Just a reminder for those what exciting open wheel action, IndyCar is at the Indy Road Course today on NBC. They've had 4 pulse pointing races so far and it's Round 5 today.
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The racing is pretty good, the coverage and commentary often not so good. There were several things I saw while watching the real time video that they either missed completely or didn't pick up until later.
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Well tomorrows qualifying and there's a better than average chance the pole winner will be the race winner. And predictions besides Max?
Update: it just ended and I won’t spoil it if you haven’t seen it yet. I’ll just say it was incredibly close and exciting so watch it if you can.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 220-9er,
Procession as usual until the rain came. A lot slipperier that I'd expect. Couple guys just had a miserable time, but there were a couple great overtaking dives, I think it was at Mirabeau for maybe the vest overtake of the race.
While it was a fun parade, Aston Martin screwing Alonso by putting him on Mediums instead of Inters cost the race of any question of who would win.
On the plus side, Alonso is only 13 points behind Perez, but Mercedes is very close to overtaking Aston Martin. Stroll needs to pick up the pace. While I do think George Russell is a better driver right now than Lewis Hamilton, neither one is a slouch and are only being limited by their cars.
Posts: 4164 | Location: Kansas City, MO | Registered: May 28, 2004
I'm never bored by Monaco. Really, it's basically an exhibition and, oh yeah, points too. Why not?
There are camera angles around the track where the cars look faster than they do anywhere else, even though they may not be going all that fast. What's not to love about cars looking unbelievably fast?
Plus this year, some new views including overhead stuff (chopper?). In the sun, a true circus with the color and pageantry and then rain to make it a crap shoot. And what better place for a crap shoot than Monaco? There is nothing like this race.
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
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I too enjoy Monaco for the spectacle, and this year the bonus of some excitement just as it was becoming snoozy....
If you want to have some fun with the harbor, pull up some YT videos of them docking some of the boats. There's one that is about 30 minutes of Octopus backing in and being tied off. Fascinating, to me at least.
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The chopper shots were neat, but it was too high, IMO. Often it was watching a dot circulate. Commentary said it's the first time they've had heli coverage for TV broadcast at Monaco.
Originally posted by P250UA5: The chopper shots were neat, but it was too high, IMO. Often it was watching a dot circulate. Commentary said it's the first time they've had heli coverage for TV broadcast at Monaco.
Given the terrain and the buildings, I’m sure they had to be high. Monaco isn’t like tracks that are a fair distance from any tall structures.
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Even with the rain, these cars are too big for Monaco to have a race. If someone wanted to watch a parade, that's fine. I watch racing to have a race, and the only time there was any risk to changing the finishing order was Aston Martin screwing Alonso out of Inters when he pitted. That's unacceptable.
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Max’s race to lose but behind it should be interesting. Then again, there’s a possibility of rain. Alonso, Perez and maybe others suffered floor damage that handicapped them in qualifying. Look at where Stroll is and Alonso has been consistently.3 or better all year but he needs a good clean start and a few quick positions gained early. He also has good tire wear so either way he should move forward. Leclerc has a heavy lift ahead and I didn’t hear any obvious issues found yet, but likely something will be found since he should be at least equal to Sainz on speed. Hopefully the track will allow good passing opportunities.
