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[deMuRe]

You think teams like Spyker spin out on the track purposely because that's the only camera time they are ever going to get?

[darwin dali]

How about Sutil running very light in Q and getting pole. Then he defends his position on supersoft rubber for about 10 laps before having to pit. 10 laps of exclusive coverage for Spyker, plus start plus Q plus pitstop plus after pitstop - cameras would be trained on his car all the time.

[welshie]

How about Spyker just cheat and put a massive turbo on the engine! They could then get a 1-2 for qualifying! Of course they would then be stripped of that and sent to the back of the grid (at best), but the media storm around them would be huge, talk about global coverage!!

[7UpJordan]

How about Spyker just cheat and put a massive turbo on the engine! They could then get a 1-2 for qualifying! Of course they would then be stripped of that and sent to the back of the grid (at best), but the media storm around them would be huge, talk about global coverage!!

I can imagine the excuse they'd give for that. Be along the lines of "we're just planning ahead for Max's Green F1 era".

[darwin dali]

They'd never do that because they'd lose their F1 licence. It wouldn't be considered just cheating, it would be a blatant fraud and deemed in contempt of the holy FIA.

[deMuRe]

How about Spyker attach a boeing jet engine to the back of their car and just launch into the sunset at the start of the race. On the side of the engine they could put "DUTCH POWER"...

[darwin dali]

Gives a whole new meaning to the 'Flying Dutchman'

[deMuRe]

I didn't know what that was, here's what I pulled up on google:

"According to folklore, the Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship that can never go home, doomed to sail "the seven seas" forever. The Flying Dutchman is usually spotted from afar, sometimes glowing with ghostly light. If she is hailed by another ship, her crew will often try to send messages to land, to people long since dead. The sight of this phantom ship is reckoned by seafarers to be a portent of doom."

Here is the F1 version:

"According to F1 folklore, the Flying Dutchman is a ghost car that can never finish the race, doomed to drive "the seven laps" forever. The flying Dutchman is usually spotted in rear vision mirrors glowing with a ghostly afterburn from it's attached boeing jet engine. If he is signalled by another driver, it's driver will often send messages back to the pits, to a crew long since dead. The sight of this phantom car is reckoned by racers to be a portent of doom, usually followed by a life threatening shunt. It was reported, but never officially stated, Michael Schumacher was shouting "I saw the flying Dutchman, I saw the flying Dutchman!!!" into his pit radio moments before he crashed at Silverstone breaking his leg..."

[Stephen]

Lol!

Anyway, talking of Monaco, the race looks like it's going to be a dry one:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml ... 4648&links

[deMuRe]

I think it was 3 season's ago I won a crap load of money because I had this niggling feeling Renault were going to go with the Michelin soft rubber and stick it on pole, and they did...

Total dark horse that day...

Any dark horse predictions for this race?

[Stephen]

Any dark horse predictions for this race?

Sutil...!

[darwin dali]

The dark Spyker rider Sutil

[welshie]

My dark horse would be DC! Smexy!!

[darwin dali]

Well, DC wouldn't be that dark a horse, more like grey (in more than one way - lol). He's often done really well in Monaco, often exceeding expectations.

[welshie]

I'm just thinking because of Ferrari's and McLarens dominance so far. Actually might put a bet on a DC podium! hmmmm