Official 2024 Monaco Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

[Petrus1983]

Still Mulling said:

Nova Gyna said:

You are Logan Sargeant and I claim my five pounds

Sadly even he's faster than me - and that hurts

Having said that - Logan - if you're seeing this, take the £5 with you buddy.

[suffolk009]

Weird not having Monaco FP on a Thursday.

[PRO5T]

suffolk009 said:

Weird not having Monaco FP on a Thursday.

They haven’t for a few years now.

[suffolk009]

PRO5T said:

suffolk009 said:

Weird not having Monaco FP on a Thursday.

They haven’t for a few years now.

I know. Still feels weird.

[Man-At-Arms]

PRO5T said:

suffolk009 said:

Weird not having Monaco FP on a Thursday.

They haven’t for a few years now.

wasn't it because Friday was the Bank Holiday

[wilksy61]

Bo_apex said:

another 1-2 from Mercedes would be exciting

And people moan about Red Bull's dominance

[paulguitar]

wilksy61 said:

Bo_apex said:

another 1-2 from Mercedes would be exciting

And people moan about Red Bull's dominance

That's all of them from six years, without any other results shown...And why has that screenshot been posted on the Monaco 2024 thread? Merc is absolutely nowhere near the pace and has about as much chance of getting a one-two as Haas.

[HardtopManual]

wilksy61 said:

And people moan about Red Bull's dominance

Obviously, you've noticed that the same Merc driver didn't always win, right?

[Sandpit Steve]

wilksy61 said:

And people moan about Red Bull's dominance

There’s no moaning about Red Bull being the dominant team. The complaints were about the same driver always winning. No-one was complaining in 2015 and 2016, nor back in 1988 and 1989.

[Still Mulling]

So, Monaco...anybody going this year?

[paulguitar]

Sandpit Steve said:

wilksy61 said:

And people moan about Red Bull's dominance

There’s no moaning about Red Bull being the dominant team. The complaints were about the same driver always winning. No-one was complaining in 2015 and 2016, nor back in 1988 and 1989.

Or 2017 (six winners) and 2018 (five winners).

[TheDeuce]

Still Mulling said:

So, Monaco...anybody going this year?

Someone's bound to turn up.

[paulguitar]

Still Mulling said:

So, Monaco...anybody going this year?

I'm not tempted to go. I found Monaco itself a bit underwhelming when I went and with the current very quiet/huge cars I'm pretty sure I would be disappointed at a modern GP.


I might go for the classic one year and maybe if the current mumblings about making the cars lighter and noisy again come to anything (post-2030) I'd consider it.

[TheDeuce]

F2 practice starting now, low grip track conditions.. discussion here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[paulguitar]

[Petrus1983]

paulguitar said:

Still Mulling said:

So, Monaco...anybody going this year?

I'm not tempted to go. I found Monaco itself a bit underwhelming when I went and with the current very quiet/huge cars I'm pretty sure I would be disappointed at a modern GP.


I might go for the classic one year and maybe if the current mumblings about making the cars lighter and noisy again come to anything (post-2030) I'd consider it.

I unashamedly love the Monaco GP - but having friends there definitely helps. A couple of nights at the Cannes film festival (beach picnics, silent movies being shown from a barge just off the coast), before heading up for the GP weekend is a brilliant week away. Racing is so so I guess - but as far as partying on the track late into the night and then watching cars blast around the next day is awesome. But yes, racing wise it's definitely the classic to go for - I watching a lot of this years coverage and feel it's definitely on the list for next year.

[TheDeuce]

Petrus1983 said:

I unashamedly love the Monaco GP - but having friends there definitely helps. A couple of nights at the Cannes film festival (beach picnics, silent movies being shown from a barge just off the coast), before heading up for the GP weekend is a brilliant week away. Racing is so so I guess - but as far as partying on the track late into the night and then watching cars blast around the next day is awesome. But yes, racing wise it's definitely the classic to go for - I watching a lot of this years coverage and feel it's definitely on the list for next year.

That looks like a perfect trip - extra points for the wine on the beach and the balcony view of the track

[Petrus1983]

paulguitar said:

Epic.

[entropy]

Sandpit Steve said:

No-one was complaining in 2015 and 2016, nor back in 1988 and 1989.

There was. There were people complaining and tedious it was always Mercs winning and nobody else; pre-2014 I've seen comments saying 1988/89 wasn't all that great to watch because it was always McLaren winning.

I sympathize with those viewpoints because I don't enjoy MotoGP nowadays as much as I used to in part you have a Ducati bike - regardless of team - winning just about every race.

[Petrus1983]

TheDeuce said:

That looks like a perfect trip - extra points for the wine on the beach and the balcony view of the track

We did it for 4 years straight - but then sadly had to grow up