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Driver of the day ?

Lewis Hamilton
2
14%
Robert Kubica
1
7%
Felipe Massa
0
No votes
Mark Webber
3
21%
Rubens Barrichello
0
No votes
Kazuki Nakajima
0
No votes
Heikki Kovalainen
0
No votes
Adrian Sutil
8
57%
 
Total votes: 14
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The 2008 Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix Thread

Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 4:06 pm

This is the place to discuss everything related to the sixth round of the 2008 season taking place at Monaco between the 22nd and the 25th of May.

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The event timetable for the Monaco Grand Prix.

Thursday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 08:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 11:00 local time - 09:00 GMT
Qualifying 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

Current weather forecasts predict a wet weekend!

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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 6:54 pm

First Thursday practice session underway. (Apologies for the late start due to reception problems).

Air temperature at 19 degrees while track temperature is at 22 degrees
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 6:55 pm

35 miniutes remaining in the session.

The session has been red flagged.
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 6:56 pm

Current order: Hamilton, Raikkonen, Massa, Kubica, Alonso, Webber, Kovalainen and Rosberg
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:03 pm

It appears that there may be a loose drain cover that is being checked now
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:04 pm

The technicians are actually working on welding the cover it seems!
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:07 pm

Vettel has done the most number of laps so far with 22.

Red flag has been cleared, session restarting in 2 minutes
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:09 pm

Session resumes with 20 minutes remaining
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:11 pm

All the cars are on the track except for Coulthard who has only done 3 laps.
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:13 pm

Piquet is 19th! Looks like another embarassing weekend for the rookie driver.
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:15 pm

Trulli has a problem. He slows down and parks the car!
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:16 pm

Trulli seems to have hit a barrier as his left rear suspension is broken,

Heidfeld also stops
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:18 pm

Hamilton improves in 1st! Kubica into 3rd, Kovalainen moves into 4th.

It looks like Heidfeld has a mechanical problem
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:19 pm

Piquet now in 18th!

Bourdais is in 13th! Vettel in 19th
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Post by Ed » Thu May 22, 2008 7:20 pm

Raikkonen improves in second.

Hamilton's best time is a 1:16.216, Raikkonen's a 1:16.446
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