Stupid question

[slipstream 1985]

Are there any laws at say Monaco or baku that stop someone who owns a flat or house overlooking the track from just pouring water or leaving a hose to cover the track below?

[anonymous-user]

Just the law of unintended consequences I would imagine!

[S0 What]

Didn't that actually happen one year? somone left a bath running and it soaked the tunnel entrance (oooer missus) or did i dream it

[ralphrj]

In 1981 (I think) the start of the Monaco GP was delayed as there had been a fire in the kitchen of the hotel above the tunnel section.

[TheDeuce]

I guess technically its always the owners liability if they spill/leak water onto the street, its just it doesn't normally matter.

Are you thinking the race could be spiced up a bit if someone over enthusiastically waters their window boxes until the track is submerged?

I've worked in Monaco actually, and the actual chances of anyone that lives there doing anything to cause a problem is pretty much zero. If they did they wouldn't be living there very long after.. it's about the best behaved place in the world. Barring drugs/gambling/prostuitution of course but other than those 'hobbies', no one does anything antisocial. I quite like the place!

[Eric Mc]

ralphrj said:

In 1981 (I think) the start of the Monaco GP was delayed as there had been a fire in the kitchen of the hotel above the tunnel section.

Yes - there was an explosion and fire in the hotel that sits on top of the tunnel - in those days Lowe's Hotel. I remember hearing at the time that a chef had died in the explosion but I've never heard anything since to confirm it.

[anonymous-user]

ralphrj said:

In 1981 (I think) the start of the Monaco GP was delayed as there had been a fire in the kitchen of the hotel above the tunnel section.

Yes, the start was delayed because the track was flooded by the water from the firemen's’ hoses.

[slipstream 1985]

TheDeuce said:

I guess technically its always the owners liability if they spill/leak water onto the street, its just it doesn't normally matter.

Are you thinking the race could be spiced up a bit if someone over enthusiastically waters their window boxes until the track is submerged?

I've worked in Monaco actually, and the actual chances of anyone that lives there doing anything to cause a problem is pretty much zero. If they did they wouldn't be living there very long after.. it's about the best behaved place in the world. Barring drugs/gambling/prostuitution of course but other than those 'hobbies', no one does anything antisocial. I quite like the place!

Yeah well was thinking along the lines of someone placing a massive bet on a driver and watering the corner before their competitor comes through.

[TheDeuce]

slipstream 1985 said:

Yeah well was thinking along the lines of someone placing a massive bet on a driver and watering the corner before their competitor comes through.

I don't think the guys that own balconies overhanging the track need to bother with such tactics to make a few quid.. they really don't need the money.

[Eric Mc]

Despite the fact that most Monaco residents are not short a bob or two, quite a few of them vacate the principality for the week of the GP and rent out their apartments to GP fans.