+++ The Official Italian (Monza) Grand Prix Thread 2015 +++

[MartG]

suffolk009 said:

I read elsewhere that the stewards have handed out a total of 168 grid place penalties.

Crazy !

[ajprice]

This popped up on my Facebook feed today. Montoya's 2004 Monza fastest lap and Hamilton's 2015 FP2 fastest lap. There's a 5 second difference in lap time. https://youtu.be/bWhY5K89PwI

[The Nur]

Oh that sound...

[PDP76]

I really miss that sound.

[noell35]

What time should the race finish in normal circumstances?

[VWDaz86]

lewis was the only one to not remove his cap for the wilson remembrance moment, bit disrespectful imo, and i'm a lewis fan.

[Smollet]

VWDaz86 said:

lewis was the only one to not remove his cap for the wilson remembrance moment, bit disrespectful imo, and i'm a lewis fan.

Perhaps he's embarrassed about his new coiffure.

[anonymous-user]

VWDaz86 said:

lewis was the only one to not remove his cap for the wilson remembrance moment, bit disrespectful imo, and i'm a lewis fan.

Not as bad as the on screen graphics by FOM. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CONrpeWWwAANxrU.jpg

[VWDaz86]

Smollet said:

Perhaps he's embarrassed about his new coiffure.

more than likely, but if he wants to keep it hidden, why do it in the first place?

[Davie_GLA]

VWDaz86 said:

more than likely, but if he wants to keep it hidden, why do it in the first place?

Feel asleep at a party?

[rscott]

MikeyC said:

more 'random' penalties applied: Max Verstappen given a drive through penalty for 'ussafe release'

given the poor top speed of the Renault engined cars, is there much point in him bothering to start the race ?

edit: ah yes, there's always the McHondas to beat

The team sent Verstappen out with only half the retainers fitted to the engine cover - they 'hoped' it would hold it. I don't think the penalty is pretty reasonable under those circumstances..

[paolow]

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Not as bad as the on screen graphics by FOM. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CONrpeWWwAANxrU.jpg[/q...

By Christ that's awful.....

[Derek Smith]

Nice bit about P Gethin. He took me and my lads from police driving school out in a Sierra 4x4. Tremendous driver. This was in the late 80s. Tremendously scarey.

[JonRB]

Cool piece about Peter Gethin's son getting to drive his dad's BRM round Monza.

[2004sti]

Does anyone know of any streams for this race? We're in France and can't seem to find anywhere that's showing it.

[JonRB]

2004sti said:

Does anyone know of any streams for this race? We're in France and can't seem to find anywhere that's showing it.

Sky Go?

£6.99 for a one-day pass if you aren't on Sky. Stream live to your tablet, PC, etc.

[2004sti]

We've got Sky Go, it won't let us view since we're not in the U.K.

[JonRB]

2004sti said:

We've got Sky Go, it won't let us view since we're not in the U.K.

Well that's a pisser. Can you go through a proxy to make it look like you are in the UK?

[Zoobeef]

I used an IP blocker app for the last race as I was in Santorini.

[swisstoni]

Vaud said:

Doink said:

Jasandjules said:

Does anyone else think that the Ponies are going to get the jump on Lewis and go for it into turn one, to the roar of the crowd?

Probably, Lewis might not even put up too much resistance either, Nico was asked about what he could do from forth, he answered the Ferraris wouldn't be a problem but he has no chance with Lewis, so even with an inferior engine to Lewis he still thinks he has the legs for Ferrari so if that's the case it would appear Lewis would be able to drive around the Ferraris whenever he chose to

Or if you are Lewis, be worried about the same engine fault occurring on yours. Ferrari might have the legs on Nico (might) - a Ferrari 1/2 and electrify Monza.

I think you might be right. Merc might let them have their day in the sun so they can nurse their engines. Would be a shame - I'm looking forward to this race more than most this year.