It's all about quali in Monaco, which is always fun. The GP is just a love letter to the history of the sport, nothing wrong with having one token race a year for the sake of tradition is there?

It's purely financial and to get the "glam".

I would say we have many token races in the season already.

From a safety perspective; the cars have well and truly outgrown the track. But we'll always race there until enough bad stuff happens.

We have a few token races, but none for the same historical reasons as Monaco.

It may be a money spinner but it's also an important link to the sports past imo.

Also the cars are due to start getting smaller 2026 onwards, so who knows - one day the GP might actually make sense again ..

[g4ry13]

TheDeuce said:

g4ry13 said:

TheDeuce said:

g4ry13 said:

732NM said:

procession fest next stop. Monaco.

I watched some of the Historic race there last weekend and it made such a change to see skinny cars passing each other. Just impossible with these F1 cars and i've never enjoyed the race or bought into the "tension" seeing one car closely follow another for the lead.

It's all about quali in Monaco, which is always fun. The GP is just a love letter to the history of the sport, nothing wrong with having one token race a year for the sake of tradition is there?

It's purely financial and to get the "glam".

I would say we have many token races in the season already.

From a safety perspective; the cars have well and truly outgrown the track. But we'll always race there until enough bad stuff happens.

We have a few token races, but none for the same historical reasons as Monaco.

It may be a money spinner but it's also an important link to the sports past imo.

Also the cars are due to start getting smaller 2026 onwards, so who knows - one day the GP might actually make sense again ..

I think Monza & Spa do the historical stuff fine.

I wouldn't mind seeing the cars blast through the Hockenheim forest again.

[Forester1965]

Generally boring race until Norris came out of his pain phase with the tyre and then we could've done with 3 more laps. Think Norris' overdriving cost him the chance of a couple of DRS runs down the back straight.

[Big Nanas]

TheDeuce said:

We have a few token races, but none for the same historical reasons as Monaco.

It may be a money spinner but it's also an important link to the sports past imo.

Also the cars are due to start getting smaller 2026 onwards, so who knows - one day the GP might actually make sense again ..

I know Formula E isn't well liked here, but they race the full Monaco circuit, and it's actually decent racing. The cars and very small and can race very closely, so it can be fun.
Even three-abreast around the hairpin, it's decent stuff.

Remember, F1 at Monaco also means we get a few weeks of extra racing around there, including many of the Historique races, which are great to watch.

[Sixpackpert]

Forester1965 said:

Generally boring race until Norris came out of his pain phase with the tyre and then we could've done with 3 more laps. Think Norris' overdriving cost him the chance of a couple of DRS runs down the back straight.

There was only one DRS zone on the start/finish ‘straight’.

[Adrian W]

Forester1965 said:

Generally boring race until Norris came out of his pain phase with the tyre and then we could've done with 3 more laps. Think Norris' overdriving cost him the chance of a couple of DRS runs down the back straight.

I would argue Norris was on the limit and his tyres were wearing out

[suffolk009]

RichB said:

I you judge the race on places gained (or lost) of the front runners Hamilton gained 2 places, Piastri 1 and Sainz and Russell lost one. Last few laps were fun but Max started at the front and won and Lando challenged him albeit to no avail. No one really stands out as driver of the day.

My driver of the day vote goes to the chap who drove half way across Europe to bag M1K3's free pit pass.

[suffolk009]

g4ry13 said:

TheDeuce said:

g4ry13 said:

732NM said:

procession fest next stop. Monaco.

I watched some of the Historic race there last weekend and it made such a change to see skinny cars passing each other. Just impossible with these F1 cars and i've never enjoyed the race or bought into the "tension" seeing one car closely follow another for the lead.

It's all about quali in Monaco, which is always fun. The GP is just a love letter to the history of the sport, nothing wrong with having one token race a year for the sake of tradition is there?

It's purely financial and to get the "glam".

I would say we have many token races in the season already.

From a safety perspective; the cars have well and truly outgrown the track. But we'll always race there until enough bad stuff happens.

I love watching the whole weekend at Monaco. Obviously the race is a procession. But always fun to see which Sky presenter gets to say "the glitz and the glamour" first. Normally it's Pinkerton.

[Forester1965]

Adrian W said:

I would argue Norris was on the limit and his tyres were wearing out

I'd argue he overcooked it in sector 1 a couple of times (nearly losing it at Villeneuve), overheated the tyres and the rest of those laps didn't gain on Verstappen as he had been doing.

Some said "there's only 1 DRS zone". Yes, but I think Norris could've been within the DRS zone for 2 laps had he not overdriven earlier.

[TheDeuce]

Big Nanas said:

TheDeuce said:

We have a few token races, but none for the same historical reasons as Monaco.

It may be a money spinner but it's also an important link to the sports past imo.

Also the cars are due to start getting smaller 2026 onwards, so who knows - one day the GP might actually make sense again ..

I know Formula E isn't well liked here, but they race the full Monaco circuit, and it's actually decent racing. The cars and very small and can race very closely, so it can be fun.
Even three-abreast around the hairpin, it's decent stuff.

Remember, F1 at Monaco also means we get a few weeks of extra racing around there, including many of the Historique races, which are great to watch.

Jaguar briefly had their e-trophy spec series running iPaces - they were hilarious crashing around the place. Actually PSC is normally good fun there too!

I don't know why people bother to complain tbh. It's obviously a relic in F1 terms but it's a bit of fun, quali is epic and it's 100% not going to leave the calendar so... Get over it

[suffolk009]

Big Nanas said:

I know Formula E isn't well liked here, but they race the full Monaco circuit, and it's actually decent racing. The cars and very small and can race very closely, so it can be fun.
Even three-abreast around the hairpin, it's decent stuff.

Remember, F1 at Monaco also means we get a few weeks of extra racing around there, including many of the Historique races, which are great to watch.

Caterhams. They should race Caterhams around Monaco. That'd be fun.

[732NM]

oh gawd, Pinkham pulled the Monagast card, she is so boring.