Monaco Grand Prix – Race
The provisional grid at the end of Qualifying was: SV, JB, MW, FA, MS, FM, LH, NR, PM, SP (assuming he’s declared fit to race), VP, RB, KK, PD, AS, NH, SB, HK, JT, JA, TG, PD, NK, VL.
Since then we’ve learned:
- SP had “concussion and a sprained thigh, but no broken bones and, following a scan, doctors could find no further injuries”. “Medical staff said he would stay under observation for another night before having a second brain scan on Monday.”
- LH “ended up in seventh but then had his time deleted for cutting the chicane. [...] Hamilton also implicitly called for Felipe Massa to be penalised after he felt he was delayed behind the Ferrari driver on his sole flying lap, but stewards ignored his pleas.” However, the stewards have allowed LH to decide which tyres he’ll start the race on.
So the grid now looks like this: SV, JB, MW, FA, MS, FM, NR, PM, LH, VP, RB, KK, PD, AS, NH, SB, HK, JT, JA, TG, PD, NK, VL.
Pirelli have brought the soft (prime) and super-soft (option) tyre compounds; the soft tyres have a yellow band and super-soft are red.
Air temperature 23°C; track 43°C; wind 1.4m/s; humidity 60%
Cars are on the grid; LH is starting on the prime tyre
SV leads everyone away on the formation lap Read more
Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying
Dry and sunny in Monte Carlo
Can Ferrari maintain their pace from Practice?
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Monaco Grand Prix – Practice
I know everyone else thinks it’s an amazing circuit but I don’t usually enjoy the Monaco Grand Prix – it’s too processional most times, which means Qualifying is even more important than normal.
This year the new tyre manufacturer, Pirelli, were tasked with producing compounds which would make for more interesting races. That’s resulted in a different wear pattern and a lot more marbles (small pieces of rubber) which usually build up off-line but the Monaco track is so narrow that they could cause a problem in the race.
Practice 1 Read more
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