2014 Monaco Grand Prix

[Juzh]

Not yet available. Gonna be here when they are:

http://www.fia.com/sport/championships/ ... ampionship under event timing information, or:
http://www.formula1.com/results/

Interestingly enough pretty much everyone set their fastest lap time on their 5-7th timed lap, suggesting soft tires need quite a lot of time to warm up, but do have some longevity in them.
Vettel actually set his fastest S1 on his 25th lap on soft tires and 11th in the stint.

[Juzh]

In the meantime:

[SiLo]

Looks like Hamilton could go faster still, especially considering his first sector lap times compared to the others. And Ric is really on it! Could spoil the party for mercedes.

[thomin]

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/stat ... 2401457153

Apparently there was a problem with Button's engine.

Can someone remind me about the curfew rules please? I seem to remember that you can break it a limited amount of times.

[mikeerfol]

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/stat ... 2401457153

Apparently there was a problem with Button's engine.

Can someone remind me about the curfew rules please? I seem to remember that you can break it a limited amount of times.

The teams can break the curfew 6 times

[Juzh]

So rain fell during sessions and everyone is just sitting around waiting for tarmac to dry out.

[thomin]

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/stat ... 2401457153

Apparently there was a problem with Button's engine.

Can someone remind me about the curfew rules please? I seem to remember that you can break it a limited amount of times.

The teams can break the curfew 6 times

Thanks. Also, what happens when you break it after those six times? 5 place grid penalty? 10 places?

And is there a place where this (and also engine, gearbox, etc. changes) is monitored? After introducing such an intricate reliability/penalty regime, it would be nice if the fans could keep track of that. I also seem to remember that particularly in Australia, the curfew was broken by many teams, even more than once at times, so it could really get dicey towards the end.

I can even see many teams voluntarily taking a hit in Brazil and switching to a new gearbox/battery/engine/etc. in order to prevent being forced to lose out in Abu Dhabi with its double points.

[turbof1]

You're also only allowed to break the curfew once per weekend.

Cars go in parce fermé; so breaking the curfew means involving a FIA delegate. So monitoring it is quite easy.

[oT v1]

A Maclaren just went out on Inters again??? Why not wait 5 mins and use some slicks

EDIT: they're saying the cross-over is 1:30, so 1 more second to come off. Soon!!

[beelsebob]

A Maclaren just went out on Inters again??? Why not wait 5 mins and use some slicks

Because they won't need inters or wets for the rest of the weekend, so they're effectively not wearing any tyres down.

[Richard]

You're also only allowed to break the curfew once per weekend.

Cars go in parce fermé; so breaking the curfew means involving a FIA delegate. So monitoring it is quite easy.

Parc ferme is only conceptual, the cars still sit in the team garage. The FIA put seals on the vital parts and sometimes there are pics of the cars wrapped in a net to avoid tampering.

People can still be in the garage during parc ferme, they'll be tidying up and sorting out everything else that is not actually on the car.

Curfew is different, no one from the team is allowed on the circuit because it's a rule to ensure the team get enough rest. Famously Force India broke the curfew when Vijay Mallya went back to the a circuit to collect a bag he'd left behind. Sometimes marketing people break the curfew http://www.f1reader.com%2Fnews%2Fteams-fall-foul-of-f1-curfew-rules-28958

More about 2014 curfew rules here http://adamcooperf1.com/2014/02/19/fia- ... -for-2014/

[mikeerfol]

A Maclaren just went out on Inters again??? Why not wait 5 mins and use some slicks

Because they won't need inters or wets for the rest of the weekend, so they're effectively not wearing any tyres down.

Plus they will be given an extra set of inters.

[Juzh]

Alo 5/10 clear of hamilton and vergne 3th off? Some conflicting fuel loads going on it would seem.

[Phil]

I think it has more to do with traffic. Having watched P2, it seemed the end of the session was dominated by overwhelming traffic. I don't think many had a "clean run". Hamilton, I think, also had a bit of traffic on his last lap, though I'm not sure how far that impacted his lap, if at all. From the runners, I think Alonso had no cars ahead and was really able to push. I wouldn't read too much into them. I don't think Rosberg even attempted a run at the end.

[beelsebob]

Remember, P2 is where teams normally would be doing their race pace testing. Alonso's time is up there with the initial setup runs HAM did in P1, so it's likely that they didn't feel they were finished with initial setup.