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[Denthúl]

A quick word on tyres - Alonso did a long stint in FP2 on the supers and his 14th lap was only 0.2s slower than the first lap (i think that's correct). Tyres lasting much longer here then with little drop off. Talk of one stoppers being very possible!

I'm just waiting for people to bin it on the marbles in the race....

But dont the super soft (quali tyre) only last about 8 laps? That wont allow for a one stopper.

I thought that was only an estimate. If you can stretch a set of super-softs to 20 laps then you might be able to make one less stop than your rivals. With track position being important at Monaco, it might be worth a gamble, although I can't see it happening.

[scotty]

A quick word on tyres - Alonso did a long stint in FP2 on the supers and his 14th lap was only 0.2s slower than the first lap (i think that's correct). Tyres lasting much longer here then with little drop off. Talk of one stoppers being very possible!

I'm just waiting for people to bin it on the marbles in the race....

But dont the super soft (quali tyre) only last about 8 laps? That wont allow for a one stopper.

I thought that was only an estimate. If you can stretch a set of super-softs to 20 laps then you might be able to make one less stop than your rivals. With track position being important at Monaco, it might be worth a gamble, although I can't see it happening.

Yep, i think it would indeed have been an estimate but as i say Alonso got much more than that out of em in practice today so obviously it wasn't too accurate..... I also heard Vettel did a stint where the 21st lap was 'comparable' in pace to the first! Not sure if that was on supers or not, but suggests the tyres aren't dropping off quickly and sharply like elsewhere. I reckon 2 stoppers will be the norm with some brave souls (Saubers? Or possibly JB given his last couple of race strategies) having a crack at the one stopper. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone switch strategies mid race either.

Of course, as the track rubbers in this could easily all prove to be wrong...

[darwin dali]

A quick word on tyres - Alonso did a long stint in FP2 on the supers and his 14th lap was only 0.2s slower than the first lap (i think that's correct). Tyres lasting much longer here then with little drop off. Talk of one stoppers being very possible!

I'm just waiting for people to bin it on the marbles in the race....

But dont the super soft (quali tyre) only last about 8 laps? That wont allow for a one stopper.

I thought that was only an estimate. If you can stretch a set of super-softs to 20 laps then you might be able to make one less stop than your rivals. With track position being important at Monaco, it might be worth a gamble, although I can't see it happening.

Yep, i think it would indeed have been an estimate but as i say Alonso got much more than that out of em in practice today so obviously it wasn't too accurate..... I also heard Vettel did a stint where the 21st lap was 'comparable' in pace to the first! Not sure if that was on supers or not, but suggests the tyres aren't dropping off quickly and sharply like elsewhere. I reckon 2 stoppers will be the norm with some brave souls (Saubers? Or possibly JB given his last couple of race strategies) having a crack at the one stopper. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone switch strategies mid race either.

Of course, as the track rubbers in this could easily all prove to be wrong...

Correct, SV did a 21 lap stint on options. That'll keep everybody's options open so to speak

[darwin dali]

So then there's no practices tomorrow?

Correct!

[darwin dali]

Ok, I must be missing something. Why are practices on thursday this week?

Because it's Monaco and there are parties and fashion shows on Friday. I'm not sure if that's the real reason but it's always been that way for as long as I can remember.

It's more to do with the businesses in Monaco - they can't have their shops closed for 3 days in a row, so they split it up and open Friday. This 'mini break' also gives the F1 circus time to negotiate new sponsorship contracts, etc., of which the majority have been traditionally hashed out during this GP weekend.

[vlad]

Expect mad strategies tomorrow! Vettel could have one of them!

[racechick]

A quick word on tyres - Alonso did a long stint in FP2 on the supers and his 14th lap was only 0.2s slower than the first lap (i think that's correct). Tyres lasting much longer here then with little drop off. Talk of one stoppers being very possible!

I'm just waiting for people to bin it on the marbles in the race....

But dont the super soft (quali tyre) only last about 8 laps? That wont allow for a one stopper.

I thought that was only an estimate. If you can stretch a set of super-softs to 20 laps then you might be able to make one less stop than your rivals. With track position being important at Monaco, it might be worth a gamble, although I can't see it happening.

Yep, i think it would indeed have been an estimate but as i say Alonso got much more than that out of em in practice today so obviously it wasn't too accurate..... I also heard Vettel did a stint where the 21st lap was 'comparable' in pace to the first! Not sure if that was on supers or not, but suggests the tyres aren't dropping off quickly and sharply like elsewhere. I reckon 2 stoppers will be the norm with some brave souls (Saubers? Or possibly JB given his last couple of race strategies) having a crack at the one stopper. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone switch strategies mid race either.

Of course, as the track rubbers in this could easily all prove to be wrong...

Correct, SV did a 21 lap stint on options. That'll keep everybody's options open so to speak

Is options soft or super soft?
In autosport they said the supersofts would only allow one lap, an amazing lap, then drop off by about 3 seconds but Pireli said it would be more like 8 laps. So were these long stints done on the super softs?

[vlad]

Well, I saw Vettel with option tyres for quite some tome on track today...

[darwin dali]

A quick word on tyres - Alonso did a long stint in FP2 on the supers and his 14th lap was only 0.2s slower than the first lap (i think that's correct). Tyres lasting much longer here then with little drop off. Talk of one stoppers being very possible!

I'm just waiting for people to bin it on the marbles in the race....

But dont the super soft (quali tyre) only last about 8 laps? That wont allow for a one stopper.

I thought that was only an estimate. If you can stretch a set of super-softs to 20 laps then you might be able to make one less stop than your rivals. With track position being important at Monaco, it might be worth a gamble, although I can't see it happening.

Yep, i think it would indeed have been an estimate but as i say Alonso got much more than that out of em in practice today so obviously it wasn't too accurate..... I also heard Vettel did a stint where the 21st lap was 'comparable' in pace to the first! Not sure if that was on supers or not, but suggests the tyres aren't dropping off quickly and sharply like elsewhere. I reckon 2 stoppers will be the norm with some brave souls (Saubers? Or possibly JB given his last couple of race strategies) having a crack at the one stopper. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone switch strategies mid race either.

Of course, as the track rubbers in this could easily all prove to be wrong...

Correct, SV did a 21 lap stint on options. That'll keep everybody's options open so to speak

Is options soft or super soft?
In autosport they said the supersofts would only allow one lap, an amazing lap, then drop off by about 3 seconds but Pireli said it would be more like 8 laps. So were these long stints done on the super softs?

Options are ALWAYS the softer tire, primes are the harder tire. Here in Monaco, the primes are the soft (which was the option in previous races) and the options are supersofts. SV drove on the red marked supersoft during his last stint of P2 running 21 laps

[racechick]

A quick word on tyres - Alonso did a long stint in FP2 on the supers and his 14th lap was only 0.2s slower than the first lap (i think that's correct). Tyres lasting much longer here then with little drop off. Talk of one stoppers being very possible!

I'm just waiting for people to bin it on the marbles in the race....

But dont the super soft (quali tyre) only last about 8 laps? That wont allow for a one stopper.

I thought that was only an estimate. If you can stretch a set of super-softs to 20 laps then you might be able to make one less stop than your rivals. With track position being important at Monaco, it might be worth a gamble, although I can't see it happening.

Yep, i think it would indeed have been an estimate but as i say Alonso got much more than that out of em in practice today so obviously it wasn't too accurate..... I also heard Vettel did a stint where the 21st lap was 'comparable' in pace to the first! Not sure if that was on supers or not, but suggests the tyres aren't dropping off quickly and sharply like elsewhere. I reckon 2 stoppers will be the norm with some brave souls (Saubers? Or possibly JB given his last couple of race strategies) having a crack at the one stopper. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone switch strategies mid race either.

Of course, as the track rubbers in this could easily all prove to be wrong...

Correct, SV did a 21 lap stint on options. That'll keep everybody's options open so to speak

Is options soft or super soft?
In autosport they said the supersofts would only allow one lap, an amazing lap, then drop off by about 3 seconds but Pireli said it would be more like 8 laps. So were these long stints done on the super softs?

Options are ALWAYS the softer tire, primes are the harder tire. Here in Monaco, the primes are the soft (which was the option in previous races) and the options are supersofts. SV drove on the red marked supersoft during his last stint of P2 running 21 laps

So they do last then. Why'd he waste them in a practice session? I do think they should give them more tyres, its a bit false limiting them so much.

[darwin dali]

A quick word on tyres - Alonso did a long stint in FP2 on the supers and his 14th lap was only 0.2s slower than the first lap (i think that's correct). Tyres lasting much longer here then with little drop off. Talk of one stoppers being very possible!

I'm just waiting for people to bin it on the marbles in the race....

But dont the super soft (quali tyre) only last about 8 laps? That wont allow for a one stopper.

I thought that was only an estimate. If you can stretch a set of super-softs to 20 laps then you might be able to make one less stop than your rivals. With track position being important at Monaco, it might be worth a gamble, although I can't see it happening.

Yep, i think it would indeed have been an estimate but as i say Alonso got much more than that out of em in practice today so obviously it wasn't too accurate..... I also heard Vettel did a stint where the 21st lap was 'comparable' in pace to the first! Not sure if that was on supers or not, but suggests the tyres aren't dropping off quickly and sharply like elsewhere. I reckon 2 stoppers will be the norm with some brave souls (Saubers? Or possibly JB given his last couple of race strategies) having a crack at the one stopper. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone switch strategies mid race either.

Of course, as the track rubbers in this could easily all prove to be wrong...

Correct, SV did a 21 lap stint on options. That'll keep everybody's options open so to speak

Is options soft or super soft?
In autosport they said the supersofts would only allow one lap, an amazing lap, then drop off by about 3 seconds but Pireli said it would be more like 8 laps. So were these long stints done on the super softs?

Options are ALWAYS the softer tire, primes are the harder tire. Here in Monaco, the primes are the soft (which was the option in previous races) and the options are supersofts. SV drove on the red marked supersoft during his last stint of P2 running 21 laps

So they do last then. Why'd he waste them in a practice session? I do think they should give them more tyres, its a bit false limiting them so much.

I think they only got one set of supersofts for P2 and use them or lose them basically.

[racechick]

A quick word on tyres - Alonso did a long stint in FP2 on the supers and his 14th lap was only 0.2s slower than the first lap (i think that's correct). Tyres lasting much longer here then with little drop off. Talk of one stoppers being very possible!

I'm just waiting for people to bin it on the marbles in the race....

But dont the super soft (quali tyre) only last about 8 laps? That wont allow for a one stopper.

I thought that was only an estimate. If you can stretch a set of super-softs to 20 laps then you might be able to make one less stop than your rivals. With track position being important at Monaco, it might be worth a gamble, although I can't see it happening.

Yep, i think it would indeed have been an estimate but as i say Alonso got much more than that out of em in practice today so obviously it wasn't too accurate..... I also heard Vettel did a stint where the 21st lap was 'comparable' in pace to the first! Not sure if that was on supers or not, but suggests the tyres aren't dropping off quickly and sharply like elsewhere. I reckon 2 stoppers will be the norm with some brave souls (Saubers? Or possibly JB given his last couple of race strategies) having a crack at the one stopper. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone switch strategies mid race either.

Of course, as the track rubbers in this could easily all prove to be wrong...

Correct, SV did a 21 lap stint on options. That'll keep everybody's options open so to speak

Is options soft or super soft?
In autosport they said the supersofts would only allow one lap, an amazing lap, then drop off by about 3 seconds but Pireli said it would be more like 8 laps. So were these long stints done on the super softs?

Options are ALWAYS the softer tire, primes are the harder tire. Here in Monaco, the primes are the soft (which was the option in previous races) and the options are supersofts. SV drove on the red marked supersoft during his last stint of P2 running 21 laps

So they do last then. Why'd he waste them in a practice session? I do think they should give them more tyres, its a bit false limiting them so much.

I think they only got one set of supersofts for P2 and use them or lose them basically.

Oh I see. So its not an allocation for the whole weekend and they have to manage it. They get tyres for pracices on top of their race tyres. Is that right?

[darwin dali]

A quick word on tyres - Alonso did a long stint in FP2 on the supers and his 14th lap was only 0.2s slower than the first lap (i think that's correct). Tyres lasting much longer here then with little drop off. Talk of one stoppers being very possible!

I'm just waiting for people to bin it on the marbles in the race....

But dont the super soft (quali tyre) only last about 8 laps? That wont allow for a one stopper.

I thought that was only an estimate. If you can stretch a set of super-softs to 20 laps then you might be able to make one less stop than your rivals. With track position being important at Monaco, it might be worth a gamble, although I can't see it happening.

Yep, i think it would indeed have been an estimate but as i say Alonso got much more than that out of em in practice today so obviously it wasn't too accurate..... I also heard Vettel did a stint where the 21st lap was 'comparable' in pace to the first! Not sure if that was on supers or not, but suggests the tyres aren't dropping off quickly and sharply like elsewhere. I reckon 2 stoppers will be the norm with some brave souls (Saubers? Or possibly JB given his last couple of race strategies) having a crack at the one stopper. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone switch strategies mid race either.

Of course, as the track rubbers in this could easily all prove to be wrong...

Correct, SV did a 21 lap stint on options. That'll keep everybody's options open so to speak

Is options soft or super soft?
In autosport they said the supersofts would only allow one lap, an amazing lap, then drop off by about 3 seconds but Pireli said it would be more like 8 laps. So were these long stints done on the super softs?

Options are ALWAYS the softer tire, primes are the harder tire. Here in Monaco, the primes are the soft (which was the option in previous races) and the options are supersofts. SV drove on the red marked supersoft during his last stint of P2 running 21 laps

So they do last then. Why'd he waste them in a practice session? I do think they should give them more tyres, its a bit false limiting them so much.

I think they only got one set of supersofts for P2 and use them or lose them basically.

Oh I see. So its not an allocation for the whole weekend and they have to manage it. They get tyres for pracices on top of their race tyres. Is that right?

That's my understanding. They get only 6 sets total (3 +3) for Q and the race though.

[racechick]

Well its clearly not enough.

[Hammer278]

Has anyone got so excited after practice before?

"It's fantastic out there," Hamilton said. "I love the track, I love the weather. It's a beautiful place to be. I'm enjoying every lap I drive - and I've got the best view of the whole of Monaco when I'm in the car! I'm very happy to be here - I'm really pleased with the balance of the car and I kept out of trouble, but it's going to be close here."

Hamilton also said that using all of the buttons on the steering wheel had become second nature, but that he may look to get a bit more out of the DRS and KERS during qualifying on Saturday.

"You quickly get used to DRS and KERS Hybrid, but you're only really on it for the pit straight and up the hill; you tend not to use it through the slower sections. Maybe I'll find a few more places to use it for qualifying - but I'll keep that in my pocket! I just love driving the car here - it's the best thing I've ever done! It's so exciting - you can't afford to make mistakes, the car feels amazing when you're jumping from kerb to kerb, and there's no room for error. I want to win this grand prix!"

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Whoa there boy! Save the enthusiasm for qualifying and race....