And now for the true greatest spectical in racing"

And now for the true greatest spectical in racing"

Monaco!

Re: And now for the true greatest spectical in racing"

The Wanderer wrote...

> Monaco!
>


AKA -
"Make the most of passing in the pits 'cos that's all you're gonna get."

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"noJ" <me@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
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> The Wanderer wrote...
>
>> Monaco!
>>
>
>
> AKA -
> "Make the most of passing in the pits 'cos that's all you're gonna get."
>

And every other F1 race, but at Monaco who cares.

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noJ <me@nomail.afraid.org> writes:
> The Wanderer wrote...
>
>> Monaco!
>
>
> AKA -
> "Make the most of passing in the pits 'cos that's all you're gonna get."

Nonsense!

There's a tunnel with a chicane at the end.

There's Coulthard.

What a combination!

Phil
--
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Phil Carmody wrote...

> noJ <me@nomail.afraid.org> writes:
> > The Wanderer wrote...
> >
> >> Monaco!
> >
> >
> > AKA -
> > "Make the most of passing in the pits 'cos that's all you're gonna get."
>
> Nonsense!
>
> There's a tunnel with a chicane at the end.
>
> There's Coulthard.
>
> What a combination!
>

Missing a vital ingredient - the Shoemaker Brothers.

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"The Wanderer" <Wanderer@nowayatall3,com > wrote in message
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> Monaco!

Usually its an awful race.

Monaco is a fantastic setting, if not the best setting for F1. But the
racing is usually terrible. Monaco just reminds me of Mansel in hugely
superior car being stuck behind Senna and no possible way past.

I think we have seen drivers being more daring, and trying and making passes
recently.But its still generally boring, unless there is a crash or other
incident. Rain helps.

Cant they knock something down to make the track better? Or build out over
the water or something?

AC (Slating the place in the vain hope he is proved completely and utterly
wrong by Monaco staging the race of the season)

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AC wrote:

>Usually its an awful race.
>
>Monaco is a fantastic setting, if not the best setting for F1. But the
>racing is usually terrible. Monaco just reminds me of Mansel in hugely
>superior car being stuck behind Senna and no possible way past.
>
>I think we have seen drivers being more daring, and trying and making passes
>recently.But its still generally boring, unless there is a crash or other
>incident. Rain helps.
>
>Cant they knock something down to make the track better? Or build out over
>the water or something?
>
>AC (Slating the place in the vain hope he is proved completely and utterly
>wrong by Monaco staging the race of the season)

I loaded Monaco into my RaceO7 sim the other day and had a go round it
in a Caterham. It really is incredibly Mickey Mouse, absolutely no
"flow" at all.
Personally I thought it was a lot better before they added the
swimming pool complex, but then I'm an old man and prone to nostalgia
;-)

--
Trevor

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"The Wanderer" <Wanderer@nowayatall3,com > wrote in
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> Monaco!

Speaking of which - I can't recall (if I ever heard at all that is) why
they changed the area where the pool is so much?

Re: And now for the true greatest spectical in racing"

The Wanderer wrote:
> Monaco!

I keep saying this but the best part of Monaco is the qualifying! The race
is almost always a bore.

So why on earth don't they try something different and make it an
eliminations?

Same idea as drag racing but separate the cars by half a lap. Fastest
qualifier gets to chose his position.
I guess most would want to go last.
Flying laps would be OK for the first few rounds but for the semi and finals
do a standing start lap.
Let the winner of the first round losers eliminations back in at the semi or
quarter finals.

Why wouldn't it work?

Slatts

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Sla#s wrote...

> The Wanderer wrote:
> > Monaco!
>
> I keep saying this but the best part of Monaco is the qualifying! The race
> is almost always a bore.
>
> So why on earth don't they try something different and make it an
> eliminations?
>
> Same idea as drag racing but separate the cars by half a lap. Fastest
> qualifier gets to chose his position.
> I guess most would want to go last.
> Flying laps would be OK for the first few rounds but for the semi and finals
> do a standing start lap.
> Let the winner of the first round losers eliminations back in at the semi or
> quarter finals.
>
> Why wouldn't it work?
>


Cos your idea is bollocks.

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noJ wrote:
> Sla#s wrote...
>
>> The Wanderer wrote:
>>> Monaco!
>>
>> I keep saying this but the best part of Monaco is the qualifying!
>> The race is almost always a bore.
>>
>> So why on earth don't they try something different and make it an
>> eliminations?
>>
>> Same idea as drag racing but separate the cars by half a lap. Fastest
>> qualifier gets to chose his position.
>> I guess most would want to go last.
>> Flying laps would be OK for the first few rounds but for the semi
>> and finals do a standing start lap.
>> Let the winner of the first round losers eliminations back in at the
>> semi or quarter finals.
>>
>> Why wouldn't it work?

>
> Cos your idea is bollocks.

Hardly a well reasoned argument !

Above you said: "Make the most of passing in the pits 'cos that's all you're
gonna get."
I'm just saying for one very special place why not try something different.
Because Monaco is different.

Slatts

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Sla#s wrote...

> noJ wrote:
> > Sla#s wrote...
> >
> >> The Wanderer wrote:
> >>> Monaco!
> >>
> >> I keep saying this but the best part of Monaco is the qualifying!
> >> The race is almost always a bore.
> >>
> >> So why on earth don't they try something different and make it an
> >> eliminations?
> >>
> >> Same idea as drag racing but separate the cars by half a lap. Fastest
> >> qualifier gets to chose his position.
> >> I guess most would want to go last.
> >> Flying laps would be OK for the first few rounds but for the semi
> >> and finals do a standing start lap.
> >> Let the winner of the first round losers eliminations back in at the
> >> semi or quarter finals.
> >>
> >> Why wouldn't it work?
>
> >
> > Cos your idea is bollocks.
>
> Hardly a well reasoned argument !
>
> Above you said: "Make the most of passing in the pits 'cos that's all you're
> gonna get."
> I'm just saying for one very special place why not try something different.
> Because Monaco is different.
>


Okay. When is a race not a race?
When it's a knockout.
Which is bollocks and not racing.

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noJ wrote:
<SNIP>
>>> Cos your idea is bollocks.
>>
>> Hardly a well reasoned argument !
>>
>> Above you said: "Make the most of passing in the pits 'cos that's
>> all you're gonna get."
>> I'm just saying for one very special place why not try something
>> different. Because Monaco is different.
>>
>
>
> Okay. When is a race not a race?
> When it's a knockout.
> Which is bollocks and not racing.

Race! Surely you mean procession!
Who says a Grand Prix has to be "a race"?
Eliminations work well in other sports, even other motorsports.
We all know Monaco as 'a race' is a bore.
Eliminations would make it a very exiting venue again.
OK I agree that I wouldn't want to see it on other tracks, however Monaco is
special but the track is too narrow to let the drivers 'race'.
Remember the old days when private owner F1 cars use to turn up at
hillclimbs and the Brighton speed trials?

Slatts

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OK For-get-it...
Just bring out a spray rig :-)

Slatts