Pick the Podium - F-1 - Grand Prix De Monaco, 2017

Retroram52 · May 24, 2017

The F-1 teams are in Monaco this Memorial day week-end as the fight continues between Ferrari and Mercedes and the Red Bull team has been making in-roads into the fight. Should be interesting to see if Lewis Hamilton takes tow-in-a-row as he usually does well at Monaco.

Hank Kingsley · May 25, 2017

MB seems off song in P2. Setup issues?

Vettel clearly fastest.

BoiseStateFan27 · May 27, 2017

Retroram52 said:
The F-1 teams are in Monaco this Memorial day week-end as the fight continues between Ferrari and Mercedes and the Red Bull team has been making in-roads into the fight. Should be interesting to see if Lewis Hamilton takes tow-in-a-row as he usually does well at Monaco.

That answer is a no, Hamilton would need one amazing break to win from P13 tomorrow

BoiseStateFan27 · May 27, 2017

How about Raikkonen on the pole?

Big stunner there

Raikkonen
Vettel
Riccardo
Perez - there's always a top 4 spot that goes to someone random here

Retroram52 · May 27, 2017

I'll go with Vettel, Raikkonen, Bottas, and Verstappen.

Hank Kingsley · May 27, 2017

Lewis seemingingly in a set uo funk.

I go:

Ricciardo
Vettel
Verstappen
Raikkonen

Retroram52 · May 28, 2017

Vettel takes the win followed by Raikkonen for a one-two Ferrari finish. Ricciardo made the podium in third and Bottas finished fourth with Hamilton a distant 7th. Perhaps Ferrari has turned a decisive corner. We shall see.

Retroram52 · May 28, 2017

Here is how we did:

BoiseStateFan27: 2 points- Correctly selected Ricciardo for third
Hank Kingsley: 0 points- Skunked
forty_three: 0 points- Didn't show-up
Retroram52: 10 points - Correctly selected Vettel for the win and Raikkonen for second

Season totals:

BoiseStateFan27: 14 points
Hank Kingsley: 19 points
forty_three: 10 points
Retroram52: 31 points

Next up: Canada, June 9-11, 2017.

BoiseStateFan27 · May 28, 2017

I thought about taking Vettel over Raikkonen, should have done that

nailed the Ricciardo pick, had a swing and a miss picking Perez to finish 4th as he had an awful race

Hamilton starting near the back of the pack was not as exciting as expected, very different to see him patient throughout the race and waited to use pit strategy to make his move.

How about both Haas cars grabbing points today? Murica!! :usa2:

Retroram52 · May 28, 2017

Vettel now leads Hamilton by 25 championship points. Hamilton is savvy enough to make a big comeback but perhaps the Ferraris have caught and are now passing the Mercs. On we go to Canada.

Retroram52 · May 28, 2017

I agree BoiseStateFan. Haas is slowly picking away at this largely Euro-style racing and it is just a matter of time before we start considering Haas for the podium! Murica!!! :yes:

BoiseStateFan27 · May 28, 2017

Retroram52 said:
Vettel now leads Hamilton by 25 championship points. Hamilton is savvy enough to make a big comeback but perhaps the Ferraris have caught and are now passing the Mercs. On we go to Canada.

It's been an intriguing back and forth battle so far

Hamilton is going to have to string together some wins to come back, so far Vettel's worst finish this year is just 2nd, while Hamilton now has two finishes off the podium, one of which is a lowly 7th

Monaco definitely didn't suit the Mercedes well at all this year, that's definitely a concern for them later this year in Singapore. I do think they will fire back in Canada as that track should suit them better

Retroram52 · May 28, 2017

Yea, their rear suspension set-up just did not work with the soft and super-soft tires and Hamilton almost lost the rear of the car during several practices and in Qualifying. Bottas was a bit better, but his car had nearly the same problem. This could be a systemic error going on with the Mercs.

BoiseStateFan27 · May 28, 2017

Retroram52 said:
I agree BoiseStateFan. Haas is slowly picking away at this largely Euro-style racing and it is just a matter of time before we start considering Haas for the podium! Murica!!!

Even though they're only fighting for points they have been my primary rooting interest ever since Webber retired. It will be tough for them to become the top team as a customer car, I'd like to see an American engine supplier hop in at some point for Haas, Ford was in F1 at one point it would be cool to see them again.

Unfortunately Honda's struggles will make any new potential suppliers hesitant to join. None will want to join unless they're given several years notice on the rules to prepare in advance

BoiseStateFan27 · May 28, 2017

Yes both the Mercedes drivers didn't have much confidence in the handling, Hamilton perhaps pushed it too hard and made the error in qualifying that he couldn't recover from. I was surprised at how Mercedes missed on Bottas' strategy there, they were too worried about Verstappen and I guess didn't realize Sainz would get in the way

Retroram52 · May 28, 2017

I'd like to see Fiat/Chrysler get involved in F-1. The wish is a fantasy because Manchione is an idiot but the closest we will get to an American engine supplier lies with Ford and that is iffy. My guess is, if Haas gets prominent in F-1, Ford my be enticed to show-up with engines eventually.

Hank Kingsley · May 29, 2017

If they could rip one race from the F1 Calendar I'd want it to be Monaco.

Beyond boring.

On a day with 1300 miles of motor racing, it is at the bottom of the pile.

Retroram52 · May 29, 2017

You have a point Hank.

Pick the Podium - F-1 - Grand Prix De Monaco, 2017

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