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

[TheDeuce]

Petrus1983 said:

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

Like you said, time to make it happen again...

NB: the tracks' soaking wet for F2 right now, it's hilarious, and pointless watching them hoon around and endlessly shunt into the barriers.

[Petrus1983]

TheDeuce said:

Like you said, time to make it happen again...

NB: the tracks' soaking wet for F2 right now, it's hilarious, and pointless watching them hoon around and endlessly shunt into the barriers.

Sadly I can't watch it right now - I'll catch up later. Can't really see the point of going out as isn't the rest of the weekend meant to be dry?

[TheDeuce]

Petrus1983 said:

TheDeuce said:

Like you said, time to make it happen again...

NB: the tracks' soaking wet for F2 right now, it's hilarious, and pointless watching them hoon around and endlessly shunt into the barriers.

Sadly I can't watch it right now - I'll catch up later. Can't really see the point of going out as isn't the rest of the weekend meant to be dry?

It's worth watching later for sure. But yes it really was a totally pointless session, if it's as wet for a session during the rest of the weekend they'll delay running for sure. With rain plus day one green track running today there is truly no grip to play with or learn from.

[suffolk009]

Man-At-Arms said:

wasn't it because Friday was the Bank Holiday

I think they claimed it was "market day". Just an excuse to keep the high-rollers in town for an extra day.

[suffolk009]

Still Mulling said:

So, Monaco...anybody going this year?

Sadly my yacht is elsewhere.

[thegreenhell]

suffolk009 said:

Man-At-Arms said:

wasn't it because Friday was the Bank Holiday

I think they claimed it was "market day". Just an excuse to keep the high-rollers in town for an extra day.

Traditionally, the GP was always held on Ascension weekend, and Ascension Day (always a Thursday) is a bank holiday in Monaco, so that's when they held practice to minimise disruption to businesses. As it was tied to Easter (40 days after Easter Sunday) and Easter moves each year, that meant the race date jumped about between early May and early June.

Bernie put a stop to that twenty odd years ago and made them keep it on the last weekend in May so they could organise the race calendar more consistently. It took them a few more years to move practise from Thursday to Friday, which made sense because more often than not it was no longer landing on that Ascension Thursday bank holiday.

[Jasandjules]

suffolk009 said:

Sadly my yacht is elsewhere.

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In the bathtub??

[asfault]

Why dont they flatten the bump after casino?
Is there pipes under there?
That would create a potential dive oportunity into the first hairpin

[thegreenhell]

asfault said:

Why dont they flatten the bump after casino?
Is there pipes under there?
That would create a potential dive oportunity into the first hairpin

Yes, apparently there is a large drain under there so they can't easily flatten it out.

[TheDeuce]

Well this is random

https://www.planetf1.com/news/monaco-carlos-sainz-...

Such an odd choice for the local rag to go with - just wait until it's actually happened

[732NM]

thegreenhell said:

asfault said:

Why dont they flatten the bump after casino?
Is there pipes under there?
That would create a potential dive oportunity into the first hairpin

Yes, apparently there is a large drain under there so they can't easily flatten it out.

It's the junction to a road that goes steeply up hill, the bump is the blend between the hill road and the main road at the T Junction point.

[HocusPocus]

Petrus1983 said:

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.

If you peer into the back of that apartment block in front of yours at Ste Devote, you might spot the race team servers in their rented hospitality units. Not enough space to locate the hardware in the paddock.

Will be at Monaco partaaaay this weekend....Cannes earlier and observed all the gown and tuxedo clad film goers at lunchtime. Must be arty types

[Sandpit Steve]

732NM said:

thegreenhell said:

asfault said:

Why dont they flatten the bump after casino?
Is there pipes under there?
That would create a potential dive oportunity into the first hairpin

Yes, apparently there is a large drain under there so they can't easily flatten it out.

It's the junction to a road that goes steeply up hill, the bump is the blend between the hill road and the main road at the T Junction point.

Yes there’s a road junction there, so they can’t get rid of the ‘bump’ without it leading to road cars grounding out for the other 362 days a year. A brilliant quirk of an old-school street circuit.

[SpudLink]

Sandpit Steve said:

732NM said:

thegreenhell said:

asfault said:

Why dont they flatten the bump after casino?
Is there pipes under there?
That would create a potential dive oportunity into the first hairpin

Yes, apparently there is a large drain under there so they can't easily flatten it out.

It's the junction to a road that goes steeply up hill, the bump is the blend between the hill road and the main road at the T Junction point.

Yes there’s a road junction there, so they can’t get rid of the ‘bump’ without it leading to road cars grounding out for the other 362 days a year. A brilliant quirk of an old-school street circuit.

I only started watching F1 in the '80s (later than many on here), but I remember the cars ignoring the bump. That was after the ground effect era, but cars were still very low and stiff.
What was the change that forced the need to start avoiding it?

[DaveTheRave87]

paulguitar said:

I enjoy quali at Monaco


The 'race' is almost always almost impossibly boring. That said, there is of course the Indy 500 to look forward to later on.

Not with the current forecast for Indy.

Accuweather said:

Watch for strong thunderstorms; humid with variable cloudiness; storms can bring flooding downpours, hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes

I usually buy the NowTV Sky Sports day pass and watch both but I'm not so sure this year.

Would love to see Leclerc win it.

[vaud]

Petrus1983 said:

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.

It's alternate years - next is 2026

[HarryW]

Quali is everything at Monaco. I wonder if we’ll have any surprises on the final grid positions as mechanical grip rather that high speed aero will have more benefit.
Anyone know who is perceived to have the best mechanical grip?

[Petrus1983]

vaud said:

Petrus1983 said:

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.

It's alternate years - next is 2026

Thanks for the heads up

[rallycross]

Weather looking dry for sat and Sunday according to bbc weather - what a shame would be good to have some rain to spice up Sunday at Monaco

[nordboy]

bks, watching the drivers conference and bloody Croft is back asking his usual dull questions.