Monaco GP - May 29, 2022 @ 3:00 PM

They’ve officially entered the ring for a heavyweight bout...

So, I just saw the latest update from the FIA, and apparently, they’re putting a massive dent in the racing calendar by postponing every single race until they can get these covered tracks built. It’s all laid out over in the U19 Diary if you actually feel like wading through the details. Honestly, it feels like just another thing to add to the pile of reasons why everything seems to be slowing down lately, but hey, I guess we'll just sit around and wait for them to finish their construction projects, won't we?👍

Man, what absolute idiots. I honestly feel so bad for Charles Leclerc

It’s 58 laps before you actually start banking full points; anything less than that and you're basically just fighting for half credit.

cosmicmoose2 said:Look, if you're saying the FIA is actually motivated by trying to turn drivers into "real men," then they aren't being driven by objective stuff like safety. If that's the case, they're totally overstepping their bounds.

Man, honestly, if they hadn't gotten rid of the grid girls, I might have actually swallowed that theory myself.😁

What on earth are they thinking? Just get out there and race already. It’s just a little rain—it's hardly a disaster...

Raymond Anderson4 said:Conditions are pretty rough out there right now... honestly, half these drivers would have totaled their cars before even hitting lap 10.

So?

It's F1, for crying out loud.

Peter Sullivan3 said:

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Let them drive. Honestly, let them go wild... even if all 20 cars end up in the wall. A few red flags won't hurt, and then we can get to the fun part: watching the crews clear the wreckage in Monaco as fast as possible.

Come onnnnnnnn... just drive!

George Russell is absolutely flying 🎉 🎉 🎉

Go George Russell 🎉

Timothy Castillo6 said:The tire strategy is gonna be wild to watch—is everyone playing it safe with the same setup, or is someone actually brave enough to gamble on something different?

Ferrari needs to completely overhaul their approach right now. What other choice do they have left?

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1...june/10311338/

The agreement regarding the earrings has been extended through the end of June.

fadedwalker18 said:Well, looks like the rain has finally let up....... 👎👎

It barely even fell...
It’s all there, just without the wet part. 🙄

Now they’re probably just waiting for a massive downpour so they can scrap the race and push it to tomorrow. 🙂🤦

Liberty Media is absolutely clueless. 🙄
If the race had actually started on time at 2:00 PM like it was supposed to, everything would have gone fine.

Red flags everywhere...

Nothing is going to happen here...

This takes me right back to that legendary VN Canada race and Jerković's infamous four-hour monologue.

Why did Magnussen pull out?

I think there’s a real shot at pulling off a full points haul here, but it's going to be tight. If we see even a single Safety Car, that window closes immediately.

I’m calling it now: a win for the Monacan.
He’s playing on home turf, and honestly, nobody moves faster than him when he wants to.

Besides, look at last year. He absolutely crushed the field during qualifying, even with a car that was basically a lemon. Sure, there was that one little mistake at the finish, but let's be real.
He didn't lose the race because someone outran him; he lost because he wasn't even on the starting grid.

Jacob Castillo70 said:"catastrophic conditions"

Is he actually being serious?

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I wonder which network you're watching? 😬

This is coming down way harder than it did at Spa last year😬

Ashley Ramirez4 said:You seem like one of those people who’d still be arguing the same point even after everyone else ended up wrapped around a tree. And honestly? What's even the point of driving 40 damn miles per hour... that's not really a race.

Exactly. If nobody is actually capable of finishing the race given how bad the conditions are, then nobody gets points, or they just get whatever the rulebook says they should.
We're talking about guys making millions of dollars based purely on their driving skills in a sport worth billions of bucks.
So, I guess, what's even the point of having wet weather tires? And why bother having two different types of them, too?