Monaco GP 2014 Qualifying Thread

**Senna4Ever** · 24th May 2014, 14:31

wow ... Hamilton was so

off during the interview ... pfff ... If I recall right it was 3 complete sentences
5th and 6th is pretty much what we could expect ...

in terms of pure times after Alonso all second class ... wow ...

**Hornet** · 24th May 2014, 14:34

Originally Posted by Senna4Ever

wow ... Hamilton was so

off during the interview ... pfff ... If I recall right it was 3 complete sentences
5th and 6th is pretty much what we could expect ...

in terms of pure times after Alonso all second class ... wow ...

Wished I had waited and watch the interview

**R Ginart** · 24th May 2014, 14:37

Best stat of the weekend: Vettel has never won a GP when starting lower than 3rd spot on the grid!!!!!!!!!!!
Based on Qualy: Ferrari and Alonso will still be racing after the Mercs cross the finish line to the tune of 54+ seconds behind!!!!
WHEN was the last time a Ferrari qualified for the front row?

**Alonsomaniac** · 24th May 2014, 14:37

Realistic and expected result, just the gap between FA and KR is still a bit too big.
Rosberg, don't believe it was intentional but a true mistake.
Hamilton will be all fired up for tomorrow......if the team again let's them race eachother it could become a thriller.....or a nightmare for both.
Vettel, of course it has to be the car......it can't be Ricciardo......or can it....?
Felipe, why again Felipe?
Maldonado, nothing wrecked today but wait until tomorrow for the big show......it will take days to clean it all up.
The Caterhams going for a new record tomorrow: start at the back and still being overtaken by 20 cars........

**SinanOzerS** · 24th May 2014, 14:37

Rosberg is under investigation.

**Alesi1** · 24th May 2014, 14:38

Originally Posted by windwaves

Yes, who was the top brain who said that ?

Brundle and coultard started to say how he was getting up there with senna straight after he won in monza in 2011. I almost vomited, and switched off the tv in disgust, still irritates me today.

**Nero Horse** · 24th May 2014, 14:44

Originally Posted by SinanOzerS

Rosberg is under investigation.

So it's possible we'll be starting from 4th and 5th places tomorrow.

**Hornet** · 24th May 2014, 14:44

Originally Posted by Alesi1

Brundle and coultard started to say how he was getting up there with senna straight after he won in monza in 2011. I almost vomited, and switched off the tv in disgust, still irritates me today.

On the other hand, I think people are underrating Riccardo. He seems to me like a very adaptable driver, reminding me of another such driver who goes by the name of Alonso

Maybe it's not that Vettel is not good, but he's finally paired with an upcoming great driver

**R Ginart** · 24th May 2014, 14:46

Yes, he should be investigated!!!!

Originally Posted by Nero Horse

So it's possible we'll be starting from 4th and 5th places tomorrow.

**Alesi1** · 24th May 2014, 14:50

Originally Posted by Hornet

On the other hand, I think people are underrating Riccardo. He seems to me like a very adaptable driver, reminding me of another such driver who goes by the name of Alonso

Maybe it's not that Vettel is not good, but he's finally paired with an upcoming great driver

Fair but Daniel hasnt exactly dominated any of his previous teammates, so he maybe good but as to whether potentially great, only time will tell.lets not forget that webber on more than one occasion made vettel look ordinary, most greats don't let that happen.

**Nero Horse** · 24th May 2014, 14:57

Originally Posted by Hornet

On the other hand, I think people are underrating Riccardo. He seems to me like a very adaptable driver, reminding me of another such driver who goes by the name of Alonso

Maybe it's not that Vettel is not good, but he's finally paired with an upcoming great driver

The problem with Vettel is that he's not used to driving a car that is as unstable as this year's cars are, he's used to having a car that is glued to the track and now that he has to drive this car with less downforce he's really struggling. Ricciardo has been driving mediocre cars in previous years and thanks to that he's now been able to get used to this year's car with less downforce much quicker than Vettel has.

**Alesi1** · 24th May 2014, 15:00

Originally Posted by Nero Horse

The problem with Vettel is that he's not used to driving a car that is as unstable as this year's cars are, he's used to having a car that is glued to the track and now that he has to drive this car with less downforce he's really struggling. Ricciardo has been driving mediocre cars in previous years and thanks to that he's now been able to get used to this year's car with less downforce much quicker than Vettel has.

Yep good point. Vettel only started to beat webbo comprehensively once the ebd became optimized I think mid-late 2010

**Sanomas** · 24th May 2014, 15:07

I think Riccardo just need more experience with it...he just had a good opening start with team and he going good...so he has way to go.

About Rosberg incident, I don't think anything will change, he'll start at pole and going for win, just like last year!

**Majki2111** · 24th May 2014, 15:10

Originally Posted by R Ginart

Best stat of the weekend: Vettel has never won a GP when starting lower than 3rd spot on the grid!!!!!!!!!!!
Based on Qualy: Ferrari and Alonso will still be racing after the Mercs cross the finish line to the tune of 54+ seconds behind!!!!
WHEN was the last time a Ferrari qualified for the front row?

Last Ferrari (non Alonso) pole position was Massa 2008. Brazil.

**Rishu** · 24th May 2014, 15:16

Watching Rosberg's onboard lap, to me it didn't look like a purposeful incident. He should be good to start from Pole

**Alessandra** · 24th May 2014, 15:17

Perhaps 5 & 6 are the best places to be on the grid tomorrow

Unless Rosberg is penalised there could be mayhem at the first corner! It may be exciting but I don't think we want to see anyone get badly hurt.

**Hornet** · 24th May 2014, 15:19

Originally Posted by Nero Horse

The problem with Vettel is that he's not used to driving a car that is as unstable as this year's cars are, he's used to having a car that is glued to the track and now that he has to drive this car with less downforce he's really struggling. Ricciardo has been driving mediocre cars in previous years and thanks to that he's now been able to get used to this year's car with less downforce much quicker than Vettel has.

Yeah, that is a good point, Ric certainly came from a lesser downforce car.

Originally Posted by Rishu

Watching Rosberg's onboard lap, to me it didn't look like a purposeful incident. He should be good to start from Pole

Martin Brundle said this on twitter:

@MBrundleF1 20m
If Rosberg takes a penalty for reversing back to the track unnecessarily/dangerously that's a fair cop. I believe he didn't crash on purpose

Maybe the problem is not the mistake, but how he reverse back on track

**Senna4Ever** · 24th May 2014, 15:29

Originally Posted by Hornet

Yeah, that is a good point, Ric certainly came from a lesser downforce car.

Don't know why some here try to find some excuse why Vettel is slower than Ric ...

If Vettel would be this shining star as some in the pitlane and some from media would like to have, he would have adopt in 3rd race latest to the actual conditions (there was also testing in between to get his lady known).
What ever you where used to in the days before the availability to adopt in 'real time' to the actual conditions makes an excellent driver out of an good driver. And on this matter Vettel just fails so far.

And if the media make a big deal of Kimi beating Alonso by 0,036 then 0,163 between Vettel and Ric today is half a world ...

**Rishu** · 24th May 2014, 15:29

Originally Posted by Hornet

Yeah, that is a good point, Ric certainly came from a lesser downforce car.

Martin Brundle said this on twitter:

Maybe the problem is not the mistake, but how he reverse back on track

Ah, I see

**sachin** · 24th May 2014, 15:31

Good,all this nico lewis drama should go on,and they should take each other in turn 1,take bulls also with them somehow.
Voila Ferrari 1-2 then.
Wishful thinking

.
But i hope Alonso will somehow make 1 place at least and finish 4th.

**bonzo** · 24th May 2014, 15:44

Originally Posted by sachin

Good,all this nico lewis drama should go on,and they should take each other in turn 1,take bulls also with them somehow.
Voila Ferrari 1-2 then.
Wishful thinking

.
But i hope Alonso will somehow make 1 place at least and finish 4th.

Yes, that's it-wishful thinking.

**Nero Horse** · 24th May 2014, 15:48

Originally Posted by Senna4Ever

Don't know why some here try to find some excuse why Vettel is slower than Ric ...

I don't think anyone here is trying to find any excuses for Vettel, we were simply discussing various possibilities why Ricciardo has been better than him. Surely there's no harm in that? No excuses whatsoever, at least not from my part. I honestly couldn't care less what Vettel is doing at RB as long as I don't have to see that finger of his LOL

**Ed Harley** · 24th May 2014, 16:06

"- It is difficult. We are trying to change the car but nothing happens. We cannot make the tyres work and the car slides around. It is difficult." KR to Finnish MTV3

**DIEK** · 24th May 2014, 16:23

**Lesky** · 24th May 2014, 16:39

No penalty please. Not intentional. If they give him a penalty might as well invent a new rule: "If causing a yellow flag at monaco qualifying, you get a 10 place grid penalty"!