2015 FORMULA 1 Monaco Grand Prix

[rage2]

Speaking of Vettel he was pretty funny during the podium interview. Brundle finishes interviewing Hamilton who's all sad face, he jumps in and goes hey I'm happy haha.

[diamondedge]

Originally posted by rage2
Speaking of Vettel he was pretty funny during the podium interview. Brundle finishes interviewing Hamilton who's all sad face, he jumps in and goes hey I'm happy haha.

Here I am all salty about Lewis, then Seb with this huge shit-eating grin comes in and says that...I loved it.

[phreezee]

Never saw that kind of fair play and team work at RBR when Vettel was there lol.

Poor Lewis, I was pretty worked up watching it unfold.

[davidI]

Pretty pumped on the Rosberg win. I 'met' him at Friday's meet the drivers and learned that he actually grew up in Monaco and used to watch the track from his school. Lots of the drivers are resident in Monaco but it's cool that Rosberg could take the flag again in his home town.

[ga16i]

Awesome for Nico, not even the great Michael Schumacher has a Monaco hat trick. Pretty awesome it just kinda fell into his lap. Doesn't matter how it happened, the history books will show Rosberg as amongst the all-time greats.

I've never liked Hamilton much, don't know why. I think I recall him being a whiner early on when Raikkonen beat him by a point. I had a bit of a chuckle when he bumped into that 3rd place sign hahaha.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by rage2
Can't believe Rosberg gets a Monaco hat trick with the likes of Senna because of the fuck up.

Originally posted by Mibz
Too artificial. Refueling, multiple tire manufacturers and more flexible (zing) aero rules are what I want.

I'm on the fence about Michelin's proposed changes. I'd like a middle ground between what we have now and perfect tires with amazeballs grip that never fall off.

I also selected to diversify the tyre manufacturers.

Same base chassis but complete freedom on the bodystyle would be interesting.

It all has to be the same 'shape' more or less, but with subtle differences that complements their engine and driver characteristics.

[phreezee]

Max got a 5 place grid penalty for Canada.

[flipstah]

Can someone explain to me how the pit lane fuck up happened?

Don't get how the safety car dealio affected placing.

Never seen it before.

[cet]

Hamilton was way ahead. When the safety car came out Merc figured that the safety car was going slow enough that Hamilton could pit and still come out ahead of Rosberg.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by cet
Hamilton was way ahead. When the safety car came out Merc figured that the safety car was going slow enough that Hamilton could pit and still come out ahead of Rosberg.

So the safety car was quicker and passed while Hamilton was still in the pit? Don't they have set speeds when in the track? I have no idea.

Since you can't pass until the safety car is off the track, Hamilton didn't have enough time to recover?

EDIT: This is the first season I'm seriously following Formula 1 so I don't know the rule book that well just yet.

[cet]

Pretty much yeah. The safety car was quicker than they anticipated and Hamilton rejoined behind Vettel. Apparently there isn't a set speed limit for safety cars. They have to drive fast enough so that the F1 cars can keep their engines cool and tires as warm as possible.

That's part of what made is such a strange decision to bring Hamilton in. Monaco is such a notoriously difficult track to pass on. There was no way Hamilton was going to pass not only Vettel, but Rosberg as well, with 8 laps remaining. Had Hamilton stayed out, even if the two behind would have come in for fresh tires, they would have had the same difficulties passing Hamilton.

[flipstah]

Gotcha, thanks.

[phreezee]

Good summary of it here: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32871492

[mork]

Originally posted by cet
Pretty much yeah. The safety car was quicker than they anticipated and Hamilton rejoined behind Vettel. Apparently there isn't a set speed limit for safety cars. They have to drive fast enough so that the F1 cars can keep their engines cool and tires as warm as possible.

That's part of what made is such a strange decision to bring Hamilton in. Monaco is such a notoriously difficult track to pass on. There was no way Hamilton was going to pass not only Vettel, but Rosberg as well, with 8 laps remaining. Had Hamilton stayed out, even if the two behind would have come in for fresh tires, they would have had the same difficulties passing Hamilton.

They drive like maniacs. I got to see teh Chinese GP and it was pretty funny how much tire squeeling they were doing - even on the service roads. LOL

[mork]

Originally posted by davidI
Pretty pumped on the Rosberg win. I 'met' him at Friday's meet the drivers and learned that he actually grew up in Monaco and used to watch the track from his school. Lots of the drivers are resident in Monaco but it's cool that Rosberg could take the flag again in his home town.

What was it like? Did you stay in Monaco?

I am curious about the costs.

IMO the race and track are shit, but I would liek to go for the spectacle. Monza and Spa will be my next GPs I think. Maybe Singapore and Japan after that.

[bart]

Originally posted by rage2
Speaking of Vettel he was pretty funny during the podium interview. Brundle finishes interviewing Hamilton who's all sad face, he jumps in and goes hey I'm happy haha.

ya hilarious i was not anti vettel during that moment hahaha, actually i want him to beat hamilton now, a couple times at least

[Mibz]

Originally posted by mork
IMO the race and track are shit, but I would liek to go for the spectacle. Monza and Spa will be my next GPs I think. Maybe Singapore and Japan after that.

The track is great, it's the cars and safety regulations that are shit. The potential for amazeballs racing is there, but it's too dangerous for modern F1 so we get a procession.

[chongkee_]

Originally posted by bart


ya hilarious i was not anti vettel during that moment hahaha, actually i want him to beat hamilton now, a couple times at least

Just re-watch 2010 - 2013

[phreezee]

Originally posted by mork


What was it like? Did you stay in Monaco?

I am curious about the costs.

[phreezee]

I must have missed this, but totally understandable.