2014 Monaco Grand Prix

[radosav]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Zx7Xz6u8M[/youtube]

[gandharva]

Lame FP2... At first everyone is waiting and waiting and in the last 7 minutes everyone gets out and nearly all drivers then got stuck in traffic.

[CHT]

With Friday being a rest day at Monaco, do drivers get to party a little harder on thursday night?

[kooleracer]

With Friday being a rest day at Monaco, do drivers get to party a little harder on thursday night?

Yes, they do especially Kimi in the past.

[siskue2005]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Zx7Xz6u8M

wow... that was close
what was kimi doing there?

[johnsonwax]

what was kimi doing there?

Looking for a hookup for tonight most likely.

[oT v1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Zx7Xz6u8M

wow... that was close
what was kimi doing there?

He was going back to the paddock after his gearbox failure, waved to an X-games star/friend and lost concentration....apparently. (according to BBC R5)

[ringo]

Maybe wanted to be taken out of his misery by the redbull?

[thedutchguy]

Just made a comparison video between the 2011 pole lap by Sebastian Vettel and the best time set yesterday by Lewis Hamilton. Yes, I know they will improve tomorrow, but damn, F1 has become slow...

[Juzh]

Good effort but fp1 and q3 really can't be compared.

[thedutchguy]

Good effort but fp1 and q3 really can't be compared.

I know, and I will make a new version tomorrow after Q3 (providing qualifying is dry). I don't expect them to close the gap though, two weeks ago in Spain the difference between the best time set in FP1 and the actual pole time was 1.8 seconds.

[Just_a_fan]

As you say, it will improve tomorrow - the comparison is between a car in Q3 (the point in the entire weekend when the cars are at their fastest) and FP1 (the point in weekend when the cars are probably at their slowest).

I don't doubt that they'll still be slower in Q3 but let's not forget that we're at the start of a new set of regulations. The cars always slow down during a major regs change and then time is found year-on-year as the teams develop their understanding of the new cars.

[George-Jung]

Last but not least, Vettel was also running the super-soft tyre.. which was a lot softer than they are now.
Also it was very sunny, so better track-temp.. etc etc..

[thedutchguy]

Last but not least, Vettel was also running the super-soft tyre.. which was a lot softer than they are now.
Also it was very sunny, so better track-temp.. etc etc..

I know it's not an apples-to-apples comparison and they will probably be round 2 seconds faster tomorrow (difference between FP1 and pole time in Spain 2 weeks ago was 1.8 secs). About the tyres: they are part of the whole package and thereby of the speed potential of the cars.

[f1316]

I have a feeling that the Ferrari might benefit more than other teams from the super soft tyre. They're always complaining about a lack of grip and so, if less able to get harder compounds up to their working range than other teams, their relative improvement might be greater.

I have the impression that the harder tyres this year might be giving them a similar issue to 2011 when they struggled on the harder compounds.