The Official 2016 Monaco Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**
Discussion
rubystone said:
Vaud said:
Schumacher was normally pretty calm and pragmatic IIRC, as was Hakkinen.
No he wasn't! Hakkinen, yes, Schumacher not! I've not heard LH rubbishing the car or criticising the team for lack of reliability. That said, after what the car gave him for two seasons, he'd have a bit of a cheek.
I'm one of those wondering where this superb chassis let down by the engine that the McLaren was supposed to be, has got to.
Why am I so gullible as to have believed it? It's not as if it is the first time.
I can see a problem at the first corner regardless of what LH says. If DR moves over to block NR . . .
That said, I'm not going to watch it live despite being in premises with Sky Sports. I'll wait for the highlights.
As much as I dislike Hamilton, he has been very restrained in his criticism of Mercedes so far this year; ok, so he is constrained in that he can't openly tear into his team for their sloppy preparation / components running right on the edge of reliability. I'm not suggesting a conspiracy, but Hamilton's car looks like a Friday afternoon job and it has held him back from properly racing Rosberg at nearly every turn, I'm not surprised he is feeling dejected.
Max V. was looking pretty scrappy out there, I was surprised he stacked it so early, the slo-mo shot of the snapped track rod flapping as the car piled into the barrier about was pretty impressive.
Great result for Ricciardo, very happy for him. McLaren's talk of an amazing chassis that would shine through seems to have been a smoke screen, their car is looking very average now.
Max V. was looking pretty scrappy out there, I was surprised he stacked it so early, the slo-mo shot of the snapped track rod flapping as the car piled into the barrier about was pretty impressive.
Great result for Ricciardo, very happy for him. McLaren's talk of an amazing chassis that would shine through seems to have been a smoke screen, their car is looking very average now.
deadslow said:
Hungrymc said:
I think he's been ever so restrained about how poor the reliability and preparation of his car has been.
Have you seen what he gets paid? I daresay he opens his mouth to decry Merc and he's out the door pronto.I also think he's made enough money to have a lovely life if he never earns another penny, and could command an ample contract at any of the teams. The frustration is evidence that his motivation is taking wins and world titles not the money. Your argument would make a lot more sense if you'd said he wants to take titles so is desperate not to upset the manufacturer of the best package at present. But once again, that doesn't make him sound like enough of a tosser does it.
NJK44 said:
Dr Z said:
Just watching C4 highlights, Hamilton just denied that Rosberg had the same problem as him as the team has said. Interesting.
I hope this isn't true, but seriously f**k Mercedes if it is. I'll tell you what confuses me... Vettel barks over the radio that the car is worse than before... LH doesn't say a word but we have pages discussing his petulance and stating he's a cry baby. Pistonheads; lunacy matters.
At this stage of the season; I'd be fking fuming if I were Lewis; he's not even had a fighting chance most of the year and he's most certainly been a lot more restrained than almost any driver on the grid. I remember when Button had a car go wrong a couple times in the row; he wasn't light and smiles.
People on this forum are very odd. Very odd indeed.
As for the race... COME ON DR!!!
At this stage of the season; I'd be fking fuming if I were Lewis; he's not even had a fighting chance most of the year and he's most certainly been a lot more restrained than almost any driver on the grid. I remember when Button had a car go wrong a couple times in the row; he wasn't light and smiles.
People on this forum are very odd. Very odd indeed.
As for the race... COME ON DR!!!
LDN said:
I'll tell you what confuses me... Vettel barks over the radio that the car is worse than before... LH doesn't say a word but we have pages discussing his petulance and stating he's a cry baby. Pistonheads; lunacy matters.
At this stage of the season; I'd be fking fuming if I were Lewis; he's not even had a fighting chance most of the year and he's most certainly been a lot more restrained than almost any driver on the grid. I remember when Button had a car go wrong a couple times in the row; he wasn't light and smiles.
People on this forum are very odd. Very odd indeed.
As for the race... COME ON DR!!!
He's the most talented British driver for years, who got to where he is on pure talent, not money or connections.At this stage of the season; I'd be fking fuming if I were Lewis; he's not even had a fighting chance most of the year and he's most certainly been a lot more restrained than almost any driver on the grid. I remember when Button had a car go wrong a couple times in the row; he wasn't light and smiles.
People on this forum are very odd. Very odd indeed.
As for the race... COME ON DR!!!
He doesn't insist on No.1 status and just wants a level playing field.
You've got to hate someone like that surely?
swisstoni said:
He's the most talented British driver for years, who got to where he is on pure talent, not money or connections.
He doesn't insist on No.1 status and just wants a level playing field.
You've got to hate someone like that surely?
I really hate the way he will always go for an overtake too. And do his talking on track. What a t**t....... I mean, who wants to watch someone driving it like they stole it......He doesn't insist on No.1 status and just wants a level playing field.
You've got to hate someone like that surely?
As to Ted, at least he gave her directions.... And I think Markus seems to quite like chatting to him...
swisstoni said:
He's the most talented British driver for years, who got to where he is on pure talent, not money or connections.
are you having a giraffe? I'd say he got where he is because of pure talent, money and connections. LH clearly showed talent from a very young age and then benefitted from the kind of support dreams are made of.
Can't help to think something went wrong when Merc turned the volume up for Q3 and both cars suffered the same issue.
Inch perfect drive from DR - hope he does the job tomorrow.
Max had his piles pushed back today - hello earth.
Dr Z said:
REALIST123 said:
Dr Z said:
hairyben said:
Dr Z said:
Mega lap from Ricciardo. Very pleased for him. Hamilton was also looking good but Ric was mega in S3.
Both were looking 10/10's, hamilton seemed to lose it in S3, I wonder if it was just ric/RB being better there, or if hamilton made an error, or his tyres were showing their age after his unusual several warmup lamp strat.But hadn't it been said that the Mercs' front tyres were starting to give up towards the end of their fast laps, so the extra lap or two could have made a difference, and explain the last sector fall off?
These were the sector times:
Driver | Sector 1 | Sector 2 | Sector 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Ricciardo | 19.532 | 34.693 | 19.397 |
Rosberg | 19.486 | 34.699 | 19.606 |
Hamilton | 19.349 | 34.778 | 19.653 |
By the end of S1/S2 Hamilton was half a tenth up on Rosberg and a tenth up on Ricciardo. Hamilton only lost half a tenth to Rosberg on the final sector--the kind of gap you often see in a clear run, so I'm less inclined to believe the tyres going away in S3 explanation.
May be he could have pulled it out of the bag, who knows? If he had got pole though after all the Q3 stuff, it would have gone down as one of his greatest performances.
Jasandjules said:
swisstoni said:
He's the most talented British driver for years, who got to where he is on pure talent, not money or connections.
He doesn't insist on No.1 status and just wants a level playing field.
You've got to hate someone like that surely?
I really hate the way he will always go for an overtake too. And do his talking on track. What a t**t....... I mean, who wants to watch someone driving it like they stole it......He doesn't insist on No.1 status and just wants a level playing field.
You've got to hate someone like that surely?
As to Ted, at least he gave her directions.... And I think Markus seems to quite like chatting to him...
Colin mcrae and carl fogarty both pottential win it or bin it specialists.
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