2012 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix

[John Robertson]

Was Hami Penalty to harsh (Spain GP)? because i don't understand the justification of it

It was WAY to harsh IMO, but according to brundle it is very clearly written out in the FIA rules.

Applause to shumi though, and webber, the old guys showed the young guys what's up on this one.

I thought rosberg was going to take it though. great qualifying sesh, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Shame about perez, I wonder if it was driver error as davidson suggested or some sort of malfunction as brundle suggested.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

It was a malfunction no doubt. Can't believe Davidson missed it.
it was crystal clear the front wheels were not alligned.

 

[James Maskell]

It was a malfunction no doubt. Can't believe Davidson missed it.
it was crystal clear the front wheels were not alligned.

steering components on the left side must have broken. The right wheel should have been turning more but without the left wheel turing with the right one it didn't turn properly either. i saw it straight away but croft and brundle took ages to figure it out.
Brundle: AArrrr uuuRRR ddeerrrr he didnt turn. (while he was watching the slo mo)
Me: No you stupid idiots the steering was broken. I swear i could do your job better!
Brundle 3 mins later: OOOOHHHHH looks like a malfunction.
me: Nah, really?

 

[Mark Frankland]

on vettel ( or anybody else for that matter ) .
if you qually into q3 it should be compulsery to set a lap time if you dont and its not within 107% of the pole time then you should be given a 10 place grid penalty ( excluding crashes ). at least this way everyone would take qually seriously then you wouldnt have cars staying in the pits and not doing a qually lap , to see vettel "not bother " is pretty disapointing given hes surpose to be better than webber and hes the current world champ and points leader seeing what webber did surley seb had a good chance of pole which he didnt take .
crazy especially at monaco .
really pleased for schumi but gutted for him about penalty probably would of seen him up there on podium , we might still but its a tall order !

 

[James Maskell]

on vettel ( or anybody else for that matter ) .
if you qually into q3 it should be compulsery to set a lap time if you dont and its not within 107% of the pole time then you should be given a 10 place grid penalty ( excluding crashes ). at least this way everyone would take qually seriously then you wouldnt have cars staying in the pits and not doing a qually lap , to see vettel "not bother " is pretty disapointing given hes surpose to be better than webber and hes the current world champ and points leader seeing what webber did surley seb had a good chance of pole which he didnt take .
crazy especially at monaco .
really pleased for schumi but gutted for him about penalty probably would of seen him up there on podium , we might still but its a tall order !

Vettel was driving like crap, watch the whole qualy and look how nervous he was through the corners. There was no confidence there at all. Compare his laps to Webber's and you will see how comfortable Webber was with his car. He was attacking the corners and being the boss while Vettel looked like he had let the walls take power.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

yea Vettel was never in any contention for a Top 5 even.
The car handled like crap while Webber solved it.

He carries himself very strange now when he's not the quickest..
"car jumps like a rabbit" wtf, perhaps some more details would be better then saying it's **** all the time.

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

Well it was last Min Set up changes of Vettel team made it If not He can be in Top 5 easily
you can see how quick he was in P3 in the Dying Moments

 

[James Maskell]

Well it was last Min Set up changes of Vettel team made it If not He can be in Top 5 easily
you can see how quick he was in P3 in the Dying Moments

You can never use practice session results as a guide for qualy, just because he was quick in P3 didn't mean that he was going to be quick in qualy.

also was his decision for setup

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

It wasn't only him his team also Decides what was best but He was good enough to be in P9

 

[Hampus Andersson]

It's interesting to see how Button and Vettel struggle but not Hamilton and Webber.
Driving style is my opinion, Button and Vettel does not line the car moving around, something Webber and Hamilton really prefer.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Both Perez and Maldo will change their gearbox.

Perez will start last though because of the gearbox change after Maldo.

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

About Perez, i'm not sure but it looked like he touched a barrier in Tabac, left front wheel. Just a tiny touch but in the next corner his left front steering arm was disconnected/loose/broken.

EDIT: nope, didn't touch anything, watched it again. It would be awesome if they would dish out double points in Monaco..

 

[James Johnson]

Well look what might be coming! http://www.accuweather.com/nl/mc/national/satellite

http://www.accuweather.com/en/mc/monaco/5174/hourly-weather-forecast/5174

 

[Hampus Andersson]

I don´t think we should take these too seriously.

Yesterday it was 80% chance of rain. Ferrari had guys up in the mountains saying the rain would come but they were wrong on both Saturday and Thursday.

Of course i would enjoy a bit of rain in Monaco but i´m not sure it will rain even.

 

[James Johnson]

I don´t think we should take these too seriously.

Yesterday it was 80% chance of rain. Ferrari had guys up in the mountains saying the rain would come but they were wrong on both Saturday and Thursday.

Of course i would enjoy a bit of rain in Monaco but i´m not sure it will rain even.

Now theres an effect called Rain Shadow. What that is, is where the mountains cause a shadowed area due to the air being dryed as it climbs. On the otherside there can be no rain fall but it can fall a good few miles further out on the otherside. Thats why the Ferrari guys might of been correct but it never happened.

 

[Victor Ivanov]

This made me laugh:
5 places grid penalty for hitting somebody from behind
10 places grid penalty for deliberately hitting somebody in FP3
Last for not enough fuel

 

[James Johnson]

This will give a much better view of the weather.
http://www.pleuvrapleuvrapas.com/

Some pretty heavy rain showers heading in the direction of Monaco and Nice.

 

[Metalfreaky]

Sc No. 1

 

[S4Sonny]

Crazy start!

Grosjean turned around, Kamui runs into Grosjean... there goes his race!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Grosjean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ruined it already