Monaco Historics

Gotta love seeing these cars being used the way they were intended, but some of these guys don't need to be on a street course.

Yeah, who let that Charles Leclerc guy out on track!

I watched the recording of the entire day on Sunday evening. Some of the racing was really good especially by the leaders. But yeah, there were a number of bonehead moves by back markers. It makes me suspect that entry might have more to do with matters other than racing experience.

-chris r.

I kinda like the fact that Monaco has a Steak n Shake on drivers left just before the turn in point for T1.  Wonder what a double cheeseburger, fries and a shake go for at that one?  And do they have a half price drinks and shakes 'happy hour'?

In reply to adam525i :

He must know someone high up at Ferrari!!!

For those that haven't seen it this happened. He was driving at a decent pace and Ferrari claimed a brake issue caused the accident. His results at that GP have not been great so far, maybe he'll break the streak this year (or crash again lol).

adam525i said:

Yeah, who let that Charles Leclerc guy out on track!

A broken brake rotor did him in.

So, a friend of ours drives in these kinds of races and was at Monaco. 

Is there anterest in reading about driving prewar race cars? This would be for Classic Motorsports. 

David S. Wallens said:

So, a friend of ours drives in these kinds of races and was at Monaco. 

Is there anterest in reading about driving prewar race cars? This would be for Classic Motorsports. 

Yep. But then I have weird taste in cars so I'm not your mainstream enthusiast.

In reply to Snowdoggie (Forum Supporter) :

I need to check if he only drives prewar cars. Still, to hear how to become a regular driver in that world....

We were on European vacation some years ago - they usually centre around cathedrals and wineries, when we decided to go to Monaco for a look-see. Turned out that it was not only the big vintage race weekend, but I saw a client of mine from Canada racing around the course in a prewar Alfa!

Hell of an event!   I'd rather watch vintage at that level than current racing!

David S. Wallens said:

So, a friend of ours drives in these kinds of races and was at Monaco. 

Is there anterest in reading about driving prewar race cars? This would be for Classic Motorsports. 

Absolutely! 

wspohn said:

Hell of an event!   I'd rather watch vintage at that level than current racing!

Modern F1 cars all have the same type of engine. I can remember Ferrari V12s, BRM V16s, Honda V12s transversely mounted. Boxer engines. Six wheeled Tyrells and all sorts of cars. Now the cars all look the same. Indy is even worse. They are all Dallara DW-12s. They are all the same car. 

I would rather watch vintage racing.

In reply to adam525i :

Ferrari has a lot of problems with brakes - "Ferrari has announced a major recall of cars in China. Under the service action are 2,222 cars that could have serious brake problems: these are 458 Italia, 458 Speciale, 458 Speciale A, 458 Spider, 488 GTB and 488 Spider, produced between March 2, 2010 and March 12, 2019 and imported into China. Roughly the same number of the Italian brand's supercars of all models have been sold in China over the past four years."

Snowdoggie (Forum Supporter) said:

wspohn said:

Hell of an event!   I'd rather watch vintage at that level than current racing!

Modern F1 cars all have the same type of engine. I can remember Ferrari V12s, BRM V16s, Honda V12s transversely mounted. Boxer engines. Six wheeled Tyrells and all sorts of cars. Now the cars all look the same. Indy is even worse. They are all Dallara DW-12s. They are all the same car. 

I would rather watch vintage racing.

This was intentional, as strokes got shorter, teams were playing with different bank angles.  Deck height is limited by the cylinders meeting at the bottom.  Wider bank angles allowed for shorter deck heights but altered the aerodynamics because of the width, and altered the airbox plenum volume as well.  So you make engines of say 110, 100, 90, and 80 degree bank angles, bodywork to match, test all four...  Became a deal of who can throw the most money at the problem.  So the FIA said no, you get this bank angle, this number of cylinders.

What an unforgiving track. It was painful to watch all of that history getting wrecked.