2019 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO - LIVE THREAD

5/23/2019 | chode

[Chode]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48409553

Charles Leclerc demanded answers from his Ferrari team after a strategic error resulted in him qualifying 15th for his home Monaco Grand Prix.

Ferrari chose not to send Leclerc out for a second run at the end of the first session and he was knocked out - by his own team-mate Sebastian Vettel.

Leclerc said: "I asked whether they were sure [I was safe]. They said we think we are.

"I said, 'shouldn't we go again? I need an explanation."

Leclerc had originally qualified in 16th place but a three-place grid penalty for Antonio Giovinazzi, who was penalised for blocking Nico Hulkenberg in qualifying, promoted the home favourite to 15th.

Nevertheless, the result means Leclerc's race is already effectively a write-off, as overtaking is close to impossible around Monaco.

"Hopefully [there will be] some rain," he said. "If it is dry, it will be boring. I have to take a lot of risks, even risk to crash, but it's all I can do to take some risks.

"I'm very disappointed today. Hopefully tomorrow [in the race on Sunday] will be better but I doubt so if it's dry."

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Ferrari were struggling in the first session and after the first runs Vettel was not quick enough to get through in the fastest 15 drivers without going for a second run.

But Ferrari felt Leclerc would be all right, despite clear signals that he was at risk.

Leclerc says he is waiting for an explanation from Ferrari with regards to their error in the first part of qualifying

His fastest lap on his first run was 0.3secs slower than the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, gaps are small in Monaco and the track speeds up quickly through the weekend as more rubber gets laid down.

Despite that, they elected not to send him out, and had to watch helpless as Leclerc tumbled down the lists as others improved.

To add insult to injury, Vettel was the man who dealt the final blow.

The German four-time champion, who crashed at the start of final practice and missed much of the session, had only just crossed the line in time to start his final lap.

Ferrari are yet to provide an explanation for the mix-up but the team will face serious questions.

In isolation, the error would be bad enough, but it is simply the latest in a series of questionable operational decisions made by Ferrari in the past two seasons.

[mabarker1]

Yeah, one he!! Of a mess in Ponyland. Poor Charles was just shaking His head in the rear of the garage.

FYI- They (Ferrari) had Heat Guns warming up the Front Brakes before Tyreing up and leaving the garage. Couldn’t see the Rear so don’t know if those were getting Heat Gunned also.

[Chode]

they’ve got the colic

[Yo-Yo]

No, they doubled the battery capacity.

[Yo-Yo]

No, they doubled the battery capacity.

[Chode]

size or new technology

[Chode]

Race Result

	Driver	Team	Grid	Race Time
1	HAM	Mercedes	1	Lapped
2	VET	Ferrari	4	Lapped
3	BOT	Mercedes	2	Lapped
4	VPN	Red Bull	3	Lapped
5	GAS	Red Bull	8	Lapped
6	SAI	McLaren	9	Lapped
7	KVY	Toro Rosso	7	Lapped
8	ALB	Toro Rosso	10	Lapped
9	RIC	Renault	6	Lapped
10	GRO	Haas	13	Lapped
11	NOR	McLaren	12	Lapped
12	MAG	Haas	5	Lapped
13	PER	Racing Point	16	Lapped
14	HUL	Renault	11	Lapped
15	RUS	Williams	19	Lapped
16	STR	Racing Point	17	Lapped
17	RAI	Alfa Romeo	14	Lapped
18	KUB	Williams	20	Lapped
19	GIO	Alfa Romeo	18	Lapped
R	LEC	Ferrari	15	Retired (18)

[moviefan8]

Morning.

Good race. Found a place online to watch it. First F1 race watched in a very long time. I used to watch a lot when Michael Schumacher was dominating at Ferrari.

Interesting that they kept hyping the competition between Verstatppen and Hamilton. Verstappen had a five second penalty. I guess the hard tires were better so that is why Hamilton had keep him back.

I have watched Indy 500 on and off throughout the years.

Going to try to watch all three (Monaco, Indy, Charlotte) live today. Did that once before.

[moviefan8]

Is there a thread for the Indy 500?

I didn’t see it,

[Chode]

i just got home, but use the search function to find threads

there was one but too late now, sorry

*LIVE THREAD* 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3752260/posts

do you want on the F1 list?

[Yo-Yo]

The Gen 2 cars have a larger Williams-supplied battery.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark_SRT05e

[Chode]

thx...

[Yo-Yo]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.motorsport.com/f1/news/verstappen-wrong-engine-torque-monaco/4397096/amp/

Monaco Grand Prix nearly-man Max Verstappen spent most of his race in the wrong Formula 1 engine torque mode after the pitlane incident he had with Valtteri Bottas.

[Chode]

and the hits just keep right on coming