It's Race Day! 50% chance of rain today. Forza Ferrari (and Ricci) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Happy Race Day!! Summer is here. Good to be back watching Monaco on the beach - Mallorca!!!! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Sunny. and clear so far this morning. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
According to YR.NO the sharpest weather service out there, any rain will be between now 11AM and 13:30-2PM stopping an hour before the race so track surface should be dry.... https://www.yr.no/nb/værvarsel/timetabell/2-2993458/Monaco/Monaco?i=0 Oops but Meteo France is saying possible Tstorms from 15-20PM... https://www.yr.no/nb/værvarsel/timetabell/2-2993458/Monaco/Monaco?i=0 Very unpredictable and fast evolving situation... Hoping Charles can blow away his curse in the best possible way and Carlos can be a good wingman. It's all a casino anyway if a yellow wrong-foots one or several of the leaders with pit stop timing. Watch Pierre also who should have been at the front but the team mistimed his Q1 attempts. He will start on the hardest tires and pit very late, that can pay off in MC.
It’s 3AM here in the states and I have t been able to go to bed. I am going to be paying for this one
Weather is always unpredictable in Monaco. And fast evolving indeed. Really hope we will lead both championships tonight..
Apple’s weather app now shows the rain holding off until 6 pm local, after the race is long over! So now, tire strategy enters the picture. Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Ferrari has changed Sainz' gearbox but no penalty. No word on Perez yet but I assume the same. New rules for this season mean no penalties because the gearboxes are still within the pool.
Pirelli - Previously the top 10 would be committed to the soft tyre as it was essential to use it to get out of Q2 and into Q3. However, this year's the regulations dropped the requirement for drivers to start on the tyre with which they set their best time in Q2, opening up the possibility to start on the medium and aim for a longer first stint before switching to the hard. Pirelli believes that strategy choices will be more mixed in today's race, with some observers expecting most of the top runners to opt for mediums. "We know that Monaco is a one-stop," said Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola. "But without this obligation to start with the tyres used in Q2, maybe we have a different approach to the race, with some starting on the soft and some starting on the medium.
