May 26, 2018
F1 Quals: Monaco 2018
Another beautiful day in the Principality, all sun and blue skies and yachts in the harbor. And a bunch of loud F1 cars driving through the streets. Here's the provisional grid for the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix:
You may notice that there's only 19 cars shown, instead of 20. DH Verstappen did it again, wrecking in Practice 3, breaking his front suspension and damaging his gearbox in the process. Red Bull could not get his car repaired in time for Quals, and so he'll start at the Steward's discretion.
| Pos |
Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:12.013 | 1:11.278 | 1:10.810 | |
| 2 | 1:12.415 | 1:11.518 | 1:11.039 | |
| 3 | 1:12.460 | 1:11.584 | 1:11.232 | |
| 4 | 1:12.639 | 1:11.391 | 1:11.266 | |
| 5 | 1:12.434 | 1:12.002 | 1:11.441 | |
| 6 | 1:13.028 | 1:12.188 | 1:12.061 | |
| 7 | 1:12.657 | 1:12.269 | 1:12.110 | |
| 8 | 1:12.950 | 1:12.286 | 1:12.130 | |
| 9 | 1:12.848 | 1:12.194 | 1:12.154 | |
| 10 | 1:12.941 | 1:12.313 | 1:12.221 | |
| 11 | 1:13.065 | 1:12.411 | ||
| 12 | 1:12.463 | 1:12.440 | ||
| 13 | 1:12.706 | 1:12.521 | ||
| 14 | AMX-30 | 1:12.829 | 1:12.714 | |
| 15 | 1:12.930 | 1:12.728 | ||
| 16 | 1:13.179 | |||
| 17 | 1:13.265 | |||
| 18 | 1:13.323 | |||
| 19 | 1:13.393 |
You may notice that there's only 19 cars shown, instead of 20. DH Verstappen did it again, wrecking in Practice 3, breaking his front suspension and damaging his gearbox in the process. Red Bull could not get his car repaired in time for Quals, and so he'll start at the Steward's discretion.
Which has got to be a blow to the team, because his partner in crime, Smiley Ricciardo, turned in the fastest lap ever around Monaco to take pole. I'd like to point out that ten years ago Felipe Massa's pole speed was 1:15.787. Even the slowest qualifier this year was almost 2.5 seconds faster than that. Anyway, Red Bull had owned the race weekend, finishing 1-2 in every session thus far, and were expected to do so in quals. No such luck. I'm beginning to wonder if what we're seeing nowadays is what DH Verstappen is... crash-happy and quick to blame others.
Much can happen between now and the end of the race, but it sure is lookin' good for Ricciardo. F1U! will follow along sometime afterwards... got the Indy 500 to look at too! See ya.
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