Monaco GP Thread **SPOILERS**

No one else has started one so thought I better.

1st practise has taken place and by all accounts Mclaren seem to have a slight advantage but its only 1st practise.

Alonso set his time on the super softs as did nick. Lewis was on the harder of the softs.

Ferrari are also dark red again

1. ALONSO Mclaren 1m16.973s
2. HAMILTON McLaren 1m17.601s
3. HEIDFELD BMW 1m17.616s
4. FISICHELLA Renault 1m17.758s
5. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m17.918s
6. WEBBER Red Bull 1m17.956s
7. ROSBERG Williams 1m18.074s
8. MASSA Ferrari 1m18.189s
9. KUBICA BMW 1m18.675s
10. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m18.676s
11. WURZ Williams 1m18.869s
12. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m18.967s
13. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m19.095s
14. SATO Super Aguri 1m19.203s
15. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m19.285s
16. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m19.321s
17. BUTTON Honda 1m19.332s
18. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m19.337s
19. TRULLI Toyota 1m19.496s
20. R SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m19.799s
21. SUTIL Spyker 1m21.634s
22. ALBERS Spyker 1m23.235s



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/11/2007 11:49AM by mortal.

Doh! Meant to start this thread last night. Oh well.....

Surprised the Spykers are so far back.... they've got a LOT of setup work to do.

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GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.

Albers broke down so they lost alot of time.

mentally or physically?

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Both I think lol

WOW at the new red ferrari!!! Best looking car on teh grid imho, i hope it isn't just a monaco red!!

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some pics:

JB using the black helmet?


Massa's seat:


no autographs for Kimi's fans:


Ferrari are using a new shade of paint from this race, apparently:


Steinmetz diamonds in their helmets:






Jackie Ickx:

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Its just for monaco the proper red ferrari

It looks alot better.

Traffic was extremley bad, I only saw the 8 and RB get cleanish laps towards the end. JB was a very quick lap, but got caught up in traffic on at least 3of his runs, but pace is there.. his first sector was 8th quickest overall then from then on traffic stuck

but at least RB got a clean lap :D:D

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

The only people not to set a time on the super soft tyres in the top ten were Lewis, massa and kimi.

They will be the tyre for quali but they are meant to go off after a lap and lose a lot of time people will not want to use these for many laps so will be very interesting to see what people do.

Does Kimi have a 'Monaco Special' Helmet like he usually does...???

Does not look that way this year.

RB has his normal one this year as well looks like just JB has a different one

chet Wrote:
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> It looks alot better.
>
> Traffic was extremley bad, I only saw the 8 and RB
> get cleanish laps towards the end. JB was a very
> quick lap, but got caught up in traffic on at
> least 3of his runs, but pace is there.. his first
> sector was 8th quickest overall then from then on
> traffic stuck
>
> but at least RB got a clean lap :D:D


where did you see it on??

alos, whats up with all the livery chnages?





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/24/2007 02:38PM by gin.

This is NEVER Massa's seat.... looks NOTHING like a C-F mould, more like a C3PO shell or something...

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Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld

GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.

Hamilton "STOP" in sector S1, anyone knows something about?

HAMILTON IS IN THE BARRIERS AT STE DEVOTE!!! It's a big one for the McLaren driver.

He came into the corner a tad too fast and understeered through the corner and was unable to straighten himself out soon enough, taking what looked like about an 80 mph crash. That's his session over in all likelyhood.


from PF1 forum

so he is human after all...

hope he's ok.

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RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/24/2007 03:12PM by Muks_C.

Meanwhile, Alonso is having a great Friday (Thursday in this case) testing day. He seems to be a couple of tenths ahead of the rest (so far, sure).

Hamilton has had quite a lot of small errors in previous races (too hard on brakes, some curves too wide in Melbourne) but with such a wide tracks, there were no problem. This time is different, Monaco does not let you even 20 cms...

His 1st big error. From f1.com.

It seems Lewis Hamilton's Formula One honeymoon is over - temporarily at least. The McLaren star made his first significant error of the season on Thursday afternoon when he put his car into the Monte Carlo barriers.

It was just under an hour into second practice when Hamilton lost control of his MP4-22 under braking heading into the first corner, Sainte Devote. The resulting impact left the Englishman unharmed, but tore the front-left wheel and suspension from his car.

Up to that point Hamilton had been duelling for fastest time with team mate Fernando Alonso, as McLaren dominated the session. His only consolation was that he wasn't alone in his misfortune - he walked back into the pit lane with compatriot Anthony Davidson, who had gone off at the same point in his Super Aguri just minutes earlier.

Ralf needs to get his head out of his arse.. over 2 seconds slower than Trulli