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Sebastian Vettel
11.69%
Mark Webber
2.60%
Jenson Button
14.29%
Lewis Hamilton
19.48%
Fernando Alonso
12.99%
Felipe Massa
0
0%
Michael Schumacher
3.90%
Nico Rosberg
1.30%
Kimi Raikkonen
25.97%
Romain Grosjean
1.30%
Paul di Resta
0
0%
Nico Hulkenberg
0
0%
Kamui Kobayashi
1.30%
Sergio Perez
1.30%
Daniel Ricciardo
0
0%
Jean-Eric Vergne
0
0%
Pastor Maldonado
1.30%
Bruno Senna
0
0%
Vitali Petrov
0
0%
Takuma Sato (Master of Carbon Fiber)
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2012 Grand Prix of Monaco

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Old 05-26-2012, 01:37 PM
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I loved to see Schumi school the field. It is great Massa is on form.Webber is one of the 3 Austrialians to be on Poll for the 3 major races this weekend. Kinda cool.
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Weather in Monaco was awesome today, nice to see the old man do well, I'm really happy to see Weber on Pole. There were some beautiful cars in town, a black Bugatti was parked outside of one of the hotels. Ferrari's, Porsche's & Lambo's were quite common.

Here's a short clip from Casino square during practice yesterday, I'll load up a few clips from Lowes Corner (Hairpin) later this evening.

Shot from my Iphone, video is just fair but the audio is awesome, we had to wear earplugs and the exhaust noise was very loud.


From Lowes Corner ( Hairpin)

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Impressive performance in qualifying from Schumacher, Webber, Rosberg and Grosjean. Not so impressive performances from Button and Vettel (plus who would have thought the Iceman would be so far behind his younger teammate?). Of course in an unpredictable season, who can really predict how the race will pan out. Can Webber get a good start? or is this Rosberg's chance to win another race? Will Hamilton and Alonso be there in the end? Can Schumacher make up for his five slot grid penalty? Time will tell. News at eleven.
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Polar, your 1st time there?

Regardless, ain't it awesome?! The noise, smell, yachts, cars and of course the babes!

I'm jealous, been there twice an desperately want to go again, the race point itself ain't great but the speed of the cars and just atmosphere...

Lucky you!!! Have sprits aperol or something for your Rennlist brothers!
Old 05-26-2012, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by FGL28
I loved to see Schumi school the field. It is great Massa is on form.Webber is one of the 3 Austrialians to be on Poll for the 3 major races this weekend. Kinda cool.
Loved the line from one of the commentator's (Hobbs I think): "He showed the young lions that the old lion still has some teeth!"
Old 05-26-2012, 08:16 PM
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Way to go Micheal. Like Jimmy Johnson tweeted - make the old guys proud.
Hear. Hear. I hope he pulls out a win.

Too bad he has the 5 spot penalty. Which he never complained about. In fact, I can't recall him complaining once about how this season has gone for him and he has had some room to do it. The tire's effect on the race is a legitimate statement.

I'm not that confident in Webber for the win. More likely 3rd with LH, NR or MS picking up 1st and 2nd.

Could Vettel and Kimi be on a wet setup? I think it is possible.
Old 05-26-2012, 10:53 PM
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LOL, I guess him bitching and moaning about Pirelli tires is not considered complaining. 2 points so far. Hmm, who else has 2 points? wait a sec, his old teammate, Massa.
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Originally Posted by 968TurboS
LOL, I guess him bitching and moaning about Pirelli tires is not considered complaining. 2 points so far. Hmm, who else has 2 points? wait a sec, his old teammate, Massa.
Have you been watching this year? With the exception of the last race, he has had his team screw up on him, his car break down and others hit him and spin out. None of his fault. Michael is on par with Rosberg. Massa is not to his teammate and not fair to compare the two.

I for one do not think MS can win from 6th, but I was happy to see him put it on pole today.
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Just praying on Webber getting 1 out of say 30 racestarts correct. His results would have been much better over the last few seasons if he could just get away from the line.
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Agree with 9.5... doubt MS can win from 6th on the grid at that track but it was great to see him take pole. His race starts this year have been really good, picking up lots of positions. And I actually think that the Barcelona crash was just a racing incident. Schumacher made an aggressive move but Senna changed his line in the middle of the braking zone. He is still very deserving of being in the F1 field and capable of winning with a little luck.

Looking forward to the race.
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Great qualy and happy to see Schumacher take pole. The race will be fun to watch. Can't wait for Austin.
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Originally Posted by Flying Finn
Polar, your 1st time there?

Regardless, ain't it awesome?! The noise, smell, yachts, cars and of course the babes!

I'm jealous, been there twice an desperately want to go again, the race point itself ain't great but the speed of the cars and just atmosphere...

Lucky you!!! Have sprits aperol or something for your Rennlist brothers!
Yes, it's my first time in Monaco, the place is very interesting, looking forward to the race today.
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Originally Posted by tlarocque
Agree with 9.5... doubt MS can win from 6th on the grid at that track but it was great to see him take pole. His race starts this year have been really good, picking up lots of positions. And I actually think that the Barcelona crash was just a racing incident. Schumacher made an aggressive move but Senna changed his line in the middle of the braking zone. He is still very deserving of being in the F1 field and capable of winning with a little luck.

Looking forward to the race.
+1 Agree on all points.

Whoever wins, my money is on this being a great race!

RL, less than a 4% chance of MS winning this race? Really?

I guess the old man gets no respect, although I assume most of the votes were cast before MS put the car on pole(before the penalty).
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Does anybody know about an internet live feed? Just lost cable connection but have connectivity via the 4G phone.
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Congrats to Webber, nice to see him get a win.
So now we kept the theme of different winners alive, 6 of 6 so far... Very unpredictable, and interesting season so far.


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