- 24 May 09, 15:38#120861
If Ferrari can bring a half-decent upgrade to Turkey then Massa will have a slight chance of victory. Only slight, though. Remember that he did quite well in Spain before his fuel issues, and KERS would be more advantageous to him at Turkey than Monaco. Chances of such a thing happening are slim, though.
I actually have a theory. Perhaps the Mercedes engine is simply great around monaco. I mean, Brawn took another dominate 1-2. Whilst Force India and McLaren were punching above their weight. Maybe it's just coincidence.
But no doubt, that Mercedes engine is the class of the field. Not only is it powerful, its manageable and bullet-proof.
Anyway, Button wins yet again. Who could've seen it coming. Personally I was hoping there was be some challenge. But no, he romped off in that first stint. Button's got great tyre management, and his is driving outstanding. He's so good, it's boring.
Anyways, Ferrari finally got it right. Darn it for Massa, he certainly could've leaped Kimi in the 2nd stops. But Button had to ruin it, nothing against him, but he's grinding me nerves. Massa did a great job to challenge Kimi when you consider how much time he lost behind Vettel. But that's racing, and next weekend it's Istanbul. I doubt Massa can make it 4 wins in a row, but lets hope for a podium.
Strange accidents today. Vettel and Kovy crashing. Two drivers you wouldn't exactly expect to crash out, but there you go. One mistake and your gone, it's that easy at Monaco. But Nakajima, will be in trouble for that crash. Usually teams can understand, when they're shouting push, that you can make mistakes. But it was his last lap, no one was close to him. Why he made such a stupid mistake is beyond me.
I expected a much more boring race, but at least we had some excitement during the first laps courtesy of Vettel. So all in all, it was a pretty good race. It was just predictable though after the first stops.
Williams I personally believe they have the pace, but their problem is fuel. That car does not look good with heavy fuel. We see it in Q3, williams lose pace with the fuel load, and today in the race. Nico had the pace in the first stint, but when he swapped to a heavy middle stint, his pace dropped of the face of the earth. Really, the soft tyres weren't that bad, so some lost opportunity for Nico today. A shorter middle stint might've given them a shot at Webber.
But my favourite drives of the day, Fisi and Bourdais. Both quietly stealing 8th and 9th. STR will be happy with that, but Force India with another 9th place. So close again to the points. But top drive from Fisi.
If Ferrari can bring a half-decent upgrade to Turkey then Massa will have a slight chance of victory. Only slight, though. Remember that he did quite well in Spain before his fuel issues, and KERS would be more advantageous to him at Turkey than Monaco. Chances of such a thing happening are slim, though.
at Piquet harking on about the "young guys"
Sorry, I'm just quite eager to see Grosjean promoted to F1. His driving in GP2 has been brilliant. 
I've got a tenner on each at handsome odds, 50 and 33 (JB being the latter), as well as a tenner on Rubens to win a race, 5-1.
- By darwin dali