F1 2021: Monaco GP

yco · 05-17-2021, 04:16 PM

after skipping last years race finally we re back in Monte Carlo..
highlights of 2019..

its always great to watch a GP here..

and here is the program for the weekend.. schedule is different than normal.. lets not forget that..

///M Power-Belgium · 05-17-2021, 04:34 PM

This belongs in here , as it is absolutely stunning !

fiveohwblow · 05-17-2021, 05:45 PM

Wish they would just keep it

yco · 05-17-2021, 05:55 PM

i hope Ocon wont be in Merc' next year...

racerbruce · 05-17-2021, 06:43 PM

I've only attended one GP and it was the 2008 Monaco race....it is unreal.

Murf993 · 05-17-2021, 06:43 PM

Attending the F1 in Monaco this year was supposed to be my 60th Birthday celebration. I'm seriously pissed about this.

racerbruce · 05-17-2021, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

Attending the F1 in Monaco this year was supposed to be my 60th Birthday celebration. I'm seriously pissed about this.

Absolutely no doubt....so sorry your plans have been altered; perhaps next year??

yco · 05-17-2021, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by racerbruce

I've only attended one GP and it was the 2008 Monaco race....it is unreal.

seeing some pics from '08 can be nice if you would like to share..

Jbrown7403 · 05-17-2021, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

This belongs in here , as it is absolutely stunning !

LOVE this! Stinks that it’s a one off. Now we need Williams to hook up with Martini Racing again!

E92inNC · 05-17-2021, 11:52 PM

Anyone besides me much more drawn in by Crash-n-spin than the actual race? If only I could place bets on his “adventures” this weekend.

M5Rick · 05-18-2021, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by E92inPHX

Anyone besides me much more drawn in by Crash-n-spin than the actual race? If only I could place bets on his “adventures” this weekend.

Hammy or Lec? Yeah okay.

yco · 05-18-2021, 07:36 AM

Ngilbe36 · 05-18-2021, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

This belongs in here , as it is absolutely stunning !

They should have gone with orange painted wheels too though!

fiveohwblow · 05-18-2021, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by yco

Still just a backup driver or…..?

racerbruce · 05-18-2021, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by yco

seeing some pics from '08 can be nice if you would like to share..

2008 Monaco GP.....
We sat in Casino Square in a raised seating area with a view of the cars entering Casino Square and coming straight at us; the Casino was nearly directly in front of us and the Casino Hotel was to our right; there was a large tv screen directly in front of us so we could see action at other areas of the track; it rained the first 1/3, a dry line was being established the second 1/3 and then it was WFO the last 1/3....HAM was in his second yr in F1 and won the race; it was simply frightful to see HAM flat out through Casino Square....just inches from the Armco guardrails; oh....the sound of 18,000+ RPM F1 cars echoing throughout the principality....

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racerbruce · 05-18-2021, 11:00 AM

After a week in Tuscany, we took the train to Venice for a few nights before traveling to Nice and using this city as the link via train for the Monaco GP....

After a night of dining and wine in Venice, we were walking down a side street and my wife said...."is that a Ferrari Store?"....in the middle of Venice on very small streets we found this....and Michael Schumacher's Scuderia Ferrari F1 car in the window....

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yco · 05-18-2021, 11:19 AM

thank you for the nostalgia racerbruce.. time flies..

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Originally Posted by fiveohwblow

Still just a backup driver or…..?

yup he is..

MKSixer · 05-18-2021, 12:01 PM

Thank you, racerbruce !!!

Epic photos!!

racerbruce · 05-18-2021, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

Thank you, racerbruce !!!

Epic photos!!

Greetings MKSixer!
You're welcome....it was surreal stepping off the train from Nice on race day....100,000+ arriving for the GP; an interesting note regarding our physical tickets....we had to go to a redemption center where we had to show a ton of ID and supporting documentation that we had bought the tickets on-line before they gave us the actual tickets; I still have the official program and t-shirt!

EdM5 · 05-18-2021, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by racerbruce

2008 Monaco GP.....
oh....the sound of 18,000+ RPM F1 cars echoing throughout the principality....

Thanks for sharing Bruce!
I've never been to the Monaco GP but I was at the 2008 and 2010 Singapore GP.
I remember the sound of these cars in between the high rises was so loud, people got literally sick from it.

In 2010 we travelled with a baby and even in the hotelroom at the 22nd floor with all windows closed the noise was unbearable.

racerbruce · 05-18-2021, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by EdM5

Thanks for sharing Bruce!
I've never been to the Monaco GP but I was at the 2008 and 2010 Singapore GP.
I remember the sound of these cars in between the high rises was so loud, people got literally sick from it.

In 2010 we travelled with a baby and even in the hotelroom at the 22nd floor with all windows closed the noise was unbearable.

CRAZY!
It must have been deafening!
The Singapore street race must be incredible; isn't the humidity unbearable? Can you slip in a few photos for us??

MKSixer · 05-18-2021, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by EdM5

Thanks for sharing Bruce!
I've never been to the Monaco GP but I was at the 2008 and 2010 Singapore GP.
I remember the sound of these cars in between the high rises was so loud, people got literally sick from it.

In 2010 we travelled with a baby and even in the hotelroom at the 22nd floor with all windows closed the noise was unbearable.

This was the case at the German GP in 2012. We were in the Mercedes Grandstand as guests of Mercedes and had suite access but the sound was still deafening. The upshifts and downshifts were brutal and so many people had to retreat inside to survive the entire 3 days. I LOVED IT!!

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Originally Posted by racerbruce

CRAZY!
It must have been deafening!
The Singapore street race must be incredible; isn't the humidity unbearable? Can you slip in a few photos for us??

I'd love to go to Singapore for the night race!!!

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