Comments on: Alonso says driving Monaco is 'stressful'

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:47:18 +0000

Thank you for the correction, James.

By: RB

RB — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:22:42 +0000

Monaco GP Sunday is usually, but not always, the weekend of Ascension Day. For example, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008 races did not occur on Ascension weekend.

By: guy

guy — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:10:59 +0000

James do you think the teams should publish fuel weights etc for practice, a bit like quali, so we can ‘read’ the times better? At present it’s all a bit pointless…

By: Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:17:56 +0000

It is a fine movie. Ever read about how Onassis set Grace & Rainier up? Fascinating story – back when Ari literally ‘owned’ Monaco he decided the place needed a shot of Hollywood glamour; he initially set his heart on Marilyn Monroe but she proved too unstable, then he matchmade Kelly and the rest was history…

She was a proper minx before she became a princess too…

By: James Allen

James Allen — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:20:37 +0000

Sure, but everyone is waiting to see what happens. There is a long way to go. I think they would all be very sad if that were to turn out to be the case. I do think Ferrari will not put an entry in if things don’t change with the rules and some of the manufacturers would follow that lead.

By: James Allen

James Allen — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:17:11 +0000

No Thursday was the public holiday, it’s Ascension Day, but they tend to turn it into a long weekend

By: tiburón

tiburón — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:21:47 +0000

I agree 100%. F1 can survive without the manufacturers but when the “star” drivers leave and the grid is full of Nakajima’s and Piquet’s the audience will leave too.

At the end of it all I think that Bernie and CVC are going to make Max back down. There is no doubt that the commercial viability of the sport will suffer greatly without the manufacturers. CVC is not an investor for life, they will want to sell it sooner than later.

By: Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:51:22 +0000

I think they arranged it on Thursday so that my parents had something to do after the Cannes Film Festival ended… My dear mum wasn’t particularly impressed by gazing at Penelope Cruz whilst eating her lunch the other day – she couldn’t wait to wave at Button screaming past… A day longer to wait would have quite vexed her I fear.

By: RB

RB — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:48:51 +0000

Typical of many European towns, every Friday is Monaco’s traditional “Market Day” and the streets are closed off for the vendors.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:38:49 +0000

Alonso has always said that Monaco isn’t one of his favorite tracks from a driving perspective, so I don’t think he’s talking about anything new for ’09.