The Official 2016 Monaco Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**

[heebeegeetee]

Greeny said:

Williams

They made a habit of it.

[em177]

New tyres are mega!

[stemll]

heebeegeetee said:

Greeny said:

Williams

They made a habit of it.

They certainly did, Prost too in 1993

[stephen300o]

Always worth tuning in for the onboard shot at Monaco.

[mollytherocker]

Wow, those tyres!

[Jasandjules]

stephen300o said:

Always worth tuning in for the onboard shot at Monaco.

This is the thing. It may be a bit of a procession as a race BUT when you look at them hitting 100mph plus inches from a barrier, you have to impressed...

[cgt2]

Seems Toto wants to offer a 1 year deal, Rosberg understandably wants longer.

I wonder if Max slotting so comfortably into RB has changed perceptions of young drivers? Merc are obviously keen on Wehrlein and plan on moving him up at some point. Maybe the reason for the last minute testing call? Wehrlein will be a hell of a lot cheaper than Rosberg..

[em177]

Paul Di Resta: "I'm not so keen on manuals myself, better off resting your left foot".

[NRS]

That Red Bull is very strong! Seems like they can do tactics, chassis and car strength very well.

[VolvoT5]

Anyone else watched FP3? I think Merc have more pace than they have been able to show (traffic and errors). Red Bull are looking very strong though. Raikkonen really struggling compared to Vettel which is the first time we have seen that happen this year (seem to be more closely matched so far in 2016).

I wouldn't be surprised if both Merc & Red Bull cars out qualify Ferrari and Raikkonen struggles to get into Q3.

[red_slr]

So after FP3 we have the top 6 which look pretty much like the 6 who most want to win so expect fireworks!
MV / DK might end up on the grid together which should be fun

[Dr Z]

VolvoT5 said:

Anyone else watched FP3? I think Merc have more pace than they have been able to show (traffic and errors). Red Bull are looking very strong though. Raikkonen really struggling compared to Vettel which is the first time we have seen that happen this year (seem to be more closely matched so far in 2016).

I wouldn't be surprised if both Merc & Red Bull cars out qualify Ferrari and Raikkonen struggles to get into Q3.

Was watching. We've seen this script before. I wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes have at least another second in hand. I wouldn't be surprised if Hamilton goes on to break Vettel's pole lap record of 1:13.5. But it won't be a walk in the park for Mercedes. Red Bull/Ricciardo will be very very close. Ferrari looking better, but I would be surprised if they can keep up with Mercedes/Red Bull as pace ramps up in Qualifying. Looking forward to Quali.

ETA: Track temp and Ambient temp during qualifying expected to be highest for the weekend which might help Ferrari just a little bit.

Edited by Dr Z on Saturday 28th May 11:47

[Jasandjules]

VolvoT5 said:

Anyone else watched FP3? I think Merc have more pace than they have been able to show (traffic and errors). Red Bull are looking very strong though. Raikkonen really struggling compared to Vettel which is the first time we have seen that happen this year (seem to be more closely matched so far in 2016).

I wouldn't be surprised if both Merc & Red Bull cars out qualify Ferrari and Raikkonen struggles to get into Q3.

I suspect that the Mercs will turn up the engine another level and take pole by 2ths at least.

[VolvoT5]

More Ferrari reliability woes... Raikkonen getting a new gearbox and 5 place grid penalty.

[oobster]

Looks like a new gearbox for Kimi, down 5 places on the grid

[HustleRussell]

Gah. £10.99 for a now TV pass. Call me muggy mc mug mug.

[hairyben]

FFS why didn't he park it when he could rather than roll so far and dump it there? prat. dump it in the harbour mr. crane operator.

[Vaud]

hairyben said:

FFS why didn't he park it when he could rather than roll so far and dump it there? prat. dump it in the harbour mr. crane operator.

What a childish response.

Who knows, maybe he lost all brake pressure as well. Maybe the team told him to....

[llewop]

hairyben said:

FFS why didn't he park it when he could rather than roll so far and dump it there? prat. dump it in the harbour mr. crane operator.

I was thinking the same, particularly after the replay showed it had let go in the tunnel- there was an escape road right in front of him that he ignored

[HustleRussell]

I don't know why he'd have missed the exit road and straight lined the chicane other than a braking problem.