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  1. minimark

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    #458 minimark, May 26, 2012
    Fingers crossed, don't want to jinx him!!!!:cool:
     
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    #459 Steve, May 26, 2012
    He had the best time but that's before they apply the 5-place penalty from his incident with Senna last race. He'll start 6th. Webber moves up to P1, Rosberg P2 on the front row.

    Maldonado also got a 10-place penalty for an incident. I read somewhere that he'll take another penalty (5-place) because the team decided to change his transmission but that one doesn't show on the updated grid.

    Here's the starting grid.
     
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    #460 minimark, May 26, 2012
    Yea but the old man still laid down the fastest time today and even with the penalty, he can very well win from the third row at Monaco!!;)

    Schumacher for the WIN!!!:D

    There I said it.
     
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    #461 Zapski, May 26, 2012
    I had forgotten the penalty, and was just looking at the times. Still he's in a decent spot.
     
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    #462 minimark, May 27, 2012
    Just about race time!!!:D
     
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    #464 Zapski, May 27, 2012
    Link 4 is also Sky. No commercials.
     
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    #465 minimark, May 27, 2012
    Thanks!
     
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    #466 minimark, May 27, 2012
    Wow!!
     
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    #467 Zapski, May 27, 2012
    Wow indeed!
     
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    #468 Steve, May 27, 2012
    Really? Cool, I'm glad someone enjoyed it. :Thumbsup:

    Spoiler warning:



    I guess we all see things differently. It seemed like a typical Monaco processional to me, plenty of fast driving between the Armco but almost impossible to pass anyone cleanly. At another track those last laps with the top 6 runners closed up nose to tail I would have expected all sorts of possibilities but the order never budged, lap after lap. There weren't even any real attempts, even during that difficult scramble through backmarkers! I might have been on the edge of my seat but I didn't expect any change without some carnage to go with it. I admit that made for some tension, but that's not the kind of tension I enjoy.

    I suppose it's really my own fault that I rarely enjoy the Monaco races. I have low expectations going in and I usually get what I expect, the old self-fulfilling prophesy thing in action.

    The non-driving aspects -- tires, pits, strategy, rain(?), etc -- kept me interested though as usual this year so I'm not actually complaining. Plus the 1-winner-per-race string continues, six races > six winners! I wonder whether Webber will change his tune now, at least for a couple weeks, re his complaint about a different winner in every race..... :biggrin5:

    My fingers are crossed for a Lotus rebound in two weeks to make it seven.
     
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    #469 goaljnky, May 27, 2012
    I have to agree. It was a so-so race. It had some exciting potential moments that never developed, otherwise it was ho-hum.
     
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    #470 Zapski, May 27, 2012
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    Yes most of it was not terribly fun but those last few laps were really close. Any mistake or slightly more rain could have turned the whole thing. Plus nine retirements (or was it 10?) mixes things up.

    So yeah, not as exciting as some of the last races overall, But the end made up for it.
     
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    #471 minimark, May 27, 2012
    Guess I go into watching Monaco without high expectations for a lot of overtaking.. That said, I find the knife edge the drivers have to compete on to be, if not the most difficult to maintain, certainly the place that forces a driver to make the fewest mistakes if he wants any chance to win, if not to merely finish.

    To see six cars at the front so close together after so many near misses, from each and every one of them, is dam exciting indeed!

    Monaco seperates the men from the boys.....and today there were a lot of men competing..WOW!!:D
     
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    #472 Minidave, May 27, 2012
    Well there were some interesting things to take away from Monaco, the first is Ferdy leading the driver's championship! Whodathunk it?

    Second, what has happened to big Mac? The wheels seem to have come off their whole championship....Button couldn't get past a Caterham all race!

    Mercedes is definitely in it to win it, but if Michael can't start finishing his races they will never get enough points to win the Constructors championship. Rosberg has a solid shot at the driver's championship tho....they say Canada should suit their car well, a 1-2 finish there would do wonders for their championship hopes this year.

    Red Bull has great strategy when they don't have the best pace. They're in it for both championships to me.....

    Force India is not only fast, but both their drivers are consistant and they finish races - best of the midpack teams to me at this point. Sauber has agressive drivers and great pace, but they need better decision making so they can finish races. Wiliams is also showing promise, but again, inconsistant finishing is hurting them.

    6 for 6.....heck of a start to the year, who will be the first to get their second?

    The Lotus also looks good for Canada, if they get it all together, it could be Rogro or Kimi's first - it'll be fun to see.....
     
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    #473 Steve, May 29, 2012
    :shocked:

    Student Protests Threaten Montreal Grand Prix (AutoGuide.com)
     
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    #474 minimark, May 29, 2012
    The taxes from $100 Million in free enterprise goes a long way towards paying entitlements...:idea:

    Just saying.
     
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    #476 Steve, May 29, 2012
    Ferrari and Lamborghini factories both shut down indefinitely, Ducati for a day.

    This article is about Ferrari F1.

    Ferrari halts work after earthquake (Crash.net)
     
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    #477 Steve, May 30, 2012
    Cool video of Sauber's cut-away F1 car. It's not long enough and they don't show most areas in great enough detail -- they skip the car of the car altogether -- but still interesting.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wn1EFLa2C8]Sauber F1 Team - World Premiere: Cutaway F1 Race Car - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #478 Steve, May 31, 2012
    Trouble in paradise?

    Raikkonen riling Lotus with steering sulk (Crash.net)
     
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