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Does Monaco still have a place in modern F1?

Yes, it has a place
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Post by Flyingfifer » Mon May 31, 2021 10:58 am

I am a bit hot and cold with F1 some years I watch religiously and others I dont pay any attention at all, on that note I'm far from an avid diehard fan but the last race I sat and watched (god knows why) obviously the Monaco circuit has LOADS of motorsport history and gravitas BUT is that enough to justify its ongoing inclusion in the F1 calendar given that they could basically have called it quits on the Saturday :?
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Post by enuff_zed » Mon May 31, 2021 2:28 pm

I think the cars have developed past the capabilities of the circuit.
It is now a qualifying day, followed by a procession.
Now................ give them all 1950/60s Maseratis, Coopers, Vanwalls etc and that would be a race!
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Post by Pondrew » Mon May 31, 2021 2:40 pm

I am a massive F1 fan (well Lewis and Williams fan really) and have watched every race for at least the past 15 years.
I have to say that when I saw it was Monaco last week, I nearly didn't bother watching. It was probably the worst "race" I've ever fallen asleep to! Even for Monaco it was tedious.
It won't be dropped any time soon, though. Lots of beautiful, rich people ascend there every year for the F1 weekend and it makes quite a few even richer. The drivers love it, too.
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Post by Jembo » Mon May 31, 2021 3:08 pm

How about if they shrunk the width of the cars by 75cm, then IMO that’d make it far more challenging to drive, easier to overtake & tracks like Monaco would come alive again
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Post by blunderthumbs » Mon May 31, 2021 7:22 pm

Sometimes watching paint drying is less boring than Monaco. F1 has outgrown the street circuit and it's not about the race anymore. :thumbsdown:
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Post by Nanu » Mon May 31, 2021 7:42 pm

blunderthumbs wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 7:22 pm Sometimes watching paint drying is less boring than Monaco. F1 has outgrown the street circuit and it's not about the race anymore. :thumbsdown:
It's much more fun to watch the yachts and the female adorning them than the race.
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Post by AnilS » Mon May 31, 2021 8:37 pm

Pondrew wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 2:40 pm I am a massive F1 fan (well Lewis and Williams fan really) and have watched every race for at least the past 15 years.
I have to say that when I saw it was Monaco last week, I nearly didn't bother watching. It was probably the worst "race" I've ever fallen asleep to! Even for Monaco it was tedious.
It won't be dropped any time soon, though. Lots of beautiful, rich people ascend there every year for the F1 weekend and it makes quite a few even richer. The drivers love it, too.
Voted NO BTW
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Post by Pondrew » Mon May 31, 2021 9:40 pm

Ok, look at it another way. If you are an F1 fan and a millionaire, with the chance to go and see just one F1 weekend live, which would it be?
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I think it would be a unanimous Monaco, no?
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Post by buzyg » Mon May 31, 2021 10:45 pm

TitanTim wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 8:07 pm Always worth posting,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCv-dIFGcd0&t=150s

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Post by brillomaster » Mon May 31, 2021 11:23 pm

Its a yes from me. Sure its not got much, if any, overtaking, but its got history and glamour in spades, and its a unique challenge on the f1 calendar.

I could probably name half a dozen tracks in the current f1 calendar id bin before binning monaco.

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Post by GuidoK » Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:20 am

I think street circuits in general should be a part of F1.
Due to their different nature it might suit other teams better than the regular teams.
Also the room for error is much less.
And especially monaco has such a history with F1. Having the fans and jetset so close to the track creates a very different atmosphere.
Overtaking at Monaco (any street circuit really) has always been a difficult matter.

And I think the last monaco F1 race prooved that it can also greatly tip the balance.
It gave a new championship and constructorsship leader, and it also created a podium with drivers that had never been on that (monaco) podium.
That is also something that doesn't happen often.
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Post by TitanTim » Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:45 am

Did anyone ever go to the Birmingham Superprix in 86?

Think it was an August Bank Holiday and went with my dad and it hissed it down all day. We chose a spot too close to the track so the spray never cleared and never really saw the race just heard it :oops:

Think we left early in the end.

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Post by GuidoK » Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:32 pm

TitanTim wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:45 amWe chose a spot too close to the track so the spray never cleared and never really saw the race just heard it :oops:
Can you imagine what those drivers see? :o :lol: (except the one that drives in front of course)
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Post by TitanTim » Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:55 pm

GuidoK wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:32 pm
TitanTim wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:45 amWe chose a spot too close to the track so the spray never cleared and never really saw the race just heard it :oops:
Can you imagine what those drivers see? :o :lol: (except the one that drives in front of course)
It was a shame really, only time it ran and it belted it down, think it was Hurricane Charlie that year :)

I think the licence to allow motor racing in the city is still in place but I think the fly in the oitment now would be the city centre has been declared a clean air zone as from today :headbang:

There is always FormulaE :cry:

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