Red Bull's Sergio Perez has won the Monaco Grand Prix, having to fend off Sainz who blamed a lapped car for losing the race. Verstappen finished third while Leclerc was a disappointed fourth after communication issues with his team.
Ferrari has had a total of 3 bad stops but has the fastest ones. RBR is more consistent with them. I wouldn’t be worried.chrisc90 wrote:Chances of Ferrari being able to battle with Red Bull pit stop strategy? Since the pits are a big one here, RB have typically been the faster team. Of course it all depends on how much of a gap the leader manages to pull on opening laps in clear air.
Lets hope for some rain mid race which will spice it up a bit.
can't really see why he shouldn't, tbh. With those new cars, he is much stronger in qualifying than before, and Monaco has always been a good track for him, right from the early days of his career (although often with an unlucky outcome back then)
Verstappen is a bit overated in qualy, his strong point is race pace. I feel Perez is in the mood, somehow. He can put everything together like in Jeddah. I think one of the leader will crash in FP3, the other one in Q3Sevach wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 22:25I don't think Perez will challenge, if they get Verstappen's car to his liking i believe(so no data) he may be in sniffing range to capitalize on any mistake.SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 22:19Is this based on telemetry or your gut feeling? Because I don’t see Red Bull making up the one-lap deficit to Ferrari, especially not here in Monaco. They’ve been behind on one-lap pace for a while now. And Ferrari will have Giovinazzi on an adrenaline drip all night in the simulator.dialtone wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 21:46I wouldn’t rule out that RBR will find pace for quali in fp3. I do think they were in lower engine mode and naybe had not great setup. I don’t know if that will fix the time enough, engine not being so important here for example, but i would bet they will be closer than this.
Charles is the favorite no doubt.
CloseSpoutnik wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 21:24VER and LECPlatinumZealot wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 21:18Two drivers from the top four will bin it in qualifying. Mark my words.
Your gut feeling is correct. Marko said after FP2 that they went the wrong way with setup on Max's car.dialtone wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 22:25The setup is gut feeling, the engine is a bit of telemetry, they weren’t so deficient in acceleration in past races, so either the engine is fine but setup is very wrong or a mix or engine very low and setup fine.SirBastianVettel wrote:Is this based on telemetry or your gut feeling? Because I don’t see Red Bull making up the one-lap deficit to Ferrari, especially not here in Monaco. They’ve been behind on one-lap pace for a while now. And Ferrari will have Giovinazzi on an adrenaline drip all night in the simulator.dialtone wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 21:46I wouldn’t rule out that RBR will find pace for quali in fp3. I do think they were in lower engine mode and naybe had not great setup. I don’t know if that will fix the time enough, engine not being so important here for example, but i would bet they will be closer than this.
It’s possible I’m looking too much into it and they are just weaker, but 0.5s behind is an eternity, I would be shocked.
Somebody said that at RB they are offering heartfelt special prayers every hour for rain on Sunday and that most of their fanboys are joining in their hourly prayer seasons.dialtone wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 22:47Ferrari has had a total of 3 bad stops but has the fastest ones. RBR is more consistent with them. I wouldn’t be worried.chrisc90 wrote:Chances of Ferrari being able to battle with Red Bull pit stop strategy? Since the pits are a big one here, RB have typically been the faster team. Of course it all depends on how much of a gap the leader manages to pull on opening laps in clear air.
Lets hope for some rain mid race which will spice it up a bit.
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That honestly, would be worth a bet on.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 21:18Two drivers from the top four will bin it in qualifying. Mark my words.
Honestly I hope I’m wrong. I like the guy. I want both Ferrari drivers to do well and really take control of the championship by driving near perfect and using the advantages of the car. Now is his opportunity.
I'm really surprised how quick these cars are around this track. I thought with the extra weight, low profile tires, ground-effect aero and budget cap (so less Monaco specific upgrades) they would be a lot slower.
Sound like I'm right..Spoutnik wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 23:11Verstappen is a bit overated in qualy, his strong point is race pace. I feel Perez is in the mood, somehow. He can put everything together like in Jeddah.Sevach wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 22:25I don't think Perez will challenge, if they get Verstappen's car to his liking i believe(so no data) he may be in sniffing range to capitalize on any mistake.SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 22:19
Is this based on telemetry or your gut feeling? Because I don’t see Red Bull making up the one-lap deficit to Ferrari, especially not here in Monaco. They’ve been behind on one-lap pace for a while now. And Ferrari will have Giovinazzi on an adrenaline drip all night in the simulator.
Charles is the favorite no doubt.
