Horner's not at all bothered about the race being wet - he expects his guys to be on Pole again. Then its down to tyre wear and uneventful changes..... Unless of course he expects his wonderful PLANTED cars to slide when tarmac is wet !!! Now that would be worth watching.
Hmmm local weather systems around Monaco say: Thursday/ 40% chance of rain, 15'C Saturday/ 0% rain, cloudy, 16'C Sunday/ 20% thunderstorms, 16'C http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/WMONT.html Updates every few seconds. Not sure how accurate though just like any opinion.
OK, well yours sounds miles more interesting than mine. They're very different. I'll guess we'll see on the day.
Yes we'll see, I'm just posting it out there so we all get a clear enough picture. No sandbagging intended btw genji in the previous post.
Sandbag = (trying to make you look like an idiot) Not the F1 type of sandbagging. All in good faith the last post etc...
Ha! Some funny stuff in this thread as usual. Regardless of Monaco's conditions, Christian Horner has every right to be concerned about wet races in general. The Red Bull cars generate so much downforce relative to the others that they hold a real ace in qualifying (and no, I don't just mean Vettel!); an ace so strong it's more of a joker - because it allows them to use their DRS much earlier than other teams, and when not restricted to just one 'DRS power-up pad' (which will probably become two from Canada onwards), multiple DRS deployment in qualifying is giving them about three quarters of a second over their nearest rivals. But in the wet, DRS is not allowedââ¬Â¦ Of course, of all the circuits on the calendar, Monaco rewards pole best; but Horner will not be wanting a wet race anywhere. Besides, at least three of Red Bull's rival drivers are superb in the wet: Hamilton, Button and Alonso. And whilst Schumacher had his moments too, that was long ago and I do not think he holds any advantage over the good but not great Rosberg.
But in Monaco there isn't as much of an opportunity to use DRS in qualifying, is there? There are no big flat out corners for the inherent downforce in the RB7 to come into play so Red Bull will depend on wing-generated downforce about as much as any other team, which means they'll need the rear wing closed. In tight, twisty corners doesn't the advantage of both the design of the RB7 and the availability of DRS diminish - in dry conditions as much as wet? Therefore, isn't there less for Red Bull to lose in wet conditions in Monaco than at other circuits? Or am I misunderstanding something?
