2012 Monaco Grand Prix discussion

GwilymJJames · Post by **GwilymJJames** » 26 May 2012, 10:17

mario wrote:
GwilymJJames wrote:The old reverend is back - crash to end the session and looked like he (deliberately? he's got previous...) crashed into Perez.

Was that definitely Maldonado who did that? I thought that it might have been Bruno Senna actually (it was kind of hard to see who exactly was in the cockpit there, although the commentators initially thought it might have been Bruno rather than Maldonado).

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xr4ei0 ... p-fp3_auto

red camera bar. It's Maldonado

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 26 May 2012, 10:40

Apart from the Reverend's brainfade, it's clear that Williams are nowhere here. I actually feared that, as it's clear that the car is very good at generating downforce, therefore it likes the fast corners where a lot of downforce is needed; exactly the kind of thing you don't need that much at Monaco, which is full of slow corners and where mechanical grip and traction are most needed. It's funny because every recent Williams car was the opposite, good for start-stop tracks and bad everywhere else :lol:

I remember Webber doing well at Monaco in 2006, Rosberg decent in 2007 and 2008 and very good in 2009, Barrichello good in 2010, Maldonado great in 2011...

GwilymJJames · Post by **GwilymJJames** » 26 May 2012, 11:21

Andrew Benson reporting a ten-place grid pen for Maldonado. Too lenient IMO. Should be excluded from the weekend.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 May 2012, 11:29

BBC just showed new footage from Spain FP3. The bit where Schumacher blocked Hamilton.

Bloody Cheatmacher up to his old tricks again, after he came up behind Hamilton a couple of corners earlier (who was on a hot lap, btw), then fell back slightly towards the final chicane, so just ignored said chicane section entirely and used the old track to get back ahead of Hamilton. And then PARKED on the apex of the chicane.

Go Home Michael Schumacher. No wonder people like Maldonado act out like idiots when they have you for a benchmark.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 26 May 2012, 11:30

Pastor's gone and got himself a 10 place grid penalty. The saying 'from hero to zero' has never been more fitting

Anyway, that new building sure is ugly

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 26 May 2012, 11:33

Crash in to rival on purpose 10 place penalty.
Run out of fuel, sent to the back.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 May 2012, 11:35

Shadaza wrote:Crash in to rival on purpose 10 place penalty.
Run out of fuel, sent to the back.

Troll logic...

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 26 May 2012, 11:50

Guys, guys!

Guess who's the guest on the Hungarian broadcasting!

IT'S HWNSNBM HIMSELF!!!

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 26 May 2012, 12:01

the reverend needs a miracle

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 26 May 2012, 12:03

De la Rosa is the first loser of the 'how to get out of the way' contest.

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 26 May 2012, 12:05

Perez out - and Sauber will be fined because of the loose wheel.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 26 May 2012, 12:05

Perez has crashed. Five minutes into the session.

GwilymJJames · Post by **GwilymJJames** » 26 May 2012, 12:05

Perez crash, RED FLAG, next 15 minutes will be a waste of time.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 26 May 2012, 12:06

Perez must not like Monaco much...

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 26 May 2012, 12:06

Oh my, Sergio Perez just cannot qualify in Monaco can he?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 26 May 2012, 12:07

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Perez must not like Monaco much...

Where the bathplug have you been for the last two days? :lol:

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 26 May 2012, 12:07

Perez fail. Might see a Caterham in Q2 now

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 26 May 2012, 12:07

I'm actually not sure about the 15 mins being a waste of time. There might be another crash, or a nice lap from Kovalainen - he was in Q2 last year.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 26 May 2012, 12:09

Anyone in favour of aborting the entire qualifying session now? I'd love the current standings to be the grid.

GwilymJJames · Post by **GwilymJJames** » 26 May 2012, 12:10

Good news for the stewards, they can give DLR a grid drop and it will actually mean something.

Pamphlet · Post by **Pamphlet** » 26 May 2012, 12:10

inb4 Pic outqualifies the Caterhams and makes it into Q2.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 26 May 2012, 12:11

Perez looked as if he was never going to make it round that corner in the board replay. Seems like he had steering failure. Unfortunately Checo is not as good on 3 wheels as Gilles Villeneuve

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 26 May 2012, 12:14

SPEED is saying that something was broken on Perez's left front wheel before he crashed. That's exactly where Maldonado hit him this morning...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 26 May 2012, 12:16

tristan1117 wrote:SPEED is saying that something was broken on Perez's left front wheel before he crashed. That's exactly where Maldonado hit him this morning...

Brundle thinks it's a left-front suspension failure, probably as collateral damage from the Maldonado incident.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 26 May 2012, 12:18

Schumacher provisional pole.

Kostas won't be happy

S951 · Post by **S951** » 26 May 2012, 12:19

interesting q1 so far

Pamphlet · Post by **Pamphlet** » 26 May 2012, 12:22

Raikkonen looks to be struggling. Could we see him out of Q1 again?

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 26 May 2012, 12:23

Was my TV Playing tricks on me or did I see Hulkenburg take P1?

Maybe he used super soft though...

GwilymJJames · Post by **GwilymJJames** » 26 May 2012, 12:30

De la Rosa beats Pic, so maybe not a complete waste.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 26 May 2012, 12:31

Oh... an HRT ahead of a Marussia.....

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 26 May 2012, 12:48

Felipe on provisional pole!

GwilymJJames · Post by **GwilymJJames** » 26 May 2012, 12:51

Button out in Q2!

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 26 May 2012, 12:51

WeirdKerr wrote:Oh... an HRT ahead of a Marussia.....

Until Pedro gets his penalty

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 26 May 2012, 12:51

Jenson Button really makes Jacques Villeneuve look like Alain Prost as far as "driving talents of world champions" goes.

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 26 May 2012, 12:52

Maldonado is fast... and probably kicking himself

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 26 May 2012, 12:53

Ignore Vergne's laptime and the whole Q2 field was seperated by less than a second. And in Q1, when was the last time someone was 1.127 seconds slower than the fastest and STILL not make Q2.

TheBigJ · Post by **TheBigJ** » 26 May 2012, 12:54

Klon wrote:Jenson Button really makes Jacques Villeneuve look like Alain Prost as far as "driving talents of world champions" goes.

It's OK. You said it in the heat of the moment. I'm sure we'll excuse you.

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 26 May 2012, 13:08

MICHAEL BATHPLUGGING SCHUMACHER ON POLE!

Too bad he will start 5th

GwilymJJames · Post by **GwilymJJames** » 26 May 2012, 13:08

Schumacher fastest, 5 place penalty, Webber on pole.

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 26 May 2012, 13:09

What a session!

Next question will be about Webber's start, uh-oh...