2016 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo, Thu 26 – Sun 29 May

[giantfan10]

Mercedes proves PU is very much a factor in Monaco as well....so we still dont know where Mclaren is compared to rest in chassis department...Honda is 80-90 hp down on Merc-Ferrari

sure. Tell that to RIcciardo

Considerig power deficit there is now no doubt Mclaren has better chassis that Ferrari.

can i have some of what you're smoking?
can you tell me what formula you used to determine this?

[nokivasara]

Amazing SS lap from RIC! And even better pole lap!

Hamilton with car problems again, very impressive that he managed to put that final lap together after all that.

Ferrari did what Ferrari does best, they seem to develop the cars backwards and fall back after a strong start of the season.

[GoranF1]

Formula 1

[Sonador]

BOTH Mercs had high fuel temp problems ....

[justmoi]

Lewis took way too much life out of his tires. That wasn't smart at all all those laps he did on ultrasoft.

[GoranF1]

Ferrari,Ferrari...... =D> ....all this facilities...all this money...says Lauda!

[dans79]

So what did Hamilton do? 4 warm up laps? or 5? ... Incredible lap from Ricciardo, but I feel we were robbed for a genuine shootout. I think Ricciardo would have nicked it anyway, possibly, but I'm seriously fed-up at the technical glitches Hamilton seems to keep on having.

I think he used up the tires to much with the warm up laps, and fastest first sector. I also wouldn't be surprised if he had to much fuel onboard.

[ME4ME]

Great job by Ricciardo!

Too bad Red Bull probably threw the win away with the SS strategy..

If Daniel goes long in the first stint, then he'll be undercut by people on the US.
If Daniel goes short, or matches the others in the first stint, then he is on the US and it will be very marginal to the end.

[F1NAC]

Ferrari,Ferrari...... =D> ....all this facilities...all this money...says Lauda!

what about McLaren. woaaaaah even STR with older PU faster. Stop trolling around. How on earth did you get that many reputation points???


What the heck is going on with Ferrari?? Q3 slower than Q2 and barely half a tenth faster than Q1?? Honestly....

[Phil]

The most fascinating part of tomorrow will be how Redbull strategy by starting on the SS will unfold. IMO, I'm not sure it's that good of an idea, unless he can make sure the top 10 cars are all bunched up behind him. This will mean that once Mercedes pits their cars, they'll be in traffic and then it would be crucial for Ricciardo, on the more durable SS tires to make a gap that is larger than the time it takes to pit to come back out ahead.

If during any part of the 1st 3rd of the race, Mercedes finds some clean air to pit, they will and then it will be a race between Ricciardo on slower used SS against the Mercedes 25seconds behind on fresher tires. Any constellation where RedBull ends up being on quicker US but behind towards the end of the race will mean he won't win it. I think last year showed nicely that even on fresh tires (Hamilton when Mercedes brought him in during safety car) you will not be passing any cars on track.

@dans79, yeah. But I fear he had to do those laps, or was instructed to, by the team to make sure everything was running smoothly. Or he would never have been fueled to do that many laps. Me too, am considering not watching the rest of the season. I'm seriously annoyed that all these glitches and problems are only happening on one side of the garage and is robbing us of what would probably be a spectacular battle.

[justmoi]

So what did Hamilton do? 4 warm up laps? or 5? ... Incredible lap from Ricciardo, but I feel we were robbed for a genuine shootout. I think Ricciardo would have nicked it anyway, possibly, but I'm seriously fed-up at the technical glitches Hamilton seems to keep on having.

I think he used up the tires to much with the warm up laps, and fastest first sector. I also wouldn't be surprised if he had to much fuel onboard.

He was up after sector two and end of s3 he was third. He had the pace

[Sevach]

I saw that Red Bull was for real on thursday, great job by Ricciardo, shame about Max (i'm still a member of the Church of Max, repent from your sins now the day of reckoning is coming).
What happened to Hamilton and what was his strategy near the end? Rosberg did ok i guess hard gage...
Great job Hulk and Force India.

Reality check for Ferrari and Mclaren, you are not as good as you think.

[ripper]

On italian television Fisichella said that between Q2 and Q3 Ferrari raised front wing angle to increase a bit temperature on front tyres, maybe this caused the problem that Vettel had? As far I as understood Vettel asked for it, but I wasn't paying attention.

Mercedes proves PU is very much a factor in Monaco as well....so we still dont know where Mclaren is compared to rest in chassis department...Honda is 80-90 hp down on Merc-Ferrari

sure. Tell that to RIcciardo

Considerig power deficit there is now no doubt Mclaren has better chassis that Ferrari.

There's more than 1 second between Alonso and Vettel best time (Q2), on Monaco. I don't think you can say it with no doubts

[iotar__]

- lap times despite heavy cars, anyone still complaining? Brilliant Tag engine gave pole position.

- Verstappen: interesting place to crash although the one in FP3 was even better, 10/10 for originality, brake tested by air twice in the best car . Sequence of superior Monaco driving between races continues.

- Raikkonen slower than Hulkenberg and barely in front of Sainz. Gearbox penalty was really an act of mercy.

[GoranF1]

Ferrari,Ferrari...... =D> ....all this facilities...all this money...says Lauda!

what about McLaren. woaaaaah even STR with older PU faster. Stop trolling around. How on earth did you get that many reputation points???


What the heck is going on with Ferrari?? Q3 slower than Q2 and barely half a tenth faster than Q1?? Honestly....

in my opinion YOU are the one that always troll first.......