2022 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo, May 27 - 29

[holeindalip]

Mercedes side pods should come into full force here! Massive barn door wings with minimal drag!

They were trash in S3 in Barcelona. There was a technical explanation as to why somewhere out there.

I believe someone said since the ride height was so low the springs were stiffer(don’t quote me on that)

[Airshifter]

Bold prediction: there will be genuine on track overtakings. Several of them (several as in 3 or more). Between cars on different tire strategies or massively out of place. (and a very pleased Ross Brawn).

Bold isn't even the word!

As much as I like the history, the lack of on track action and passing opportunities put Monaco way down on my list of good tracks for F1.

But I hope you are right.

[zibby43]

Mercedes side pods should come into full force here! Massive barn door wings with minimal drag!

They were trash in S3 in Barcelona. There was a technical explanation as to why somewhere out there.

They weren’t trash there in the race.

It was in qualifying, and the explanation was as simple as taking too much out of the tires earlier in the lap.

The Barcelona S3 predictor thing needs to die. It’s played out. Cars bring specific setups, steering, etc. to Monaco.

[PlatinumZealot]

Mercedes side pods should come into full force here! Massive barn door wings with minimal drag!

They were trash in S3 in Barcelona. There was a technical explanation as to why somewhere out there.

This is because of setup. They simply have to revert to previous settings. Look out for that this weekend.

[Zynerji]

With huge cars, no overtaking, and free choice of starting tyre, how many think the top 6 will start on the hardest compound?

[ringo]

Cars will be out of place because some fast cars will crash in qualifying.
Wouldnt be suprised to see Leclerc in the wall again or Max.
Checo and Sainz have their best chance of winning a race here. So does Hamilton or Russel.

[Chuckjr]

Monaco is a gambling town. The race would be way better if qualifying was a lotto drawing for this one event.

Monaco qualifying is the best bit. In fact its one of the best things about F1.

You mean qualifying is the only thing that matters in Monaco. The race is just like hitting the button on the dish washer and walking away...

I'll watch the F1TV hilights. Red flags, and cargo barge convoys aren't what I call exciting, live TV.

I think I'll skip this watch... Fun track, but woefully unsuited for actual racing

Monaco is a gambling town. The race would be way better if qualifying was a lotto drawing for this one event.

You’re killing me Zynerji! I could not agree more. It’s an absolutely terrible race and should be removed from the calendar. The tall tires now will make these cars so clumsy it will be silly. Sigh. How about Road America instead?

[Spoutnik]

Cars will be out of place because some fast cars will crash in qualifying.
Wouldnt be suprised to see Leclerc in the wall again or Max.
Checo and Sainz have their best chance of winning a race here. So does Hamilton or Russel.

Yes Im pretty sure one of the Ferrari/RB will finish the qualy in the wall.
I think Hamilton can take the pole with his experience there even if its clearly not his favourite track...
Sainz.. can only improve, and last season it was the first week end were he was faster/as fast as Charles so I'll keep an eye on him.

Bottas with the short wheelbase Alfa + Vettel somehow always in the top 5 at this track (even with Toro Rosso, or last year) are the one to watch in midfield !

[Mogster]

Cars will be out of place because some fast cars will crash in qualifying.
Wouldnt be suprised to see Leclerc in the wall again or Max.
Checo and Sainz have their best chance of winning a race here. So does Hamilton or Russel.

Yes Im pretty sure one of the Ferrari/RB will finish the qualy in the wall.
I think Hamilton can take the pole with his experience there even if its clearly not his favourite track...
Sainz.. can only improve, and last season it was the first week end were he was faster/as fast as Charles so I'll keep an eye on him.

Bottas with the short wheelbase Alfa + Vettel somehow always in the top 5 at this track (even with Toro Rosso, or last year) are the one to watch in midfield !

I don’t really see Monaco as being one of Hamilton’s better venues. Russell may outqualy and finish as first Merc again.

[MattWellsyWells]

I quite like Monaco - watching the qualify round here is amazing and even the race looks pretty cool. There's usually a high chance of safety car drama (not that we really want that but it can spice things up). I must say though in recent years it has got worse with the cars getting bigger and heavier and tyre/fuel/car management becoming more and more significant. The races have become very processional. I think the cars this year will look even more clumsy as well which probably won't help things.

[F1Krof]

Question is will Mercedes bring back the parts before Barcelona update based on the theory that Merc performed the best out of all teams in slow-speed corners?

[Spoutnik]

Cars will be out of place because some fast cars will crash in qualifying.
Wouldnt be suprised to see Leclerc in the wall again or Max.
Checo and Sainz have their best chance of winning a race here. So does Hamilton or Russel.

Yes Im pretty sure one of the Ferrari/RB will finish the qualy in the wall.
I think Hamilton can take the pole with his experience there even if its clearly not his favourite track...
Sainz.. can only improve, and last season it was the first week end were he was faster/as fast as Charles so I'll keep an eye on him.

Bottas with the short wheelbase Alfa + Vettel somehow always in the top 5 at this track (even with Toro Rosso, or last year) are the one to watch in midfield !

I don’t really see Monaco as being one of Hamilton’s better venues. Russell may outqualy and finish as first Merc again.

Yes that's why I'm saying it's clearly not one of his favourite venue. Nevertheless sometimes he can put a good lap (2019) and have a massive pace advantage (2015) or being opportunistic in race (2008, 2016..)

[MV8]

Predicting, finally, the first win of Leclerc in Monaco, he is on megalevel of driving right now, and the Ferrari should be the strongest team here

[chrisc90]

Predicting, finally, the first win of Leclerc in Monaco, he is on megalevel of driving right now, and the Ferrari should be the strongest team here

If he can get a lap done without spinning or parking it in a barrier.

[Juzh]

Mercedes side pods should come into full force here! Massive barn door wings with minimal drag!

They were trash in S3 in Barcelona. There was a technical explanation as to why somewhere out there.

They weren’t trash there in the race.

It was in qualifying, and the explanation was as simple as taking too much out of the tires earlier in the lap.

The Barcelona S3 predictor thing needs to die. It’s played out. Cars bring specific setups, steering, etc. to Monaco.

Nah performance swing in slow corners was definitely not just down to tyres. Their updates shifted performance balance from slow to mid-high speed stuff which was more useful for barcelona, we'll see what they come up with in monaco.