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[FittingMechanics]

Zak is like a Bro on 'roids with his reaction lol

Not great from Piastri today. The driver I thought would struggle to tame the car was on the other side of the garage today.

On another note, love the racing gear at Monaco.

I have to say, I reacted exactly the same as Zak

Same. Big shout.

This was one crazy qualifying. Drivers going at it from Q2.

[Darth-Piekus]

He split the Ferraris who were top in Monaco so it's still good. Our fight is with Max. The Ferraris are an one track pony.

[mwillems]

Zak is like a Bro on 'roids with his reaction lol

Not great from Piastri today. The driver I thought would struggle to tame the car was on the other side of the garage today.

On another note, love the racing gear at Monaco.

I have to say, I reacted exactly the same as Zak

Same. Big shout.

This was one crazy qualifying. Drivers going at it from Q2.

Yeah that was a full fat battle, a brilliant lap in the end.

[Xero]

Stunning lap from Lando! Could give him the injection of confidence he sorely needed. Class!

[bauc]

WOW, that was intense qualifying session, great work by NOR, this POLE should bring his confidence back I believe, and also great job by PIA, but he was just a bit slower today.... but that is fine.

Tomorrow will be interesting.....

[Emag]

It's a shame the guy lets other things mess with him. When he is in top form, he can really be a force to be reckoned with. Hopefully he keeps this up the rest of the season. It hasn't been the Lando of last year these first couple of races.

[bauc]

It's a shame the guy lets other things mess with him. When he is in top form, he can really be a force to be reckoned with. Hopefully he keeps this up the rest of the season. It hasn't been the Lando of last year these first couple of races.

Yeah that is true, but he somewhat did that to him self, saying on the radio of last years finale, ''next year is my year'' and by doing that he placed a target on his back mostly from the media, and other drivers exploited that to max so far.

[Mcl_G10]

Tomorrow is going to be a real conundrum to not get stuck behind a slower car after pitting.
I think the best possible strategy will be to just hammer it from the start, build a pitstop gap to hadjar(p6), go long then wait it out for those cars immediately behind (charles, oscar, Lewis, max) to pit then pit yourself.

[Nani_s23]

He split the Ferraris who were top in Monaco so it's still good. Our fight is with Max. The Ferraris are an one track pony.

Will see …!!

[Ground Effect]

That was an intense qualifying, with the recent trend, I wouldn't have put money on Lando to be the one that comes out top. He handled the pressure well so far this weekend. Hopefully he can complete the assignment tomorrow with a win. Oscar has struggled a bit more this weekend, so P3 isn't bad at all, he's put himself in a decent position. Fingers crossed for nbr 16 in Monaco tomorrow.

[Avocado]

What a relief, fantastic lap. Potentially 1-2 tomorrow. The important thing is that the Ferraris, who are not threatening anyone in the championship, are ahead of Max.

[Ground Effect]

Tomorrow is going to be a real conundrum to not get stuck behind a slower car after pitting.
I think the best possible strategy will be to just hammer it from the start, build a pitstop gap to hadjar(p6), go long then wait it out for those cars immediately behind (charles, oscar, Lewis, max) to pit then pit yourself.

For me, they've got to build a gap to protect against the undercut from the leading cars and simply bide their time. Let everyone else pit, then follow.

[bauc]

Tomorrow is going to be a real conundrum to not get stuck behind a slower car after pitting.
I think the best possible strategy will be to just hammer it from the start, build a pitstop gap to hadjar(p6), go long then wait it out for those cars immediately behind (charles, oscar, Lewis, max) to pit then pit yourself.

Yeah but you cant plan anything in Monaco, one red flag changes everything, so I agree pedal to the floor from lap one and then what happens happens (considering we get a good start and be on no1 position after turn 1)

[Emag]

I won't be able to watch the race tomorrow, but I have this feeling we will get a clown fiesta with everyone leaving it late for the pits hoping for safety cars and red flags, and if those don't happen, we might see everyone pitting twice in the last 10 laps or so.

[Mcl_G10]

Tomorrow is going to be a real conundrum to not get stuck behind a slower car after pitting.
I think the best possible strategy will be to just hammer it from the start, build a pitstop gap to hadjar(p6), go long then wait it out for those cars immediately behind (charles, oscar, Lewis, max) to pit then pit yourself.

For me, they've got to build a gap to protect against the undercut from the leading cars and simply bide their time. Let everyone else pit, then follow.

Yes that sounds the most obvious strategy. Building a pitstop to hadjar should be do-able and norris is very good with tyre life.

Only potential spanner is ferrari sacrificing Lewis to keep him in the pitsop window and use as a roadblock when we come back out. This however only works if he can make tyres last even longer than mclaren to benefit Charles.
There's no easy way but this seems best. Oscars route is nowhere near as clear or smooth.