PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑01 Jun 2022, 05:06
GrizzleBoy wrote: ↑31 May 2022, 20:19
Man I just had a thought about how the future of this Grand Prix is hanging in the balance.
This could turn out to have been the last chance for Charles to win his home GP.
I actually would celebrate if Monaco never came back, but I'd be pretty sad for Charles too.
I'm sure the Monaco business world will fork over the money to keep this GP on the map until Charles can win it.
I for one like this GP so I hope it stays.
I also enjoy the whole Monaco race weekend, so many great moments and performances over the years.
What seems to get missed is that during the 50’s/60’s (& into the 70’s) it was all about the glamorous film stars turning up (same period as the Cannes film festival?), Princess Grace and all that injecting some glamour into a ‘garagistes’ environment - without it there was no real glamour in F1.
What seems to be the case now is that Monaco needs the F1 circus (which takes its aura of glamour with it everywhere nowadays) to maintain its ‘kudos’ and massage its ego.
If F1 had never raced at Monaco, how many of us would have even heard of it (except for castigating the whole ‘tax-haven-ness’ of the place. Take the colours of the race away and it looks almost as run-down as down-town Sao Paolo…..
….but the camera work tries its best to hide that.
Monaco now needs F1, F1 no longer needs Monaco. (You can thank Bernie for that!)
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