Formula 1

[Crazyskier]

Was a great race with Max gaining the title lead over Lewis. So happy!

I was fortunate enough to have visited Monaco many times (along with Nice, St.Tropez, Cannes, and elsewhere when I was working as Tours Officer for a cruise line.

One of our shore excursions was a walking tour of the 'track', followed by a cafe de paris visit and trip to the casino square and the small, but beautiful park there. We then went to Eze and Roquebrunne to see the cactus gardens and it was just lovely. It was a tender-boat job from the ship rather than berthing, due to the small harbour and I'll always remember the little parcel of lavender the local authorities gave each passenger disembarking the tenders.

I also recollect wanting a memento of the F1 and paying 70 francs (almost a tenner!) for a plastic moulded ferrari with stickers on it, lol! Oh the heady days of pre-Euro.

Anyways, enough rambling from me. I'm up for a forum visit, as suggested by Peter.

CS

[Dallas]

Max Mosley has just passed away aged 81

[Trader Pat]

Max Mosley has just passed away aged 81

Negotiated the original Concorde Agreement so pretty much the architect of modern F1 along with Bernie.

F1 loses another link to an age where you needed serious balls to drive a Formula 1 racing car.

EDIT: The man also knew how to party!

[Trader Pat]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

[greenmark]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

Bit puzzled about the walls on the starting straight. If Jos's right rear had gone, he would have veared left and hit a wall head-on at 200mph. Looked like an easy fix to create a smooth flow, rather than an ugly smash.

[Trader Pat]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

Bit puzzled about the walls on the starting straight. If Jos's right rear had gone, he would have veared left and hit a wall head-on at 200mph. Looked like an easy fix to create a smooth flow, rather than an ugly smash.

Jos? Showing your age there mate

Stroll's left rear blew as well and he veered left into the wall but it's practically impossible to predict what way the car is going to go in that situation. Luckily for both of them it didn't happen at the end of the straight under braking, that could have been very nasty.

It's amazing just how safe F1 is. Was watching the Indy500 las weekend and it was like the wild west in comparison!

[greenmark]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

Bit puzzled about the walls on the starting straight. If Jos's right rear had gone, he would have veared left and hit a wall head-on at 200mph. Looked like an easy fix to create a smooth flow, rather than an ugly smash.

Jos? Showing your age there mate

Stroll's left rear blew as well and he veered left into the wall but it's practically impossible to predict what way the car is going to go in that situation. Luckily for both of them it didn't happen at the end of the straight under braking, that could have been very nasty.

It's amazing just how safe F1 is. Was watching the Indy500 las weekend and it was like the wild west in comparison!

Doh! At least I can't make the same mistake with Schumacher.

[Tuco]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

...it was a good race that - enjoyed trading it

[Trader Pat]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

...it was a good race that - enjoyed trading it

It's nice to be on the right side of late carnage

[Tuco]

It's nice to be on the right side of late carnage

Verstappen was matched down to 1.04 just before his tyre blew.

Hamilton was matched down to 1.50 as he passed Perez on the re-start - I would have been piling in had he made the first corner, but the Mercedes doesn't warm up it's tyres very well this year - last year they had the benefit of their DAS system to warm the tyres but that's been outlawed this year so they're struggling to get temperature into them.

[Trader Pat]

It's nice to be on the right side of late carnage

Verstappen was matched down to 1.04 just before his tyre blew.

Hamilton was matched down to 1.50 as he passed Perez on the re-start - I would have been piling in had he made the first corner, but the Mercedes doesn't warm up it's tyres very well this year - last year they had the benefit of their DAS system to warm the tyres but that's been outlawed this year so they're struggling to get temperature into them.

Apparently Lewis hit the 'magic button' without realising it and changed the brake balance of the car which is why he sailed straight on. Oops!

[Crazyskier]

I layed Lewis for the pole in quali, (thanks LeClerc!) but like to sit back and enjoy the Max vs Lewis battle royale on race day, without the stresses of trading of having to look at a screen.

This was indeed one of the most dramatic finishes to a race in many a year!

Biggest surprise of the day? Vettel on the podium again!

CS

[Trader Pat]

Biggest surprise of the day? Vettel on the podium again!

CS

I thought he was finished!

Hope he can build on it when we get back to 'proper' race tracks

[Euler]

F1 looks a lot more interesting this year.

[Trader Pat]

Really nice surprise, I was worried it would be another procession but its great to see two top drivers in near equal machinery going at it.