F1 - Monaco

redvee

Dalton wrote:

He gives as good as he gets - should anyone try and get in his way.

Not when it comes to the German TV bird, she has strong elbows that can defeat Brundle.

desweller

Greg66 wrote:

I think his move on Massa at the hairpin was rash, but I don't see how it could have been his fault that Massa stacked it exiting the tunnel.

Hamilton was penalised for the move at the hairpin, not the pass in the tunnel.

suzyb

Mclaren actually make stuff other than F1 cars

nation

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Has anyone else noticed the BBC - Red Bull love in? Red Bull must love all of the coverage they get from the BBC and the BBC must love the access they have been given. I guess with having an ex-Red Bull driver in the commentating team, this is to be expected.
Can't really complain, the BBC were the same with Mclaren a few years ago.

To be honest, I think this is more to do with the fact that Christian Horner loves stirring up pitlane gossip, and is perfectly happy to use the media to do it.

Remember the "adjustable ride height" thing? That was pretty much entirely down to Horner cranking the rumour mill with a few well-placed ambiguous statements.

EKE_38BPM

suzyb wrote:

Mclaren actually make stuff other than F1 cars

LIke road bikes, road cars, speakers, ECUs, military hardware etc

nation wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Has anyone else noticed the BBC - Red Bull love in? Red Bull must love all of the coverage they get from the BBC and the BBC must love the access they have been given. I guess with having an ex-Red Bull driver in the commentating team, this is to be expected.
Can't really complain, the BBC were the same with Mclaren a few years ago.

To be honest, I think this is more to do with the fact that Christian Horner loves stirring up pitlane gossip, and is perfectly happy to use the media to do it.

Remember the "adjustable ride height" thing? That was pretty much entirely down to Horner cranking the rumour mill with a few well-placed ambiguous statements.

As Blur almost said in Parklife "He loves a bit of it".
Red Bull are perfectly placed to milk the publicity.
Inside man at the BBC (DC): Check
Leading designer (Adrian Newey): Check
Leading driver: Check
Massive publicity machine: Check
Spare team to bring on young drivers: Check

Still haven't drunk the stuff in years though.

redvee

EKE_38BPM wrote:

suzyb wrote:

Mclaren actually make stuff other than F1 cars

LIke road bikes, road cars, speakers, ECUs, military hardware etc

Not forgetting pushchairs

EKE_38BPM

redvee wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

suzyb wrote:

Mclaren actually make stuff other than F1 cars

LIke road bikes, road cars, speakers, ECUs, military hardware etc

Not forgetting pushchairs

The infamous MP-Finger Chop. Not their proudest moment.

greg66_tri_v2.0

I've just sat down to watch the recording of the race (was at Mum's for the race proper, so had one eye on and one eye off).

The pre race footage of Graham Hill doing a flying lap was incredible. First, for how little the basic layout remains unchanged - that bloody great lump on the straight exiting Casino Sq is still there, and if anything is worse now than it was then. The hill up tom the Casino and Casino Sq look identical, demanding the same lines now as they did then, the start grid straight looks no different (apart from the boxes being painted more obviously now).

Differences: the corner before the hill up to the Casino is more acute now; it looked liked there were palm trees on the inside of the hairpin!; the tunnel is a lot longer now than it was then - additions to both ends.

Vettel's flying lap looked like Hill's at double speed.

Love it!