2012 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix

[GTPorsche]

Just look at that Caterham pull away from the McLaren.

 

[mister dog]

Dayumn. 1:19 flat from Vettel... he might be able to do a one stopper on this one... to win. Amazing performance!

Aren't the top cars on a one stop also, permitted it doesnt rain?

 

[IforceV8]

Vettel will stop on lap 48

 

[niky]

If you're doing a one-stopper, you don't want to be on the long stint at the end of the race. The one-stopper who's doing the short stint at the end has the advantage.

 

[Skygrasper550]

a Red Bull 1-2 isn't so slim by now.

VET pitted in on lap 46, on Super Soft tires. really gunning for a one-stop.

nice one VET!! blocked HAM just in time

 

[mister dog]

I think Vettel's gamble didn't work, tyres are dead and no sign of rain neither.

 

[ZEROX]

It won't rain until the end.
I can really sure about it.

And that Caterham is a rocket here!...or probably there's a problem for Button.

 

[niky]

Vettel pits... comes out in front of Hamilton!

 

[GTPorsche]

If it started raining heavier now, Vettel would be screwed.

 

[niky]

Vettel still has a good chance at a win. He's on fresher tires, and the guys around him don't have enough tire life to finish the race safely without being overtaken.

 

[mister dog]

If you're doing a one-stopper, you don't want to be on the long stint at the end of the race. The one-stopper who's doing the short stint at the end has the advantage.

True that, at least he gained positions.

 

[ZEROX]

Told ya' the rain is dissapearing. :/

 

[sems4arsenal]

No more rain,guessing everyone will go to the end now

 

[TheBook]

Vettel still has a good chance at a win. He's on fresher tires, and the guys around him don't have enough tire life to finish the race safely without being overtaken.

This is Monaco, though. Overtaking is nigh impossible here, so he will really have to work for it.

 

[IforceV8]

Pray for rain now or this will be a 30 lap parade until the end.

 

[niky]

"Kimi, we screwed you on strategy... haha... dry race... try to get a zillion laps on these tires. That is all..."

 

[Skygrasper550]

MSC with HUUUGGGEE lock-up just after the tunnel.

looks like there won't be any more rain.

 

[Alex p.]

I can't believe people still doubting Vettel's win.

On a funny side note: Here in German TV there is everytime this one commercial during the brake where a little girl asks her dad in an annoyed voice: "Rain, daaad, raaaaaaaain, when is it comming finally!?"
*Teh irony*

 

[Furinkazen]

Are my eyes deceiving me... or is Jean-Eric Vergne 8th!!!!

 

[ZEROX]

Pray for rain now or this will be a 30 lap parade until the end.

Meh, it won't rain. The race would be the latter.

 

[Demon Drone]

Pray for rain now or this will be a 30 lap parade until the end.

It's been a parade the entire race.

 

[Alex p.]

Are my eyes deceiving me... or is Jean-Eric Vergne 8th!!!!

He is 8th indeed.

 

[niky]

This is Monaco, though. Overtaking is nigh impossible here, so he will really have to work for it.

True that... and Vettel's on the Super Softs... so he's got to do some conservation.

Big losers in this are Raikkonen, who got screwed by strategy, and Hamilton, who seems like he's being let down by the car... not that Button's doing so hot, either. Apparently McLaren haven't got the balance in this car right for Monaco...

 

[Skygrasper550]

Red Bull 1-2 getting very likely by now.

 

[niky]

It's been a parade the entire race.

Everyone is trying to second-guess everyone else on tire strategy, they're all playing it as conservatively as possible, which is why Vettel didn't lose so much in terms of lap times at the end of that first stint.

Perez is showing what they should be lapping if they were pushing... 1:17 somewhere. But push too hard and you could find yourself in the wall right quick.

 

[Furinkazen]

Engineer to Massa

"Keep you're tyres fresh"

As he has a massive lock-up

 

[MustangManiac]

Easier said than done for sure.

 

[Skygrasper550]

yellow flag up. wonder why.

whoa, GLO's piece of front wing snapped off. debris on track.

 

[ZEROX]

Yellow flag, debris on track in Swimming Pool section.

 

[GTPorsche]

One of the Marussia's started falling apart at Piscine.