Today's Monaco GP - Review Thread

[Jem]

Only one to bite so far !!

Tee hee.

Jem

[oldtimer]

I've been saying for years that Monaco should be hoisted off the GP calendar.  Whats the point of holding a race on a track where you cannot overtake.

If you take that attitude there will be no GP racing left at all...  You could be onto something 

[oldtimer]

all four corners are different

All four!? - must be tricky 

[Radar]

Even the straights are a bit tricky, by the look of it:

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

[monkey]

So hang on a minute, they got as many as four tricky corners, and then on top of that there are what, two straights?!!!!! Jeez I don't know how these guys do it. It is amazing. 

[oldtimer]

But don't forget the straights drive differently as the race progresses...

[monkey]

But don't forget the straights drive differently as the race progresses...

It’s all too much!! I had forgotten that would happen as the race progressed. Like I say amazing.

[Fran]

four tricky corners, and then on top of that there are what, two straights

Surely if there are 4 corners there must be 4 straights (on the basis there arent any proper wiggly bits) - the basic rules of trigonometry demand that.  But maybe I am mistaken..... 

F

[oldtimer]

You would think so...  But actually it is more like two corners and two straights isn't it.  A couple of 180 degree turns and two straights

[Fran]

You would think so...  But actually it is more like two corners and two straights isn't it.  A couple of 180 degree turns and two straights

Ahhh - so the "all four corners are different" was overstating it somewhat - its becoming clearer!!!

 

Hmm just checked aerial photo of the Indy "oval" and its deffo 4 corners/4 straights (2 long 2 short) and more of a rectangle than an oval....its almost getting intriguing...but not quite

Edit:  Not sure if it will work, but link to aerial photo - http://www.indymotorspeedway.com/imsmap.htm#IMS

[oldtimer]

That seems to be the bone of contention.

They may look the same but are different apparently, but without a straight bit between them I still contest there must be two and not four corners.

[chop456]

So ask Dario or Dan if driving at Indy involves skill, or go and call them chimps, and see how they respond.

I suspect Wheldon would hit me with his purse.

Montoya said his grandmother could drive an IRL car.  With the telemetry showing 100% throttle all the way around, it appears he wasn't exaggerating all that much.

Pity.  I remember when it really was a test of skill and you couldn't get a ticket if you tried.

[monkey]

That seems to be the bone of contention.

They may look the same but are different apparently, but without a straight bit between them I still contest there must be two and not four corners.

They just love to show off don't they, why couldnt they just stick to something nice and simple. Like this

[oldtimer]

That would require them building cars with steering that allowed turns to the left AND the right to be made 

[Fran]

That would require them building cars with steering that allowed turns to the left AND the right to be made 

And ones that can float in some instances....