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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #15 on: 29 May 2011, 15:16:15 »
what a complete farce that race was. changing tyres on the red flag scuppered buttons chances.
soooo angry. >:(
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #16 on: 29 May 2011, 15:23:31 »
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what a complete farce that race was. changing tyres on the red flag scuppered buttons chances.
soooo angry. >:(

actually i had money on Alonso and he was looking good for the win - Vettels tyres were about to go -til the red flag - i didnt know they were allowed to change tyres as red flag procedure normally brings cars into the pits behind the SC, where you can change them presumably Monaco is different, but then you shouldn't be allowed to change tyres on the grid if you ask me.....unless by doing so, it helps the guy i have a bet on  ;D

Vettel wins, but I still don't rate him round Monaco - he got very lucky - his race was lost 'til it was suspended and restarted  :(
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #17 on: 29 May 2011, 15:25:17 »
red flag did for Alonso in qualy and the race - best driver of the weekend and very unlucky Fernando  :(
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #18 on: 29 May 2011, 15:28:47 »
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red flag did for Alonso in qualy and the race - best driver of the weekend and very unlucky Fernando  :(
sorry, i disagree. button for me.
that tyre change rule under the red flag should be changed.
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #19 on: 29 May 2011, 15:41:31 »
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red flag did for Alonso in qualy and the race - best driver of the weekend and very unlucky Fernando  :(
sorry, i disagree. button for me.
that tyre change rule under the red flag should be changed.

Button was unlucky too but he started 2nd and finished 3rd, Alonso started 4th and finished 2nd, and would heve won if you werent allowed to change tyres under red flag - i agree it shouldnt be allowed - its giving everyone a free pit stop and penalising those who've planned a better strategy (like Alonso) :(
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #20 on: 29 May 2011, 15:41:43 »
I thought the end of that was really disappointing too :(

Lots of action on track (and lots of di Restapeople driving into people) and mistakes in the pit lane.. I really thought Button might do it right up until the first safety car that made the rest of the race a tall order, and of course the red flag which put the final nail in the coffin. Boo.
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« Reply #21 on: 29 May 2011, 15:46:15 »
If the race hadnt been stopped Vettell may well have still won.
All he had to do was make his car a bit too wide at certain corners for the last few laps - istr Senna doing it to Mansell for most of the second half of the race, years ago. ;)
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #22 on: 29 May 2011, 15:56:15 »
Hamilton's not happy  :o :o :o

watch his after race interview on F1 forumm on i player  :o :o
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #23 on: 29 May 2011, 16:11:58 »
" I have been called before the stewards 5 times in the last 6 races Is It Because I'm BLACK?"
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Oh dear he makes the mistakes, and then uses the race card.

As for the race I enjoyed it, probably one of the best Monaco Grand Prix in recent years. Why are they allowed to change tyres after a red flag, it is that which made the last ten laps gripping to watch. The change to Pirelli, and  make the races more of a spectacle, and then they are allowed to change them with 6 laps to go, they should have been made to finish the race on the tyres they were on, and then the result would have been totally different. Button, Alonso, & Vettel.   
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #24 on: 29 May 2011, 16:17:43 »
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" I have been called before the stewards 5 times in the last 6 races Is It Because I'm BLACK?"
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Oh dear he makes the mistakes, and then uses the race card.

As for the race I enjoyed it, probably one of the best Monaco Grand Prix in recent years. Why are they allowed to change tyres after a red flag, it is that which made the last ten laps gripping to watch. The change to Pirelli, and  make the races more of a spectacle, and then they are allowed to change them with 6 laps to go, they should have been made to finish the race on the tyres they were on, and then the result would have been totally different. Button, Alonso, & Vettel.   

Alonso, Button & Vettel, surely?  ;)
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #25 on: 29 May 2011, 16:22:46 »
I don't know Alonso's tyres were a lot older than Buttons so who knows, but yes either way Vettel would not have won. To be honest I really don't know why they restarted the race, with the tyre change it was a forgone conclusion
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #26 on: 29 May 2011, 16:25:01 »
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" I have been called before the stewards 5 times in the last 6 races Is It Because I'm BLACK?"
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Oh dear he makes the mistakes, and then uses the race card.

As for the race I enjoyed it, probably one of the best Monaco Grand Prix in recent years. Why are they allowed to change tyres after a red flag, it is that which made the last ten laps gripping to watch. The change to Pirelli, and  make the races more of a spectacle, and then they are allowed to change them with 6 laps to go, they should have been made to finish the race on the tyres they were on, and then the result would have been totally different. Button, Alonso, & Vettel.   


NO. It's because you are a reckless (but not wreckless) fool.
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #27 on: 29 May 2011, 16:27:24 »
Yes.  Red flags spoiled potentially exciting qualifying and the race.  Just stopping would have put some life back into Vettel's tyres by letting them cool.

I reckon Alonso and Button would have passed him although it's not guaranteed.

I also think Button let Alonso have a go at Vettel on the restart.  That way there was some possibility they would have taken each other out - the easier way to win at Monaco!

As for Hamilton.... well we're supposed to have more overtaking and he does overtake,  only to be hauled before the stewards.  I know someone else had already been given a drive-through for a similar thing but they were a lot more ambitious and did it nearly entirely off the track.

A good race spoiled in my view.  I just hope FIFA weren't involved! ;)
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #28 on: 29 May 2011, 18:09:57 »
Hamilton drove stupidly today. He got frustrated and kept driving into gaps which werent there. He probably deserved the punishment he got and if he did say "is it because I is black ?"  then he has lost a lot of the respect I had for him, which was quite a lot.
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Re: Monaco GP
« Reply #29 on: 29 May 2011, 18:29:02 »
Quoted from the BBC F1 site

Lewis Hamilton launches attack on Monaco stewards
Page last updated at 15:35 GMT, Sunday, 29 May 2011 16:35 UK
Hamilton angry after 'weekend to forget'
Lewis Hamilton launched a furious attack on stewards after being called in front of them following an incident-packed race to sixth place in Monaco.

The McLaren driver got a drive-through penalty for a brush with Felipe Massa, and also clashed with Pastor Maldonado.

"It's an absolute frickin' joke," he said. "I've been to see the stewards five times out of six this season."

Asked why that was the case, he said apparently in jest: "Maybe it's because I'm black. That's what Ali G says."

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