Sebastian Vettel has won the Monaco GP for the first time in his career, ahead of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button, both former World Champions and former winners. Red Bull were however lucky with a late safety car to make a risky one-stop strategy work.
We should all give it to Vettel for being able to run his prime tyre for so long and still be able to hold Alonso behind him. Smart thinking by him and the team after missing out the pit during SC.zeph wrote:To deny that Vettel is great is silly. But he definitely cut a deal with Lady Luck, it is unbelievable.
Can't wait for Lewis to actually do as he promises and just keep his mouth shut.Tozza Mazza wrote: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/05/29/f ... ties-joke/
Yeah, yeah. But is he a GENIUS? No, he isn't. He hasn't said so. Duh.andartop wrote:Sure he had the strategy and the safety cars, but he managed to keep it in one piece, which many others have failed. While keeping a charging Alonso and Button at bay. No small feat. Hats off to Vettel again, this time for not breaking under the pressure. Being on pole also certainly helped, and that was a very good lap indeed..
2011 Sporting Regulations.PDF no longer hold the 75% rule. It took a lot of people (journalists, commentators & fans) by surprise.wesley123 wrote:I do not even know why the race was restarted, the rules state that if the race is red flagged when over 75% of the race distance is completed, the race will not be continued. This was far, far over this 75%andartop wrote:I don't think any rule needs to be changed. They simply should have ended the race when the red flag came out with 72 out of 78 laps completed.
42.8 If the race cannot be resumed the results will be taken at the end of the penultimate lap before the lap during which the signal to suspend the race was given.
Well, to be honest he (and Red Bull) fooled me alright. I was sure he would pit again and end up behind Button, with Alonso then being the GENIUS as he looked more likely to make it to the end from where he pitted. It was just fascinating watching the three of them, even without any changes in the order. Don't care what would have / could have / should have happened, it was a grand finale to the most spectacular Monaco race we 've had for years, despite the Red Flag and restart.Ciro Pabón wrote: Yeah, yeah. But is he a GENIUS? No, he isn't. He hasn't said so. Duh.
A furious Lewis Hamilton criticised the stewards after being penalised during the Monaco Grand Prix for colliding with Felipe Massa.
Hamilton is also under investigation for a later collision with Pastor Maldonado.
Hamilton said afterwards: “Out of six races I’ve been to the stewards five times. It’s a joke. It’s an absolute fricking joke.
“You know you can’t overtake here. Very, very rarely do you get an opportunity.
“I was quite a lot quicker than Massa, I went up the inside and the guy just turned so early and just turned into me so I tried to go onto the kerb to avoid him, and we’re stuck together.
“So it was just… and of course I get a penalty which is usual. He held me up in qualifying and I got the penalty. He turned into me, and I got the penalty.
“And I went up the inside of Maldonado and you can see on the screen he turned in a good car length too early to stop me from overtaking him and crashed into me. This stuff’s ridiculous. These drivers are absolutely fricking ridiculous, it’s stupid.”
Asked why he has had so many penalties he joked: “Maybe it’s because I’m black – that’s what Ali G says! I don’t know.
He denied it was affecting his driving: “No, it’s not affecting my confidence as a driver.
“I just think the sport is… you know, people want to see my racing, they want to see overtaking, and you get done for trying to overtake, trying to put on a show. I’m trying to make a move.
“Fair play if I really feel I’ve just gone too late and hit someone, I put my hand up and realise, OK, I really have caused an incident and been the stupid one, but it’s not the case.
“I’ll just try to keep my mouth shut and enjoy the rest of the season which, I’m sure, is going to be an interesting one, but as you can see he’s walking away with it.”
He denied the result has ended his championship chances, saying: “No, it’s never too late, but it’s not looking great.
“I gave it my all today and the team did a great job to get the car back out and get it fixed for the last few laps.”
And could this be the answer to why he is so frustrated and getting a bit desperate?Lorenzo_Bandini wrote:“I’ll just try to keep my mouth shut and enjoy the rest of the season which, I’m sure, is going to be an interesting one, but as you can see he’s walking away with it.”
Sometimes less is more..Lorenzo_Bandini wrote:“I gave it my all today and the team did a great job to get the car back out and get it fixed for the last few laps.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RteXh2Z_ ... ture=feedu[/youtube]andartop wrote:Can't wait for Lewis to actually do as he promises and just keep his mouth shut.Tozza Mazza wrote: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/05/29/f ... ties-joke/
Lorenzo_Bandini wrote:A furious Lewis Hamilton criticised the stewards after being penalised during the Monaco Grand Prix for colliding with Felipe Massa.
Hamilton is also under investigation for a later collision with Pastor Maldonado.
Hamilton said afterwards: “Out of six races I’ve been to the stewards five times. It’s a joke. It’s an absolute fricking joke.
“You know you can’t overtake here. Very, very rarely do you get an opportunity.
“I was quite a lot quicker than Massa, I went up the inside and the guy just turned so early and just turned into me so I tried to go onto the kerb to avoid him, and we’re stuck together.
“So it was just… and of course I get a penalty which is usual. He held me up in qualifying and I got the penalty. He turned into me, and I got the penalty.
“And I went up the inside of Maldonado and you can see on the screen he turned in a good car length too early to stop me from overtaking him and crashed into me. This stuff’s ridiculous. These drivers are absolutely fricking ridiculous, it’s stupid.”
Asked why he has had so many penalties he joked: “Maybe it’s because I’m black – that’s what Ali G says! I don’t know.
He denied it was affecting his driving: “No, it’s not affecting my confidence as a driver.
“I just think the sport is… you know, people want to see my racing, they want to see overtaking, and you get done for trying to overtake, trying to put on a show. I’m trying to make a move.
“Fair play if I really feel I’ve just gone too late and hit someone, I put my hand up and realise, OK, I really have caused an incident and been the stupid one, but it’s not the case.
“I’ll just try to keep my mouth shut and enjoy the rest of the season which, I’m sure, is going to be an interesting one, but as you can see he’s walking away with it.”
He denied the result has ended his championship chances, saying: “No, it’s never too late, but it’s not looking great.
“I gave it my all today and the team did a great job to get the car back out and get it fixed for the last few laps.”
Button was holding back. He could have took Vettel.zeph wrote:Nah. Button didn't put a foot wrong today. He was robbed of a likely win because of the first safety car. Hamilton went apes--t today and should be reprimanded.ringo wrote: Button disappoints again. Put hamilton in his place and that race would have been over after lap 60.
chepoi wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RteXh2Z_ ... ture=feedu[/youtube]andartop wrote:Can't wait for Lewis to actually do as he promises and just keep his mouth shut.Tozza Mazza wrote: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/05/29/f ... ties-joke/
Lorenzo_Bandini wrote:A furious Lewis Hamilton criticised the stewards after being penalised during the Monaco Grand Prix for colliding with Felipe Massa.
Hamilton is also under investigation for a later collision with Pastor Maldonado.
Hamilton said afterwards: “Out of six races I’ve been to the stewards five times. It’s a joke. It’s an absolute fricking joke.
“You know you can’t overtake here. Very, very rarely do you get an opportunity.
“I was quite a lot quicker than Massa, I went up the inside and the guy just turned so early and just turned into me so I tried to go onto the kerb to avoid him, and we’re stuck together.
“So it was just… and of course I get a penalty which is usual. He held me up in qualifying and I got the penalty. He turned into me, and I got the penalty.
“And I went up the inside of Maldonado and you can see on the screen he turned in a good car length too early to stop me from overtaking him and crashed into me. This stuff’s ridiculous. These drivers are absolutely fricking ridiculous, it’s stupid.”
Asked why he has had so many penalties he joked: “Maybe it’s because I’m black – that’s what Ali G says! I don’t know.
He denied it was affecting his driving: “No, it’s not affecting my confidence as a driver.
“I just think the sport is… you know, people want to see my racing, they want to see overtaking, and you get done for trying to overtake, trying to put on a show. I’m trying to make a move.
“Fair play if I really feel I’ve just gone too late and hit someone, I put my hand up and realise, OK, I really have caused an incident and been the stupid one, but it’s not the case.
“I’ll just try to keep my mouth shut and enjoy the rest of the season which, I’m sure, is going to be an interesting one, but as you can see he’s walking away with it.”
He denied the result has ended his championship chances, saying: “No, it’s never too late, but it’s not looking great.
“I gave it my all today and the team did a great job to get the car back out and get it fixed for the last few laps.”
This is funny. Out of the top three, who didn't drive a faultless race? Driving-wise it's undoubtedly Vettel who deserves the win for driving 50+ laps on soft compound, under pressure from Button then Alonso. Had it not been RBR's pit screw-up, it would have been a plain and simple pole-to-win for SV.Diesel wrote:Terrible race. We were robbed of a great race by stupid regulations. Red Bull made nothing but mistakes today and won the race, Button drove a faultless race and recieved the biggest penalty from the safety cars. Alonso was probably my driver of the day, he 100% deserved the victory over Vettel.
Really? Button made up 20 seconds on him, are you saying he wouldn't have made up 25, and then gained track position when Vettel stopped for softs? As far as I'm concerned, it was button that drove flawlessly, and got hamstrung by Vettel getting 2 free pit stops.lgmars wrote:This is funny. Out of the top three, who didn't drive a faultless race? Driving-wise it's undoubtedly Vettel who deserves the win for driving 50+ laps on soft compound, under pressure from Button then Alonso. Had it not been RBR's pit screw-up, it would have been a plain and simple pole-to-win for SV.Diesel wrote:Terrible race. We were robbed of a great race by stupid regulations. Red Bull made nothing but mistakes today and won the race, Button drove a faultless race and recieved the biggest penalty from the safety cars. Alonso was probably my driver of the day, he 100% deserved the victory over Vettel.
