2014 Monaco Grand Prix

[Pierce89]

Now lets wait for the juicy first corner. =D>

Lets hope Lewis calms down over night, and doesn't do something truly stupid.

Well having claimed he'll sort it "Senna-style", hoping he won't do something stupid sounds like a recipe for disappointment.

[JimClarkFan]

Yeh, there is no doubt there would be a problem in implementation lol.

I think there has to be a better solution than what we had today... whether or not that is achievable at a reasonable cost is the question.

Anyway, only food for thought

I think the solution we had today worked well. If Lewis wanted pole, he should have set a hotter lap than Nico in his first run.

Notably, any solution that took that risk out of it would prevent the first runs from ever happening (why waste the tyres if there's no risk).

I think you and wayward are probably right, the costs might be too high, it would probably be too disruptive.

Now the stewards have looked at all the data and telemetry, Lewis needs to let it go, focus on a good start and take it from there. Should be a good race with hopefully some overtakes through the field given the loss of downforce and EBD and possible showers

Can Lewis let it go? Others have pointed out that his head is his biggest weakness, and that he beats himself up too much... I do think Lewis can be his own worst enemy at time.

[iotar__]

New wonderful era of technology in F1 in 2014 - designed to accommodate only three teams. You can be 0,7 slower than
your team-mate in the 5th place at the very short track and you still end up sixth. Real test of drivers skills and full of brilliant competition.

Rosberg's starts weren't brilliant recently even though he was behind, small wheelspin = crash between 2 Mercedes drivers and double grid penalty for Canada

[gray41]

I think sometimes because Lewis wants to win Monaco so bad, he lets his head get away.

[jurinius]

Subsequently asked if he needed to sort out the issue with Rosberg, Hamilton compared their situation to Senna and Prost's explosive rivalry when McLaren team-mates.
"I don't know if Senna and Prost talked about it but I quite liked the way Senna dealt with that so I'll take a page out of his book," Hamilton replied. (Source - Autosport)

A response is always given using the question context. I hope he can do a strong race without crashing tomorrow. Still have some good races remaining to give a proper response.

[Pierce89]

Lets assume Lewis simply means he will deal with Nico by beating him, lets not get crazy, its a nice headline but it doesn't mean anything

Why would we assume that? He would've said he'll just beat him. Bringing Senna's name into it obviously was a reference to Suzuka. Let's not twist ourselves in circles pretending Lewis said nothing wrong, that's like the people claiming Lewis didn't really bring race into the Spa situation a couple years back. I like Lewis and I believe he deserves pole because reversing onto the track during quali deserves a penalty ,
but he definitely implied he's willing to wreck them both to prove a point.

[gray41]

LEWIS HAMILTON:

I'd had a good weekend so far and I've just been concentrating on my own performance and working on the pace one step at a time. Qualifying was going well today but in hindsight, I should have nailed my best lap before the end of Q3. This is Monaco and there is always the risk of yellow flags here. Of course, I'm extremely disappointed that I didn't get to finish my lap as I was a couple of tenths up. That's motorsport. I have to get the best possible start and then see what we can do from there.

[PlatinumZealot]

I want Lewis to CRUSH Rosberg tomorrow... and I want him to do it on pure pace and overtaking alone.

[SilverArrow10]

All Lewis has to do is pull out the pole lap that he was going to do today, tomorrow when Nico pits first, then get in front, made possible without the traditional undercut in play here with harder tires. That or get him at the first corner.

[Just_a_fan]

Lets assume Lewis simply means he will deal with Nico by beating him, lets not get crazy, its a nice headline but it doesn't mean anything

Why would we assume that? He would've said he'll just beat him. Bringing Senna's name into it obviously was a reference to Suzuka. Let's not twist ourselves in circles pretending Lewis said nothing wrong, that's like the people claiming Lewis didn't really bring race into the Spa situation a couple years back. I like Lewis and I believe he deserves pole because reversing onto the track during quali deserves a penalty ,
but he definitely implied he's willing to wreck them both to prove a point.

Strangely, I thought he just meant he was just going to be quicker than Rosberg and beat him by winning.

My own take on the whole episode is that Hamilton has got to Rosberg. Rosberg is struggling to find an answer and that leads to unfortunate incidents like today's. What Hamilton should be saying, to himself at least, is "I've got this guy on the ropes. Just got to keep doing my best and it will all fall in to place for me."

[zeph]

I didn't see the whole thing, so I have no opinion on the incident. I also don't know in what context Hamilton referred to Senna/Prost, but I can't think of any context that makes it sound less stupid.

For the WDC it is not too bad if Rosberg takes a win here, but Hamilton prolly feels differently.

[zeph]

LEWIS HAMILTON:

I'd had a good weekend so far and I've just been concentrating on my own performance and working on the pace one step at a time. Qualifying was going well today but in hindsight, I should have nailed my best lap before the end of Q3. This is Monaco and there is always the risk of yellow flags here. Of course, I'm extremely disappointed that I didn't get to finish my lap as I was a couple of tenths up. That's motorsport. I have to get the best possible start and then see what we can do from there.

Now that sounds a lot more sensible. Thank you. Story over.

[Anon123]

I didn't see the whole thing, so I have no opinion on the incident. I also don't know in what context Hamilton referred to Senna/Prost, but I can't think of any context that makes it sound less stupid.

For the WDC it is not too bad if Rosberg takes a win here, but Hamilton prolly feels differently.

Of course he feels different, we've got double points this year so building a nice little gap will be crucial and finishing 2nd to Rosberg instead of beating him is a 14 point swing.

[gray41]

Hopefully we get some kind of a race tomorrow with the two of them out front, could be a lot of luck involved for whoever wins.

Ricciardo could try to undercut Lewis, and if they are running in close proximity Nico will get the call, leaving Lewis potentially out to dry.

So much like last year will be down to what happened today, looking very good for Nico tomorrow.

[George-Jung]

I think sometimes because Lewis wants to win Monaco so bad, he lets his head get away.

That is because I think Hamilton sees himself as the new Senna.. and Senna owned at Monaco..

But how about this..

Hamilton wants to deal things like Senna did.. Then what is he going to do if Rosberg wants to deal things like Schumacher did...