2012 Monaco GP - Qualifying Thread

[Nova]

Not bad today, looks like we are still 4 to 6/10s adrift, but the car looked pretty good.
Who was that masked man that took pole?
Good for him, great to see, although Id rather we be there...well, it was us, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...
Some of you guys want to dump someone every week...you do sound a bit ridiculous.

[Hornet]

I don't think Ferrari have won in Monaco since 2001. Its like a cursed circuit for Ferrari.

[fadyferrari]

This.

I tell you I am bloody sick of some fair weathers just saying nothing when the team is going great, then come on here and ask for sackings and whatnot.
Constructive criticism and all that, but this just sounds like spoilt children crying.

Sick and tired.

Both cars in q3 not bad, and sure better could be done, but a mistake was made. Bigger mistakes were made when Ferrari won Championships.

well if u read carefully,noone's bad mouthing "ferrari"the team!we r just venting off coz we r emotionally attached to this team....and i personally feel stefano is doing something wrong....maybe it isnt practical to think that ferrari will be at their best at every race....but we as tifosi love to dream of it being so...

n btw when u love something too much,u obviously feel quite bad when all's not good with it....

we have a right to voice our praise as well as criticism,coz as tifosi ,we have the right!we cant stop u or judge what u say,coz we obviously r not fully aware of ur emotions behind....but u cant judge us either

so i would expect u to keep a sense tifosi respect between us...or we can just keep taking jabs at eachother...

[fadyferrari]

let's hope so, in any case we need a good step forward for Canada.

didnt fernando say we have a major upgrade lined up for canada btw?

[Ferrarichamp]

didnt fernando say we have a major upgrade lined up for canada btw?

yes, I hope it will be significant.

[Dino]

Fernando Alonso has been demoted from pole position to the back of the grid for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix for having too little fuel at the end of qualifying. It is the latest incident in a catalogue of pit‑lane gaffes for Ferrari this season.

A Ferrari spokesman said: "We accept the stewards did not agree with our interpretation of force majeure. Our aim is now to maximise the points we can score tomorrow."
Alonso had completed his triumphant lap and was midway round his slow-down lap when his Ferrari team ordered him to stop because of a "technical problem".

FIA rules state a car must return to the pits after qualifying and then have a litre of fuel remaining for a sample to be taken. Domenicali claimed 1.3 litres was ultimately extracted, but clearly the additional 0.3 litres – over and above the required one litre – would not have been enough to see Fernando return to parc fermé. There was substantial doubt that Alonso would have had that much fuel left after completing his slow-down lap. An F1 car will use about two litres of fuel every lap.

[COLOR="#FF0000"]What would some of you do to Stefano Domenicali if this really happened at Ferrari??????????????[/COLOR]

[Hornet]

Well Alonso doesn't feel too bad about P6 today

@alo_oficial
Happy for the qualy!!! We are getting closer... ;))! "Piano piano si arriva lontano.." Eat, media, meetings ..!

Fernando Alonso has been demoted from pole position to the back of the grid for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix for having too little fuel at the end of qualifying. It is the latest incident in a catalogue of pit‑lane gaffes for Ferrari this season.

What would some of you do to Stefano Domenicali if this really happened at Ferrari??????????????

You're trying to kill me with a heart attack?

[Red_Diamond]

well if u read carefully,noone's bad mouthing "ferrari"the team!we r just venting off coz we r emotionally attached to this team....and i personally feel stefano is doing something wrong....maybe it isnt practical to think that ferrari will be at their best at every race....but we as tifosi love to dream of it being so...

n btw when u love something too much,u obviously feel quite bad when all's not good with it....

we have a right to voice our praise as well as criticism,coz as tifosi ,we have the right!we cant stop u or judge what u say,coz we obviously r not fully aware of ur emotions behind....but u cant judge us either

so i would expect u to keep a sense tifosi respect between us...or we can just keep taking jabs at eachother...

you're not being passionate but hysterical. Your criticism is not criticism at all. Some of us actually support Ferrari
and not just Fernando.

[fadyferrari]

Fernando Alonso has been demoted from pole position to the back of the grid for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix for having too little fuel at the end of qualifying. It is the latest incident in a catalogue of pit‑lane gaffes for Ferrari this season.

A Ferrari spokesman said: "We accept the stewards did not agree with our interpretation of force majeure. Our aim is now to maximise the points we can score tomorrow."
Alonso had completed his triumphant lap and was midway round his slow-down lap when his Ferrari team ordered him to stop because of a "technical problem".


well didnt u see how much flack martin whitmarsh received for that mess with hamilton?
FIA rules state a car must return to the pits after qualifying and then have a litre of fuel remaining for a sample to be taken. Domenicali claimed 1.3 litres was ultimately extracted, but clearly the additional 0.3 litres – over and above the required one litre – would not have been enough to see Fernando return to parc fermé. There was substantial doubt that Alonso would have had that much fuel left after completing his slow-down lap. An F1 car will use about two litres of fuel every lap.

What would some of you do to Stefano Domenicali if this really happened at Ferrari??????????????

[Cemz85]

Never ever will i look into free practice times again!!

[scuderiafan]

well if u read carefully,noone's bad mouthing "ferrari"the team!we r just venting off coz we r emotionally attached to this team....and i personally feel stefano is doing something wrong....maybe it isnt practical to think that ferrari will be at their best at every race....but we as tifosi love to dream of it being so...

n btw when u love something too much,u obviously feel quite bad when all's not good with it....

we have a right to voice our praise as well as criticism,coz as tifosi ,we have the right!we cant stop u or judge what u say,coz we obviously r not fully aware of ur emotions behind....but u cant judge us either

so i would expect u to keep a sense tifosi respect between us...or we can just keep taking jabs at eachother...

Fair enough, but McLaren fans are the same, but they also praise the good work their team does.
I guess I am just annoyed to see the same thing happen when Ferrari doesn't do something completely perfectly, and then demand for sackings. Like Dino mentioned, McLaren and RedBull as well have made more mistake this year. This is just a crazy season.

Let's wait for the announcements telling us what they wanted to do.

[Red passion]

Never ever will i look into free practice times again!!

wait til 2moro, it is a long race and safety car might make an appearance too. cross your fingers for a good result.

[Hornet]

Never ever will i look into free practice times again!!

Agree. The only time every driver needs to bang in the best lap time is in qualifying. Not in FP1-3. In FP, different drivers and team have their own method of testing and setup their cars.

[fadyferrari]

you're not being passionate but hysterical. Your criticism is not criticism at all. Some of us actually support Ferrari
and not just Fernando.

seriously,u dont have a sense of comprehension do u?
now,where did i support fernando in that post??.....btw show me 1 post of mine where i have criticised anyone except stefano(n that includes massa)n i'll stop calling myself a tifoso from this very moment!

[Raz]

DID THAT JUST HAPPEN???!!!! WOW!! Sector2 was just EPIC!! and one handed through the chicane

[fadyferrari]

Fair enough, but McLaren fans are the same, but they also praise the good work their team does.
I guess I am just annoyed to see the same thing happen when Ferrari doesn't do something completely perfectly, and then demand for sackings. Like Dino mentioned, McLaren and RedBull as well have made more mistake this year. This is just a crazy season.

Let's wait for the announcements telling us what they wanted to do.

now thats like how we should be talking....i dont care what happened today,lets just hope we eke out as much as possible tmrw...i just wanna see fernando still up there after this race....n hope massa gets a good result too(atleast finishes just 1 place behind alonso,so that the media can stop whining abt how far off he was from alonso during the race!)

[PaulW]

What??

I completely agree with you mucker. The bit below is my by-line and is not meant for you, its for someone else.




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[Hornet]

now thats like how we should be talking....i dont care what happened today,lets just hope we eke out as much as possible tmrw...i just wanna see fernando still up there after this race....n hope massa gets a good result too(atleast finishes just 1 place behind alonso,so that the media can stop whining abt how far off he was from alonso during the race!)

If Alonso can beat Groj and stay near to Lewis, we should be able to keep the lead. Although beating Lewis will even be better of course.

[scuderiafan]

I hate Merc in q. bloody meddlers I tell you!
Webber will have the pace, and Rosberg will just hold Hamilton, Grosjean and Alonso back. To be fair to Ferrari, they were where expected after FP, there with Grosjean and Hamilton, but Merc and RedBull came to the party and ruined it.

Hope for a good strategy, and a good start and clean air could win it, but I feel it will take awful race pace or a big screwup for Webber to lose this.

[stefa]

If it doesnt rain tomorrow it would be really hard to overtake cars in front. Strategies will not make much, coz they will be preaty much the same. What can make difference is safety car and rain. With that everythibg is possible. Lets waith and see tomorrow.

[fadyferrari]

I hate Merc in q. bloody meddlers I tell you!
Webber will have the pace, and Rosberg will just hold Hamilton, Grosjean and Alonso back. To be fair to Ferrari, they were where expected after FP, there with Grosjean and Hamilton, but Merc and RedBull came to the party and ruined it.

Hope for a good strategy, and a good start and clean air could win it, but I feel it will take awful race pace or a big screwup for Webber to lose this.

webber seems to have a penchant for losing pace through out the race.....!lets hope he keeps this habit intact tomorrow.....n i really hope someone tells maldonado that lewis told the stewards that he deserved a penalty for that move on perez...

[EL NANO]

Amazing lap from Schumacher. So good to see, almost emotional.

Shame for the ridiculous penalty costing him the pole though.

Not happy with P5/P7 but it's good to see Massa up there.

Amen :)

[fadyferrari]

n i hope lewis decides to settle the score with rosberg tomorrow....monaco would be the best place to do it,wouldnt it?

[eriknaa]

That was so sweet. Forza SCHUMI

[Liscia]

Either driver could get us a win tomorrow and are certainly
in a position for both to get good manufacturer's points even
without the win. FORZA FERRARI!!!

[fadyferrari]

Either driver could get us a win tomorrow and are certainly
in a position for both to get good manufacturer's points even
without the win. FORZA FERRARI!!!

yeah...we need a double points finish.....certainly got some catching up to do as far as the constructors championship is concerned!

[Massimo181]

Have been trying to find info on latest grid penalty for Fernando can not find anything on sky or bbc website anyone got any links?

[PURE PASSION]

Have been trying to find info on latest grid penalty for Fernando can not find anything on sky or bbc website anyone got any links?

not true!!!!!

[Kingdom Hearts]

The start is so important tomorrow, sadly this is not a good track to make super awesome starts, let's hope at least both drivers can gain 1 position.

[Stormsearcher]

lol

Yh, Schumacher isn't having the best season in terms of collisions and actually finishing the race so maybe he'll do us a couple of favours too

Am a bit worried about that. He starts alongside Nando, and everyone knows how ruthless he can be. I just dont want him doing a lewis to either of our cars. Hoping for a clean start. We can gain couple of positions during the race. Lets see how it pans out.