The Monaco Grand Prix chat thread

[stuart08]

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Just a interesting little bit of info.

Maldonado was banned from racing in Monaco for life a few years ago for ignoring a yellow flag, hitting a marshal and breaking his back. Ban was overturned only after his father *who has a little bit of money* promised to pay for his treatment and rehabilitation.

Not saying it has anything to do with his latest numpty moment, but...

Fantastic find mate - They say you learn something new every day!

[flibblesan]

Perez has just buggered up most people's bottom group selections

Yeah... the silly sod

I don't understand how Maldonado only gets a 10 place penalty for what he did yet Hamilton got pushed to the back for running out of fuel. Surely Maldonados behaviour was far more dangerous?

[TVC_Colwal]

Yeah... the silly sod

I don't understand how Maldonado only gets a 10 place penalty for what he did yet Hamilton got pushed to the back for running out of fuel. Surely Maldonados behaviour was far more dangerous?

You would have thought so wouldn't you...!!!
Maybe the stewards will be dinning out tonight on Maldonado's father

[TVC_Colwal]

Monaco Grand Prix qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time		Gap
1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1m14.301s
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1m14.381s
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m14.448s
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1m14.583s
5	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1m14.639s
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m14.948s
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m15.049s
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1m15.199s
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1m15.245s
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	no time
Q2	cut-off time: 1m15.322s				Gap **
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1m15.421s	+	0.51
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1m15.508s	+	0.597
13	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1m15.536s	+	0.625
14	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1m15.709s	+	0.798
15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1m15.718s	+	0.807
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m15.878s	+	0.967
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m16.885s	+	1.974
Q1	cut-off time: 1m16.491s				Gap *
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1m16.538s	+	1.12
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1m17.404s	+	1.986
20	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1m17.947s	+	2.529
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1m18.096s	+	2.678
22	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1m18.476s	+	3.058
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1m19.310s	+	3.892
24	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	no time
	107% time: 1m20.697s

[TVC_Colwal]

Massive crash in GP2, anyone see it... All okay though.

[TVC_Colwal]

NobleF1 5:02pm via Web Further bad news for Pastor Maldonado as Williams elects to change his gearbox before the race. Five place penalty will put him 24th


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Massive shunt in the GP3 race as well with a guy holding his place without a back wing weaving all over the place out of the tunnel and the guy behind him went up the back of him, took to the air and hit the fencing. The race was consequently red flagged, the driver was okay though, thank god.