DRS in Monaco

[Chad Stewarthill]

Surprise surprise! This from the BBC website Sunday gossip page:
http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/05/08/fia-tells-teams-drs-will-be-legal-in-monaco/
So it will be legal, and the activation zone will probably be the Pit straight. Funny, I didn't realise the Monaco circuit had one of those.

 

[Brogan]

Completely pointless.

The 'straight' isn't long enough and the circuit not wide enough anyway.

I expect there will be several safety cars this year.

 

[no-FIAt-please]

I'd have thought through the tunnel would have been the easy (and smartest) choice?

 

[Brogan]

Going off the racing line in the tunnel is a recipe for disaster due to all the marbles and dirt.

 

[Fenderman]

A recipe for disaster if there ever was one. I hope they have cuddly crash barriers this year.

 

[Incubus]

I just hope we get more laps run under racing condition than laps behind the safety car...

 

[teabagyokel]

I just hope we get more laps run under racing condition than laps behind the safety car...

Can you tell the difference at Monaco? There was probably a Safety Car in 2004 when Trulli was leading that no-one noticed!

 

[Fenderman]

I thought Trulli's Prost was the safety car

 

[teabagyokel]

I thought Trulli's Prost was the safety car

It was a Renault at the time; but he did have a serious blocking habit!

 

[Fenderman]

Drat. It's that damned Alzhei .... what's it called? ... mers problem again. You know what I was thinking of ... there was sheet rain in my brain ... right then ... yes, I mixed up my gags! I was going to say, but then got distracted, multi-tasking again, something supposedly witty but totally screwed now ... about Olivier Panis winning the 1996 Monaco GP in his Prost. I tell you, you don't want reach my age ... not without a fight, anyway.

 

[Jen]

Drat. It's that damned Alzhei .... what's it called? ... mers problem again. You know what I was thinking of ... there was sheet rain in my brain ... right then ... yes, I mixed up my gags! I was going to say, but then got distracted, multi-tasking again, something supposedly witty but totally screwed now ... about Olivier Panis winning the 1996 Monaco GP in his Prost. I tell you, you don't want reach my age ... not without a fight, anyway.

Know how you feel!!

 

[teabagyokel]

Drat. It's that damned Alzhei .... what's it called? ... mers problem again. You know what I was thinking of ... there was sheet rain in my brain ... right then ... yes, I mixed up my gags! I was going to say, but then got distracted, multi-tasking again, something supposedly witty but totally screwed now ... about Olivier Panis winning the 1996 Monaco GP in his Prost. I tell you, you don't want reach my age ... not without a fight, anyway.

That one had only 3 finishers, talk about default!

 

[Speshal]

Rubens Barrichello isn't happy about DRS being used in Monaco and I for one totally agree.

"I would love the people at the top to sit in the car and try to do the tunnel with the DRS open."

I'd love to try that just the once tho

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91311

 

[Brogan]

I'd love to try that just the once tho

It would be just the once too

I can't believe they're going to allow DRS at Monaco.
It's a) pointless and b) dangerous.

 

[Andyoak]

They don't have to press the button... keep the option open.

 

[Incubus]

I am reminded of FA tripping over Ralf Schumacher at Monaco in 2004. How many of those are we gonna see on Friday and Saturday, especially in quali? You don't have a choice in quali, you have to keep it open throughoutthe tunnel. If there's somebody in the way... I hope the divers in the port are ready for action. For all we know they might be called into action for the first time since 1965.

 

[Andyoak]

Worry, worry, worry...

They are all very highly skilled and are constantly assessing the risks. I'm sure there were a lot of doom-mongers saying cars would be falling over themselves and off the track since the whole DRS thing was mooted.

The one thing I'm really enjoying about this season is the lack of safety cars. to me that alone proves that the drivers are capable of risk assessing and managing this thing. in fact the one person who appears to have a problem is the most lauded and second most experienced man on the track.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

I am reminded of FA tripping over Ralf Schumacher at Monaco in 2004. How many of those are we gonna see on Friday and Saturday, especially in quali?

What was Ralf doing lying down on the track anyway?

 

[Incubus]

Maybe he wanted a kip? In a tunnel you don't need to turn the lights off so it saves time?

 

[sportsman]

Worry, worry, worry...

They are all very highly skilled and are constantly assessing the risks. I'm sure there were a lot of doom-mongers saying cars would be falling over themselves and off the track since the whole DRS thing was mooted.

The one thing I'm really enjoying about this season is the lack of safety cars. to me that alone proves that the drivers are capable of risk assessing and managing this thing. in fact the one person who appears to have a problem is the most lauded and second most experienced man on the track.

I agree.Just because its available its use is not compulsory.If the driver feels that its not safe to use it he is not required to to.