2022 Monaco GP: Post Race Analysis

I love Monaco but I'm beginning to wonder why . . .

 

Monaco was a good occasion for Ferrari to recover ground from Red Bull and all the signs tended to indicate it was possible.
Leclerc was the man on Pole, and the Scuderia monopolysed the front row.
But everything was lost during the race, and Verstappen got a few more points.
After 7 GPs and 1/3 of th season, it's Red Bull 5 v. Ferrari 2.

 

"Perez was spectacular. Prior to pitting he was 8 seconds behind Leclerc, pitted and fell to 25 seconds behind, and then once Leclerc pitted just a couple laps later, Perez was almost 5 seconds ahead. That's so unbelievable the math doesn't even make sense. "

Perez #1 stop was on lap 17, as you say in 3rd ~8 seconds behind LeC.
LeC pits on the NEXT lap, #18. Decent <3 second stop if my memory serves. Comes out well BEHIND Perez.
Could new, cold inters really have been 10+ seconds fasters than warm but worn rains???

 

Agree. Glamorous but more of a parade than a race.


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Track tooo small cars tooo big. Not a race track. End thread.

 

Ferrari needs to be perfect from now if they want to have a chance.

 

After 1/3 of the races done, I think Ferrari's chances of a title are quickly evaporating.

I would prefer Leclerc to win the title rather than Max, but realistically I can see which way this goes.

 

Depends on how the team will react.
Biggest chance for Leclerc is Perez resurgence.

 

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Ferrari waited 2 laps. At the time of the pit Perez was 8.083 behind Leclerc. Whilst Ferrari may have an excuse of not knowing what times Perez was doing on those tyres and thus being hesitant on calling Leclerc in, there were others on track that already used inters and Ferrari should've looked at them. That's what Red Bull did and knew it was the right call.

 

Duhhhh !!!

 

May I see one day some optimism coming from you ?

 

I told you before, I like winners. Losers don't inspire me.

I really don't like RB, but they are doing a better job right now.

 

Can't disagree on the later.
I won't comment the first part.

 

I just rewatched lap 15-25.

On lap 17 Perez pitted (2.3 sec stopped), about 30 seconds later Ferrari calls Sainz in (bringing inters out of the garage) then 5 seconds later cancels it with "STAY OUT STAY OUT". This was the big mistake. Should have called in Charles while Perez was on his relatively slow out lap. Race over.

The times you posted tell the tale.
Perez gained 2.7 seconds on his 1st "pit lap" (only 0.4 second shorter time stopped vs Charles) then puts in an absolutely stonking 1st full lap on inters of 1:25.2 to overtake LeC while he was still in the pit lane. That was the lap of the race. Full credit to Checho.

Without seeing in car from Charles' lap 17 and 18 don't know if he was held up by traffic, but RB pitting first and Ferrari missing the opportunity to pit Charles the very next lap was the definining moment of the race.

Side note: Ferrari may have been mislead by Gasly's times on inters, because he was stuck behind Magnusson and Botas when Perez pitted. Clearly RB realized it was time to ditch the full wets.

Sainz's strong wish to go straight to slicks pretty clearly threw a monkey wrench into Ferrari's pit wall strategy, which never should have happened. They took their eyes off the prize and it cost them.

 

The biggest mistake was not telling Sainz to build a gap for Leclerc once it became apparent that Sainz could not pull away from the RBs. LEC could have been 30+ seconds ahead of the field by the time the pit stops came. Sainz would not have compromised his own race because he'd still have been in 2nd with the same lead when it was time for him to pit. RB would have been forced to do something desperate. That strategy was 100% upside with no downside. I was screaming at my TV as loud as I could, but it wasn't loud enough...

 

We have an expression coming from the 19th century that I find exemplify the situation at Ferrari.

"Lions led by donkeys"

" Box!, box!, box! ... Noooo stay out, stay out !!! "

 

And you said before i tend to exagerate !

 

"30+ seconds ahead" is a bit much (sandbagging ~2 seconds/lap) but otherwise 100% agree. Boggles the mind how a F1 team couldn't figure that out, when they knew pit timing was going to be critical and anything can happen at Monaco. Charles is right to be very, very pissed off, and Sainz should just STFU from here on out and do what he's told.
Although it still would have almost certainly been fine if they brought LeC on the lap after Checho, instead of 2 laps after...

 

I certainly don't know much about F1 strategy, but that seems like the simplest thing. Very little downside or risk.

 

IIRC Alonso was costing the GOAT more than 3 sec/lap and he wasn't particularly trying to slow up Lewis, only to keep him behind and save tires. Zero chance Perez passes Sainz, and I'm pretty sure if Carlos tried he could cost them WAY more than 3 sec/lap. Remember what Perez did to Hamilton in Abu Dhabi, and Abu Dhabi is no Monaco?

 

Yep.

It pains me as the fault wasn't with the drivers at all.

Sainz showed he had an amazing grip on the race, knew more what was going on than the strategy guys (ok that's not a massive claim to fame in the grand scheme of things, lol), and it paid off. Leclerc let it up to Ferrari, which I definitely don't blame him for because especially at a track as complicated (for strategy) as Monaco, those guys should know better.

 

I think I rather tell it as it is. How can you give two contradictory orders in the same breath ? That man is incompetent.

No, you exagerate your emotions, which isn't a good thing.

"Things are never so bad they cannot be made worse" Humphrey Bogart

 

I wonder if our reaction would have been different with Ferrari 1-2 yesterday...and/or better weather...

I'm for keeping Monaco, for the heritage and tradition, it's the race I think of first when I think of Formula 1

On the other hand I am all for dispensing pasta bans for any and all Scuderia Ferrari strategists again this week...again....

Just want wins d*mmit!! At least for Charles. Che e successo!!!