2012 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix

Chris Preston · May 25, 2012

William Levesque said:
What's up with wanting a gazillion overtakes all the time !?!?!?!?! You're all whores ! No wait, it's insulting whores actually...

I'd rather get a strong race with a few strong overtakes than a "race" butchered by a million of artificial overtakes.

Exactly, if you want that go watch NASCAR.

William Levesque · May 25, 2012

Chris Preston said:
Exactly, if you want that go watch NASCAR.

Not exactly though, you can't compare both... Nascar on Super Speedways is all about racecraft, on shorter tracks you really have to commit to an overtake, believe it or not.

Hampus Andersson · May 25, 2012

Ross Balfour said:
Just watched the GP2 and GP3 races this morning, there was about 5 overtakes between them.
Have a feeling this weekend will be a processional one unfortunately.

I´m glad i don´t watch F1 because of overtakes

I see them as a bonus when they happen.
If i wanted to see overtakes all the time i would turn on a random NASCAR race.

Diego Lopez · May 25, 2012

eeeeeew Nascar, only time I even wake up to that is when I see something about Danika Patrick and thats it, after that is just rednecks trying to get their moonshine after 300 miles of wasting fossil fuels, which the sport isnt helping american economy one bit, they are just making people in the south here much fatter with all the money they get to buy their country fried stake.

Ole Marius Myrvold · May 25, 2012

Oh well, I'm happy I'm able to enjoy racing in the most forms when it is cars. NASCAR, Endurance, formula cars, touringcars, rally, rallycross Doesn't matter. Only thing I'm somewhat struggling to enjoy is silhouette-racing, and the Global RX, which I think is more x-games than rallycross

Ross Balfour · May 25, 2012

William Levesque said:
What's up with wanting a gazillion overtakes all the time !?!?!?!?! You're all whores ! No wait, it's insulting whores actually...

I'd rather get a strong race with a few strong overtakes than a "race" butchered by a million of artificial overtakes.

Just you calm down there and think before you post. I said there were few overtakes in the junior formulas, which are usually full of them, which is a bad omen for the F1 race. Don't see how calling me a "whore" has anything to do with what I said.
Also, when did I once mention artificial overtakes?
If don't watch F1 just for the overtakes, but it is a high priorety for me. If there's no point in overtakes then why don't we just watch 70laps behind a safety car then?
I don't want a "gazillion" overtakes - nice - I just want a good race with a good amount of overtakes, 70laps of no overtaking will just be boring IMO.

Ho3n3r · May 25, 2012

Ross Balfour said:
Just you calm down there and think before you post. I said there were few overtakes in the junior formulas, which are usually full of them, which is a bad omen for the F1 race. Don't see how calling me a "whore" has anything to do with what I said.
Also, when did I once mention artificial overtakes?
If don't watch F1 just for the overtakes, but it is a high priorety for me. If there's no point in overtakes then why don't we just watch 70laps behind a safety car then?
I don't want a "gazillion" overtakes - nice - I just want a good race with a good amount of overtakes, 70laps of no overtaking will just be boring IMO.

I get what you're saying. I don't like Monaco either because it's like it's designed for no overtakes. The point is, most other tracks have overtaking opportunities, Monaco doesn't. Doesn't matter what the history is - the truth is, it doesn't lend itself to good racing.

Hampus Andersson · May 25, 2012

I have to say that the commentators for F1 and NASCAR are miles apart.

One time when i watched a race and the green flag was dropped the commentator said this,

Boogity!!,Boogity!!,Boogity!! Let´s go racing you bunch of HOTDOGS!!!

Now can you imagine hearing David Croft say that as the red lights go out?

It´s just a different world all together

Ole Marius Myrvold · May 25, 2012

It is. But damn, even though I don't really like USA, they really know how to make a show out of it!
And I guess you also know where the boogity boogity boogity: Let's go racing *insert what fits for that race* are from

Elvis Press · May 25, 2012

all the posts above me are irrelevant because kimi is the best in everything

Hampus Andersson · May 25, 2012

Here it is

Who is this guy anyways?

Monaco GP... everyone is set on the grid, red lights come out, Croft snaps and says that

Ole Marius Myrvold · May 25, 2012

Darrel Waltrip

He used to get that boogity by his teamboss (or spotter, or something like that) when he was racing. He took it to the commentator booth. So all the races he is commentating, starts like that!

This weekend I guess it will be "let's go racing for the heroes" or something like that.

William Levesque · May 25, 2012

Ross Balfour said:
Just you calm down there and think before you post. I said there were few overtakes in the junior formulas, which are usually full of them, which is a bad omen for the F1 race. Don't see how calling me a "whore" has anything to do with what I said.
Also, when did I once mention artificial overtakes?
If don't watch F1 just for the overtakes, but it is a high priorety for me. If there's no point in overtakes then why don't we just watch 70laps behind a safety car then?
I don't want a "gazillion" overtakes - nice - I just want a good race with a good amount of overtakes, 70laps of no overtaking will just be boring IMO.

I wasn't being serious though

But, it does annoy me that obsession with overtakes, guess why we have that crap DRS now ? Instead of just taking out a few hundred pounds of downforce, and adding a (safe) ground effect system, they decided to give us something that basically ressembles Fast and Furious racing where your beloved nitrous (or DRS in F1's case) makes you invincible

Ho3n3r · May 25, 2012

William Levesque said:
I wasn't being serious though

But, it does annoy me that obsession with overtakes, guess why we have that crap DRS now ? Instead of just taking out a few hundred pounds of downforce, and adding a (safe) ground effect system, they decided to give us something that basically ressembles Fast and Furious racing where your beloved nitrous (or DRS in F1's case) makes you invincible

Most of us are just calling for natural overtakes. I never had a problem with F1 before DRS. Look at China and Malaysia, how many overtakes were there in zones not even close to DRS? Too many to remember, and it was awesome.

Unfortunately, Monaco doesn't give you much of those possibilities. The track is awesome to drive though - in sims anyway

. And onboard laps are awesome to watch.

Markus Neumann · May 25, 2012

Group Lotus plc ("Lotus") can today confirm that, following an operational review, chief executive Dany Bahar has been temporarily suspended from his role to facilitate an investigation into a complaint about his conduct made by Lotus' penultimate parent company, DRB-Hicom Berhad," said the statement.

I guess he partied a little too hard in Monaco