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

[silver]

Perez tried to overdrive in that last lap and went on throttle a little earlier than the car would have liked. The final Leclerc lap could have been potential 4 to 5 tenths faster than the official pole time! He will run away tomorrow at the front and Perez might just hold up the pack behind him as he wouldn't be as fast in race. May be Red Bull would try to use that situation to give Verstappen an undercut.

[Racer X]

Seeing the pictures with double yellow flags I think Sainz is in trouble.

Not that it matters but I think it was single yellow being waved. The light panel came on super late also, will be interesting to see what happens here.

I'm sure he won't be panelized, my only question is Perez and Sainz. Will either of them have gearbox issues? Also will either of them be panelized if they change gearbox, or does it tap into their reserve?

[search]

how come no one is dicussing the penalty for Leclerc for missing the weight check?! Marko says normally he'll need to start last or even from the pits, and I think he is right

[silver]

Seeing the pictures with double yellow flags I think Sainz is in trouble.

Not that it matters but I think it was single yellow being waved. The light panel came on super late also, will be interesting to see what happens here.

I'm sure he won't be panelized, my only question is Perez and Sainz. Will either of them have gearbox issues? Also will either of them be panelized if they change gearbox, or does it tap into their reserve?

Rule have changed. They can use 4 gearboxes per year and can change anytime without a penalty within those allowed 4.

[chrisc90]

how come no one is dicussing the penalty for Leclerc for missing the weight check?! Marko says normally he'll need to start last or even from the pits, and I think he is right

I think it was because he was pushed back before actually parking up in the garage or team area. If the team had done anything to affect the car, it would have been a penalty.

[dialtone]

Pole lap difference PER v LEC.
* There is really minimal difference between the 2 cars
* A couple of issues from LEC in S3
* Ferrari is just stronger in the hairpin area corners, by the looks of the trace it seems they can afford to brake much later because the car will turn in anyway. RedBull might be a bit more understeery than the Ferrari.

Here's the aborted lap from LEC compared to PER:



* Ferrari here was a bit oversteering, very evident in S1 from TV feed
* Leclerc was taking every braking point to the absolute limit while still being faster in every single corner, that's a sign of oversteer (late corner entry still similar apex)
* This lap was a true monster, sad we couldn't see it to the end.

Sainz risks nothing from the race director, they went with single yellow, he got it right before corner entry and from his position you can't see where Perez crashed, easy to see from the onboard f1tv. You folks listen too much to sky sports.

What's funnier is that they went with straight red when tsunoda crashed and nothing really happened, and single yellow with Perez stopped sideways in the middle of a blind corner.

And Leclerc didn't miss the weight check, the condition is that mechanics must not take the car in the pits, nothing wrong happened and it was also displayed super late to Leclerc, he had already finished the chicane for entry pits when it was displayed to him.

[Racer X]

Not that it matters but I think it was single yellow being waved. The light panel came on super late also, will be interesting to see what happens here.

I'm sure he won't be panelized, my only question is Perez and Sainz. Will either of them have gearbox issues? Also will either of them be panelized if they change gearbox, or does it tap into their reserve?

Rule have changed. They can use 4 gearboxes per year and can change anytime without a penalty within those allowed 4.

Thank you! i knew there was a rule change but i couldn't recall what it was.

Glad for both drivers and luck to Carlos.
Hopefully there's no penalty for Sainz.

[Big Tea]

how come no one is dicussing the penalty for Leclerc for missing the weight check?! Marko says normally he'll need to start last or even from the pits, and I think he is right

I think it was because he was pushed back before actually parking up in the garage or team area. If the team had done anything to affect the car, it would have been a penalty.

Yeh, he stopped in plain sight and the team pushed him back in full view. It would be petty if there was any action taken as it is pretty much impossible any weight could have ben added.

[214270]

Seeing the pictures with double yellow flags I think Sainz is in trouble.

Not that it matters but I think it was single yellow being waved. The light panel came on super late also, will be interesting to see what happens here.

I'm sure he won't be panelized, my only question is Perez and Sainz. Will either of them have gearbox issues? Also will either of them be panelized if they change gearbox, or does it tap into their reserve?

PER looked like a healthy whack so may have to take a penalty in future. SAI looked about as bad as VER is Saudi last year to me

[MV8]

how come no one is dicussing the penalty for Leclerc for missing the weight check?! Marko says normally he'll need to start last or even from the pits, and I think he is right

Ferrari talked with FIA and they let them to push Charles back, so no penalty

[search]

how come no one is dicussing the penalty for Leclerc for missing the weight check?! Marko says normally he'll need to start last or even from the pits, and I think he is right

I think it was because he was pushed back before actually parking up in the garage or team area. If the team had done anything to affect the car, it would have been a penalty.

Yeh, he stopped in plain sight and the team pushed him back in full view. It would be petty if there was any action taken as it is pretty much impossible any weight could have ben added.

yeah, just checked the rules, and it seems like they are a bit more relaxed now:

Any driver who fails to stop when asked to do so, and then fails to bring the car back to the FIA garage, or if work is carried out on the car before it is returned to the FIA garage, will be referred to the stewards

so indeed no issues there

[aleks_ader]

Two drivers from the top four will bin it in qualifying. Mark my words.

BRUH ps please tell me Lottery numbers also if u could.

[silver]

Not that it matters but I think it was single yellow being waved. The light panel came on super late also, will be interesting to see what happens here.

I'm sure he won't be panelized, my only question is Perez and Sainz. Will either of them have gearbox issues? Also will either of them be panelized if they change gearbox, or does it tap into their reserve?

PER looked like a healthy whack so may have to take a penalty in future. SAI looked about as bad as VER is Saudi last year to me

6 races and a qualifying, I would say that gear box almost served it's life. He would have 3 more for the rest of the season, which should be good enough, unless he ends up in another whack.

[atanatizante]

We all know had tomorrow is a dry race there's a one-stop race. On this circumstances could it be a 50-55 laps first stint on M tyres and the second stint (23-28 laps on softs) a win strategy?

[MV8]

We all know had tomorrow is a dry race there's a one-stop race. On this circumstances could it be a 50-55 laps first stint on M tyres and the second stint (23-28 laps on softs) a win strategy?

It's a good one