Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
We've long been told that F1 cars produce enough down force to drive upside down. Simple then, corkscrew the tunnel.
F1 2021
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Not even a single yellow flag apparently...
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
You're overlooking the overtake Schumacher puller on Mazepan on lap one at Loews (or whatever it's called these days) hairpin to move from 19th to 18th.
Highlight of the race!
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Good work
Alonso said in the post race he made an overtake at turn 3 on the first lap. Tv missed it though.
I agree with Zapp Brannigan though - it’s not a race when they have no chance to pass each other. The cars are too wide now and the aero works against them. Hopefully 2022 cars with more ground effect will redeem this track.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Good work
Alonso said in the post race he made an overtake at turn 3 on the first lap. Tv missed it though.
I agree with Zapp Brannigan though - it’s not a race when they have no chance to pass each other. The cars are too wide now and the aero works against them. Hopefully 2022 cars with more ground effect will redeem this track.
It won't though - cast your mind back to Mansell all over the back of Senna, still couldn't get past. Hamilton driving 40 laps with no tyres on, Max couldn't get past. The current cars can't even follow each other, let alone overtake - less aero grip, more mechanical grip will be an improvement but there still won't be any overtaking.
There isn't a straight worthy of the name with enough full throttle to make passing possible, and the corners aren't wide enough to allow multiple different lines. Monaco is not a circuit that can or should hold an F1 championship race.
souljacker
innit
I'm a fan of Monaco. I think the history and the location are important but I also remember some nutty races. The chance of 1996 happening again tells me it should stay. But this year was very dull. Well done Max and all that and great for Lando and Carlos but yeah, bring on Baku (also a street circuit).
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
it not really a race just meant to be a highlight of the year showing off the money involved in both Monaco and F1 more of a sceptical then a race
did not work this year
plus one of the most boring race in a decade
f1 race at moto gp tracks last year and was more fun than this
tight racing can be fun but how the weekend unfolded this year was not helpful
did not work this year
plus one of the most boring race in a decade
f1 race at moto gp tracks last year and was more fun than this
tight racing can be fun but how the weekend unfolded this year was not helpful
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
It wouldn't work because it would be November-ish, but if it has to happen at all the Monaco GP should be the last race of the season. No qualifying, race in Championship order - if it's the pomp, circumstance, splendour, glitz and glamour of Monte Carlo you're after, make it a ceremonial procession and award the biggest prizes at the end of it. Just stop pretending it's an actual race.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Limejuice
Well-Known Member
I concur with the foregoing.
I think Monaco's world-feed was directed by the YTS trainee.
All those lingering, beautifully framed shots of Serena - on her good side! - amid the tourist-candy location tells me that Liberty Media is more interested in attracting the Hello! audience than that of Oily Fingernails Monthly, people who buy their partners Eau de Swarfega for Christmas.
Hence LM's mania for yet more street circuits in parts of the world that are prepared to pay LM for a two-hour advert.
I suspect that for LM the Niagara of tumescence would be 52 street races a year all in the USA.
I think Monaco's world-feed was directed by the YTS trainee.
All those lingering, beautifully framed shots of Serena - on her good side! - amid the tourist-candy location tells me that Liberty Media is more interested in attracting the Hello! audience than that of Oily Fingernails Monthly, people who buy their partners Eau de Swarfega for Christmas.
Hence LM's mania for yet more street circuits in parts of the world that are prepared to pay LM for a two-hour advert.
I suspect that for LM the Niagara of tumescence would be 52 street races a year all in the USA.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Max Mosley has died aged 81
Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the news: ‘It’s losing family, like losing a brother’
www.independent.co.uk
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Dead fascist. Fuck him.
(There are plenty of odious people who run my favourite sports too. Won't mourn them one bit. But, afaik, none of them were ever active in a fascist movement).
(There are plenty of odious people who run my favourite sports too. Won't mourn them one bit. But, afaik, none of them were ever active in a fascist movement).
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Amid all the excitement over a novel podium trio, Bottas’s pitstop disaster and Hamilton’s woeful team strategy, did we over look the really big story emerging from the Monaco result?
Mazepin completed the race without crashing, beat his teammate and let me be the first to say it - it’s no longer a done deal that it will be George Russell who is the next driver Mercedes recruit into their team!
Mazepin completed the race without crashing, beat his teammate and let me be the first to say it - it’s no longer a done deal that it will be George Russell who is the next driver Mercedes recruit into their team!
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
I’m amazed they don’t crash more often when trying to make these steering wheel adjustments which require them to look down at the display on the wheel. I doubt they can do it all by touch on the switches without seeing the display to confirm the selection. They need some kind of HUD on the helmet visor.
1%er
Well-Known Member
F1 respond to criticism over Monaco TV coverage
Formula 1 has acknowledged the complaints made about the poor television coverage of the Monaco Grand Prix in a short statement. As we all know, overtaking opportunities are few and far between on the streets of Monte Carlo, so you would expect on the odd occasion that they do happen, the TV cameras will be there to pick them up live. But the very first lap gave us a taste of what was to come as the cameras cut away from Mick Schumacher finding a way past team-mate Nikita Mazepin at the hairpin.However, what followed later was inexcusable and inadvertently created a new meme in the form of being ‘Lance Strolled’ a now fully fledged variant of the iconic ‘Rick Roll’ where people are trolled with the certified top-tapper ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ by Rick Astley. On his way out of the pit lane, Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel went went wheel-to-wheel with Pierre Gasly in his AlphaTauri up through Beau Rivage in a mad dash to be the first taking the corner into Massenet. However, we only got to see part of the battle as the cameras cut away to show a replay of Lance Stroll going over the kerb at Swimming Pool.
The TV crew gave themselves a chance to rescue the situation by showing a replay of Vettel v Gasly, only to then cut away from it once again. It led to widespread complaints from the Formula 1 community over how the race was presented to the fans watching on TV, but Formula 1 themselves wanted to make it clear that the Automobile Club de Monaco had full control over this particular race broadcast. “The ACM had full control over the broadcast,” a spokesperson said on behalf of Formula 1 Management. “We had no say in the camerawork but we will of course report back to them.”
Here’s hoping lessons are learned for the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix…
