figbat
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It’s never a good race at Monaco.
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It’s never a good race at Monaco.
Drago
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My Dad is there for the race, lucky beggar.
gbb
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It'll be a fast paced procession round the streets...as it nearly always is. More chance of place changes through undercuts or crashes. It's a spectacle, but a race it's not really, was it ever ?
Drago
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Not since probably the early 70s has it been a race. Aero and increasing car size and weight put paid to that.
More than three quarters of races at Monaco this century were won by the pole sitter.
More than three quarters of races at Monaco this century were won by the pole sitter.
Jenkins
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The FIA have tried to introduce a bit of chance by specifying a minimum of two tyre stops, but I still expect a procession between those stops. There's a chance that one of the back marker teams (Ferrari? 
) could stop on laps 1 & 2 and then run the hard tyres to the end to make things interesting.
I'll be at Snetterton for the BTCC which should be slightlly more interesting.
) could stop on laps 1 & 2 and then run the hard tyres to the end to make things interesting.I'll be at Snetterton for the BTCC which should be slightlly more interesting.
Chislenko
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There was one good one, the year Olivier Panis won
Kevberlin
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The cars are absolutely massive now. Monaco offers no opportunity for overtaking. It’s about time it was removed as part of the calendar.
rustybolts
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The F1 qualifying is the fascination as the race is generally predictable. Next year there will be 22 cars attempting to qualify at Monaco !!
The pit stop saga hopefully will provide interest in the race , but being F1 sometimes a shunt can alter the monotony of the procession and change the running order. Ferrari are useless in the slow corners this year so they will find it hard work I would love to see F1 tearing around the streets of Monaco, its apparently something to behold up close and sadly I never went there in person . My money is on Max
rustybolts
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Yeah , it rained ! I remember thinking Damon Hill was going to win when he led for a while until he spun it away. A very memorable race
rustybolts
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Alex Dunne in F2 is a guy to watch this year. I hope he makes it all the way to F1
Unless it's raining...
Jenkins
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His father (Noel) was no mean pedaller of Formula Fords either.
On a similar theme, it was only a couple of years ago that I realised that Alex Albon was the son of Nigel Albon, ex BTCC privateer from the 1990s
More useless information, while the Monaco race has an impressive (given the circuit) 102mph average lap speed, the Indy 500 is on later in the day and has an average lap speed of more than double that at 227mph.
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rustybolts
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Alex Albon is a bloody good driver and apparently an extremely likeable guy also. D Coulthard rented him a flat in Monaco for a while and when he vacated it he left it in gleaming immaculate condition , DC was very impressed with him . Hope he has a great qualifying in Monaco , I would love to see him do well. Its worth listening to him being interviewed on Beyond The Grid Podcast , all his childhood karting etc recalled in great detail lots of anecdotal stories really interesting. Alex and Charles are my favourite 2 F1 guys. Indy 500 on later the same day , I will be looking forward to Monaco , followed by Indy on Sky F1. My favourite day of the whole year . I would love to see Jack Harvey do well in the 500 , his car isn't quick and he barely made it in this year . Jack and Conor Daly are my 2 favourited indycar guys. Moto GP in Silverstone also on Sunday !!
rustybolts
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PS Adrian Newey in in Monaco , will it make any difference to the Astons ? probably not
Drago
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I admire Max for his relentless dedication to driving anything, anywhere anytime, in the pursuit of honing his skills. His talent and application are generational.
But I think Piastri and Albon are my favourite drivers. Albon much for the reasons you cite, Piastri because he's twigged there's more to racing than that which goes on behind the wheel, and now he's found that Zen space in his head he's really showing class.
