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RTKar
05-23-21, 09:08 AM
LeClerc - Ferrari botched that one :shakehead:
pfc_m_drake
05-23-21, 09:24 AM
Yes, for sure. It will be interesting to se how it plays out from here. Feels like one of those races where they'll circulate until the laps are complete, but I have a hunch somebody will stick it in the barriers and cause an SC or two. Pit stops will come into play too.
RTKar
05-23-21, 09:30 AM
Yes, for sure. It will be interesting to se how it plays out from here. Feels like one of those races where they'll circulate until the laps are complete, but I have a hunch somebody will stick it in the barriers and cause an SC or two. Pit stops will come into play too.

Watch out for the Haas guys, lapping them maybe an adventure. Pit stops will certainly be key.
pfc_m_drake
05-23-21, 09:35 AM
Watch out for the Haas guys, lapping them maybe an adventure. Pit stops will certainly be key.
Pit stops soon...
pfc_m_drake
05-23-21, 09:38 AM
If I were Bottas, I think I'd probably go with the Hard (white) tire, but I suspect everyone will go medium (yellow). We'll see...
RTKar
05-23-21, 09:43 AM
They always screw up on Bottas
pfc_m_drake
05-23-21, 09:44 AM
And yet another (continuing example) of why Valtteri Bottas is the unluckiest driver in all of racing.
I should quit being his fan because it's burial to watch :cry:
RTKar
05-23-21, 09:54 AM
And yet another (continuing example) of why Valtteri Bottas is the unluckiest driver in all of racing.
I should quit being his fan because it's burial to watch :cry:

Same here, I always hope he does well. However it seems the team issues are always on his car.
RTKar
05-23-21, 10:02 AM
...about time someone kisses the wall
pfc_m_drake
05-23-21, 10:07 AM
...about time someone kisses the wall
Agreed. Need something to stir things up.
pfc_m_drake
05-23-21, 10:18 AM
People are starting to struggle on tires.
Could yet have a monkey wrench thrown in.
RTKar
05-23-21, 10:25 AM
People are starting to struggle on tires.
Could yet have a monkey wrench thrown in.

I expect something to happen...


...and nothing did.



Nice job Max.
pfc_m_drake
05-23-21, 10:42 AM
Well, you and I were the only ones here who watched, and I'm afraid to say that everybody else didn't miss much.
The upside is that the standings are now jumbled, which should make for an interesting season.
RTKar
05-23-21, 10:54 AM
Well, you and I were the only ones here who watched, and I'm afraid to say that everybody else didn't miss much.
The upside is that the standings are now jumbled, which should make for an interesting season.

A clean Monaco which seems rare. A nice podium without Hamilton too, I like that it's not the usual suspects and the standings get a kick in the rear.
pfc_m_drake
05-23-21, 10:58 AM
A clean Monaco which seems rare. A nice podium without Hamilton too, I like that it's not the usual suspects and the standings get a kick in the rear.
Agreed.
devilmaster
05-23-21, 03:49 PM
Sorry I missed everything guys.

Am working in the oil patch and honestly forgot it was sunday.

I have 10 more days in so I should be out for the next race I think?

If I am avail we'll do a live vid chat. Maybe even from the new place if I get moved in time.
pfc_m_drake
05-23-21, 05:53 PM
Sorry I missed everything guys.

Am working in the oil patch and honestly forgot it was sunday.

I have 10 more days in so I should be out for the next race I think?

If I am avail we'll do a live vid chat. Maybe even from the new place if I get moved in time.No worries. We're here - let us know when you're free and we'll get together.

FYI - I'll be 'out' for this weekend also (GF and I are going on a super mini-vacation) but we can shoot for after that!
stroker
05-24-21, 06:55 AM
The new McLaren livery clearly added some hp... :)
WickerBill
05-24-21, 08:11 AM
We didn't see the only real pass with any excitement - Vettel over Gasly - because Monaco demands they do production in-house (the only race of the season that isn't produced wholly by F1) and they cut away from the fight to show Stroll's pit stop.

Egregious.
datachicane
05-24-21, 12:34 PM
We didn't see the only real pass with any excitement - Vettel over Gasly - because Monaco demands they do production in-house (the only race of the season that isn't produced wholly by F1) and they cut away from the fight to show Stroll's pit stop.

Egregious.


...and then just to twist the blade, during the only replay they AGAIN cut away just as Vettel came alongside. Does Vettel have some unpaid markers in the casino or something?
TravelGal
05-24-21, 12:36 PM
They always screw up on Bottas


And yet another (continuing example) of why Valtteri Bottas is the unluckiest driver in all of racing.
I should quit being his fan because it's burial to watch :cry:


Same here, I always hope he does well. However it seems the team issues are always on his car.

yes, yes, and yes. It is "strange" isn't it, that his car has the problems all the time and not Hamilton's. :shakehead:
TravelGal
05-24-21, 12:39 PM
We didn't see the only real pass with any excitement - Vettel over Gasly - because Monaco demands they do production in-house (the only race of the season that isn't produced wholly by F1) and they cut away from the fight to show Stroll's pit stop.

Egregious.

LOVED the commentators though. "We missed it." "And, we missed it twice." I find Monaco hard to watch because it's so choppy, from so many different angles, and misses at least one section of the track so I lose all continuity. I watched it last night after returning from a weekend away so the lack of passing, particularly this year, had me fast forwarding though much of it.