The Official 2017 Monaco Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**

[daidark]

Vaud said:

Perez is quick, but IIRC he had problems in a high pressure environment - more relaxed at FI so performing.

Sainz - I agree, another possibility.
Grosjean has been disappointing recently. He isn't the brilliant driver that we saw 2 years back.

Be great for sainz to get a chance in a top team like max young and hungry with lots to prove need more younger blood.

[Europa1]

suffolk009 said:

StevieBee said:

New podium!

Quite like what they did before.

The old one was nicer.

As long as it doesn't have Justin Bieber anywhere near it this year, I don't mind...I may have to pop into the "Cringeworthy" thread

[l354uge]

Who had FP2 down for Stroll bingo?

[anonymous-user]

l354uge said:

Who had FP2 down for Stroll bingo?

Half of the press room from what Ted's just said.

[thegreenhell]

REALIST123 said:

l354uge said:

Who had FP2 down for Stroll bingo?

Half of the press room from what Ted's just said.

The other half had FP1?

[TheAngryDog]

REALIST123 said:

l354uge said:

Who had FP2 down for Stroll bingo?

Half of the press room from what Ted's just said.

I know he brings money to Williams, but he must be costing them more in spare parts! Diminishing returns!

[anonymous-user]

TheAngryDog said:

I know he brings money to Williams, but he must be costing them more in spare parts! Diminishing returns!

Has he been that bad though?

[Skii]

What's the logic behind this type of windscreen? Apologies if this has been answered before

[thegreenhell]

tux said:

TheAngryDog said:

I know he brings money to Williams, but he must be costing them more in spare parts! Diminishing returns!

Has he been that bad though?

The team will be more concerned about the lack of points scored. Last year Bottas scored over 50% more points than Massa. So far Stroll has scored zero. That could be the difference between finishing 4th or finishing 8th in the WCC, which could be worth $15m in prize money to the team. On top of that they won't be able.to charge as much for sponsorship following a year of poor performance.

[suffolk009]

thegreenhell said:

tux said:

TheAngryDog said:

I know he brings money to Williams, but he must be costing them more in spare parts! Diminishing returns!

Has he been that bad though?

The team will be more concerned about the lack of points scored. Last year Bottas scored over 50% more points than Massa. So far Stroll has scored zero. That could be the difference between finishing 4th or finishing 8th in the WCC, which could be worth $15m in prize money to the team. On top of that they won't be able.to charge as much for sponsorship following a year of poor performance.

I woudn't worry yourself about that. I'm sure Papa Stroll will just write a cheque to make up any shortfall.

[geeks]

tux said:

TheAngryDog said:

I know he brings money to Williams, but he must be costing them more in spare parts! Diminishing returns!

Has he been that bad though?

Yes I think he has, however so was Maldonado and in a similar fashion as long as he keeps writing cheques, he will keep his seat as Williams really need the cash, sad but true!

[scrwright]

Will it reflect badly on SVD if Jenson out qualifies him on saturday or not? JB is within a wisker of beating him in FP2 despite have to ask how to use the car on the radio

[KevinCamaroSS]

eps said:

maybe the car is more Seb sympathetic than Kimi?

Of course it is, Vettel needs a specific type of handling to peddle it this fast, Kimi prefers a different type.

[CraigyMc]

thegreenhell said:

tux said:

TheAngryDog said:

I know he brings money to Williams, but he must be costing them more in spare parts! Diminishing returns!

Has he been that bad though?

The team will be more concerned about the lack of points scored. Last year Bottas scored over 50% more points than Massa. So far Stroll has scored zero. That could be the difference between finishing 4th or finishing 8th in the WCC, which could be worth $15m in prize money to the team. On top of that they won't be able.to charge as much for sponsorship following a year of poor performance.

The rumour is that Stroll snr bought the seat for Lance, for $80m.

That's more than worth it even if he crashes at every race.

[rscott]

scrwright said:

Will it reflect badly on SVD if Jenson out qualifies him on saturday or not? JB is within a wisker of beating him in FP2 despite have to ask how to use the car on the radio

JB's having fun this weekend. He teased Ted during the interviews and was doing his debrief in his socks..

[HustleRussell]

geeks said:

tux said:

TheAngryDog said:

I know he brings money to Williams, but he must be costing them more in spare parts! Diminishing returns!

Has he been that bad though?

Yes I think he has, however so was Maldonado and in a similar fashion as long as he keeps writing cheques, he will keep his seat as Williams really need the cash, sad but true!

At least Maldonado was pretty quick when he wasn't crashing! Stroll is a whole second per lap slower than Massa and still manages to end up crashing with some regularity

[CraigyMc]

rscott said:

scrwright said:

Will it reflect badly on SVD if Jenson out qualifies him on saturday or not? JB is within a wisker of beating him in FP2 despite have to ask how to use the car on the radio

JB's having fun this weekend. He teased Ted during the interviews and was doing his debrief in his socks..

How many times has JB driven Monaco in an F1 car?
I think this is his 17th effort since 2000 (in 2005, the BAR-Honda squad were banned from Monaco).

It's not experience he lacks. He's had umpteen F1 cars, many of them bad (2008 Honda, looking at you) so he knows how to drive a bad car.

Stoff has no such experience. He's new - first season, this is his 7th ever F1 race weekend. Give him a break.

[BrettMRC]

Nice to se McLaren only a tenth behind Mercedes





(technically)

[FourWheelDrift]

scrwright said:

Will it reflect badly on SVD if Jenson out qualifies him on saturday or not? JB is within a wisker of beating him in FP2 despite have to ask how to use the car on the radio

Did it reflect badly on Jenson when Stoffel out-qualified him and scored McLaren's first point last year in his one off appearance in Alonso's place at Bahrain?

The answer for both is no.

[ClockworkCupcake]

CraigyMc said:

How many times has JB driven Monaco in an F1 car?
I think this is his 17th effort since 2000 (in 2005, the BAR-Honda squad were banned from Monaco).

It's not experience he lacks. He's had umpteen F1 cars, many of them bad (2008 Honda, looking at you) so he knows how to drive a bad car.

Stoff has no such experience. He's new - first season, this is his 7th ever F1 race weekend. Give him a break.

Exactly.

Basically Jenson wins either way - if he beats SVD then it's experience and if he doesn't then its cos he's rusty. Jenson will leave with his dignity intact either way (so long as he doesn't crash out).

Same goes from SVD's perspective - if Jenson beats him he can just say it's because Jenson is an ex-WDC and has loads of experience round Monaco.

Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Thursday 25th May 17:40