F1 Zorg & Badger GP Fantasy Grand Prix 2017

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Not worried about @Gail at the moment but old Minty @Mint is doing a bit of a Vettle on me......

 

[Mint]

Not worried about @Gail at the moment but old Minty @Mint is doing a bit of a Vettle on me......

Haha don't know how that happened but I must be doing something right

 

[Mint]

 

[Redline]

Not worried about @Gail at the moment ...

Want some advice Mike?

 

[Paul Rice]

I'm off the bottom

 

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Want some advice Mike?

No thanks, I will just stay over here.......

 

[BMBabe]

How the hell am I top?? I didn't even do my predictions for Spain as I forgot

 

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Sebastian Vettel quickest, Lewis Hamilton eighth in Monaco.

Hamilton was top in the first session but Mercedes were less competitive later, a concern for the weekend.
"We didn't have the greatest day," said Hamilton.

"Practice one was actually really good and we were quickest, but then in second practice we just struggled to extract the grip from the tyres and we were sliding around a lot.

Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas was 0.025secs slower than the Englishman in 10th place.

Jenson Button was 12th for McLaren on his one-off return to Formula 1.


First Practice
Monaco, 25 May 2017


Driver Team Fastest Lap
1

Mercedes 1:13.425
2

Ferrari 1:13.621
3

Red Bull 1:13.771
4

Mercedes 1:13.791
5

Red Bull 1:13.854
6

Toro Rosso 1:14.111
7

Ferrari 1:14.164
8

Force India 1:14.201
9

Toro Rosso 1:14.333
10

Force India 1:14.425
11

Williams 1:14.617
12

McLaren 1:14.813
13

Haas F1 1:14.870
14

McLaren 1:14.954
15

Haas F1 1:15.321
16

Williams 1:15.595
17

Renault 1:15.949
18

Sauber 1:16.258
19

Renault
20

Sauber

 

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Second Practice
Monaco, 25 May 2017


Driver Team Fastest Lap
1

Ferrari 1:12.720
2

Red Bull 1:13.207
3

Ferrari 1:13.283
4

Toro Rosso 1:13.331
5

Toro Rosso 1:13.400
6

Red Bull 1:13.486
7

Force India 1:13.799
8

Mercedes 1:13.873
9

Haas F1 1:13.890
10

Mercedes 1:13.902
11

McLaren 1:13.946
12

McLaren 1:13.981
13

Williams 1:14.003
14

Haas F1 1:14.022
15

Force India 1:14.093
16

Williams 1:14.474
17

Renault 1:14.870
18

Renault 1:15.616
19

Sauber 1:15.691
20

Sauber 1:15.695

 

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Monaco Grand Prix qualifying​

Summary
Qualifying at 13:00

• 
  FP.3
  Vettel fastest, Ocon crashes, Ricciardo stops on track
  
  • Button handed 15-place grid penalty
  
  FP3 - top 10
  Posted at 12:05
  
  1) Vettel 2) Raikkonen 3) Bottas 4) Verstappen 5) Hamilton 6) Ricciardo 7) Sainz 8) Kvyat 9) Magnussen 10) Vandoorne

• FP3 - the rest
  Posted at 12:06
  
  11) Perez 12) Button 13) Ocon 14) Massa 15) Hulkenberg 16) Grosjean 17) Stroll 18) Palmer 19) Wehrlein 20) Ericsson

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Closest qualifying yet?
Posted at 12:59

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Sebastian Vettel. No, wait. Kimi Raikkonen. No, Bottas... or maybe Verstappen... or Hamilton!

 

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Yellow flag
Posted at 14:40

YELLOW FLAG!

LEWIS HAMILTON HAS FAILED TO MAKE IT INTO THE TOP 10 SHOOTOUT!

14:41
Just what Lewis Hamilton did not want.

Stoffel Vandoorne is into the barrier, the yellow flags are waved and everyone has to abort their laps meaning Hamilton goes out.

The Briton shakes his head. "That's me out, right?"

"Yep, sorry Lewis."

 

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OUT
Posted at 14:44

11) Kvyat 12) Hulkenberg 13) Magnussen 14) Hamilton 15) Massa

IN
Posted at 14:45

1) Raikkonen 2) Vettel 3) Verstappen 4) Bottas 5) Ricciardo 6) Grosjean 7) Vandoorne 8) Sainz 9) Perez 10) Button

 

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Qualifying top 10
Posted at 15:05

1) Raikkonen 2) Vettel 3) Bottas 4) Verstappen 5) Ricciardo 6) Sainz 7) Perez 8) Grosjean 9) Button 10) Vandoorne.

Qualifying - the rest
Posted at 15:11

11) Kvyat 12) Hulkenberg 13) Magnussen 14) Hamilton 15) Massa 16) Ocon 17) Palmer 18) Stroll 19) Wehrlein 20) Ericsson

 

[andyglym]

Qualifying top 10
Posted at 15:05

1) Raikkonen 2) Vettel 3) Bottas 4) Verstappen 5) Ricciardo 6) Sainz 7) Perez 8) Grosjean 9) Button 10) Vandoorne.

Qualifying - the rest
Posted at 15:11

11) Kvyat 12) Hulkenberg 13) Magnussen 14) Hamilton 15) Massa 16) Ocon 17) Palmer 18) Stroll 19) Wehrlein 20) Ericsson

That's not gone well

 

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That's not gone well

Well, I have still got two drivers in the top 10.......

 

[Mint]

That's a load of points lost

 

[Gail]

I remain cautiously optimistic

 

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Monaco Grand Prix

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Summary

1. Race starts at 13:00 BST
2. Raikkonen on pole, Vettel second
3. Hamilton starts from 13th
4. Pit lane start for Button
5. It's been 16 years since Ferrari last celebrated a win in Monaco, Michael Schumacher triumphing back in 2001.

Jenson Button starts what he has every intention of being his final grand prix today. Button was slightly non-committal when asked about his future - “Who knows?” he said, when asked whether he was open to doing it again. “I don’t plan on it” - but the message between the lines was clear. Is this you done with F1 now, Jenson? “I was in November, so…” .

 

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'If there's an overtake, I'll give you a tenner'

Jenson Button doesn't fancy his chances of making his way through the field from his pitlane start.

"If anyone overtakes here I'll give you a tenner," he tells Natalie Pinkham on the drivers' parade.

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'I am still sweating out the alcohol

Daniel Ricciardo, who wasn't particularly happy yesterday with his team's qualifying tactics, has been speaking on the drivers' parade today...

"I didn't sleep actually. I was out all night partying - I am still sweating out the alcohol....

"Not really. I slept well and got my eight hours. I feel better today and the sun is shining so hopefully we can find something positive and make something happen today.

"Even though the majority of us live here, the track is transformed and we barely recognise anything but there are a lot of cool perks at this circuit..."