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[Chuck]

New Alt+F1 podcast for this week!

Max's track notes for Monaco. :lol

Not bad.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Ledouche by #blessed

There is tea all over my keyboard.

 

[Shaneus]

According to Sky Danny Ric will get upgraded PU:

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...run-new-renault-engine-for-red-bull-in-monaco

Is that even going to make that much difference this weekend, given the track?

 

[DBT85]

Is that even going to make that much difference this weekend, given the track?

More power means more efficient, so it could mean he can run with less fuel for the race. Might not be much but it might help.

 

[Chris R]

Potential for rain on Sunday? Ah man, going to suck that this is the first Monaco I miss in years watching live.

 

[Shaneus]

More power means more efficient, so it could mean he can run with less fuel for the race. Might not be much but it might help.

Hm, true. Hope it does make a difference.

How did the whole engine development thing play out anyway? Was it something like this?
1) Renault use their tokens, make something a bit better in their PU.
2) Can only get two of them to Monaco.
3) Red Bull, via their agreement with Renault, get one. The other goes to Renault works.
4) RBR do whatever their tweaks are (are there even any?) to make it a TAG or whatever the fuck it is.

Because are Renault and RBR are essentially running the same running gear, or are there enough differences? I'm still fucking confused about the whole thing.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

More power means more efficient, so it could mean he can run with less fuel for the race. Might not be much but it might help.

Doesn't matter, Max will beat him anyway

 

[Zeknurn]

Potential for rain on Sunday? Ah man, going to suck that this is the first Monaco I miss in years watching live.

It's going to be nothing but delays anyway.

 

[Jibbed]

+30bhp apparently, should make a noticeable difference.

 

[DrM]

Renault upgrade should bring around 0.2 seconds per lap in Monaco and around 0.5 second per lap in Canada. At least those are wishes from Renault, we will see how it will pan out.

But Mercedes is bringing new engine to Canada, they will spend some tokens for it.

 

[Risgroo]

I don't remember doing this. Never drink and bet, kids.

 

[DrM]

Everything will be possible in the rain

 

[Zeknurn]

FP1 is live.

 

[Mastah]

They removed barrier in the second Swimming Pool chicane? What a joke :/

 

[Aiii]

FP1 is live.

Is that Williams' simulator? Explains why they're developing backwards, I suppose.

 

[bobnowhere]

They removed barrier in the second Swimming Pool chicane? What a joke :/

Looks pretty strange!

 

[Mastah]

Massa crashed in St Devote, lol.

 

[Zeknurn]

Massa crashed in St Devote, lol.

That corner is his Achilles heel.

 

[Mastah]

They are all pushing hard, Gutierrez almost binned it after the tunnel, while Palmer touched the barrier in Antony Noghes.

Danny Ric showing middle finger to... no one?

 

[Zaru]

Danny Ric showing middle finger to... no one?

And so begins the mystery of who Riccy was pissed at

 

[Mastah]

Ferrari?

Apparently it was Kimi. No love lost after what happened there last year.

 

[Aiii]

Ricciardo is losing his smile guys, he's been a bit whiny lately.

 

[Zeknurn]

Ricciardo is losing his smile guys, he's been a bit whiny lately.

Who can blame him if after Red Bull stripped him of his win?

 

[Aiii]

Who can blame him if after Red Bull stripped him of his win?

That's a bit dramatic haha. Lets be honest, Vettel would have finished ahead of him even if Kimi and Max had the same strategy as the #1 drivers, so he wouldn't have won either way.

I mean, he lost a solid podium.

But then, that puncture would have cost him that as well.

He probably would have been fourth either way.

 

[Mastah]

#blessed made 2 mistakes in something like 1 minute.

 

[DrM]

Times are only half a second slower than pole position last year, so we could see PP time of low 1:14 or even better

 

[Aiii]

Expecting low 1:13s from Mercedes

 

[DrM]

Expecting low 1:13s from Mercedes

Probably, totally forgot about ultra softs in my calculations

 

[hamchan]

Ricciardo is losing his smile guys, he's been a bit whiny lately.

Good. Dude has to stand up for himself. He does not want to be Webbered.

 

[Aiii]

Verstappen now has a red helmet again, guess they realized the blue was too confusing.

 

[Mastah]

Gutierrez really has no luck this year, it's his 10th technical problem so far?

 

[Aiii]

Rumor is that Bianchi's family is suing the FIA, F1 and Marussia for Jules' death.

 

[Mastah]

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f...ainst-f1-fia-over-jules-bianchi-death-740400/

And now Palmer binned it.

 

[DrM]

Gutierrez really has no luck this year, it's his 10th technical problem so far?

he had a tech issue on almost every FP or race

 

[Aiii]

Yep. Bianchi's family is seeking "Justice of Jules" and suing FIA, FOM and Marrusia for neglect that lead to Jules' crash and death.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/124484/bianchi-family-launches-legal-action

So now the FIA has to go into court and prove that Jules killed himself (AFAIK he was speeding under yellows, right?) so that'll be a nice stain on his legacy.

What a clusterfuck, what a shame. The FIA already implemented the VSC to ensure those circumstances couldn't happen anymore, so it's not really about protecting future drivers from freak accidents. No use to this.

 

[Danielsan]

And there goes Kvyat.

 

[Xando]

Everyone getting punctures right now

What a big hole in Rosbergs tyre

 

[Zaru]

Rosberg puncture, Button puncture, what is going on

 

[DrM]

Everyone getting punctures right now

Puncture party

 

[chadskin]

Woah, that was dangerous.

 

[Xando]

Was that Mercedes just losing parts or was it from someone else?

 

[DrM]

Was that Mercedes just losing parts or was it from someone else?

Looks like Rosberg ran over something (probably carbon parts on the floor) in St.Devote

 

[Zaru]

Loose drain cover? Who can we blame for that?

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Looked like a drain cover. Time to bin this shit track.

 

[navanman]

Looks like a metal drain came off when Rosberg drove over it.
Button hit it when it was spinning down the track and his wing exploded.

 

[Xando]

Loose drain cover? goddamn could've been dangerous if it hit Button on the helmet

Reminded me of Massa in Hungary.

 

[Zeknurn]

Holy fuck, that could have been dangerous. I hope whoever is in charge of securing the drain/manhole covers gets told off.

Another reason why the aero screen should be implemented asap.

 

[Mastah]

 

[DBT85]

Yep. Bianchi's family is seeking "Justice of Jules" and suing FIA, FOM and Marrusia for neglect that lead to Jules' crash and death.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/124484/bianchi-family-launches-legal-action

So now the FIA has to go into court and prove that Jules killed himself (AFAIK he was speeding under yellows, right?) so that'll be a nice stain on his legacy.

What a clusterfuck, what a shame. The FIA already implemented the VSC to ensure those circumstances couldn't happen anymore, so it's not really about protecting future drivers from freak accidents. No use to this.

The family will probably argue that the tractor should never have been there with no protection around it and f1 shouldn't have been leaving the drivers to slow down an appropriate amount under flags.

 

[Zeknurn]

@adamcooperF1: A similar thing happened to @rubarrichello in the 2010 Monaco GP, here's what I wrote then: https://t.co/OSlo9Oq19o

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