Race 6 - MONTE CARLO, MONACO (PRINCIPALITY OF) (WITH RESULTS)

Back marker = harry

Don't worry Hogge, we'll have our own little battle!

I'll have my own little battle with the side rails, concrete barriers, and team owner. And to add insult, the camera man looking down on me laughing after I smash into the next to last turn for the 9th time.

If you see me walking down along the coast into a yacht of hot Hungarian chicks, someone make sure my car doesn't get stolen.

(But I really am secretly hoping for a safety car. The process it takes you through during that sequence is wild.)

Weather update:

2 PM-4PM Sunday
Sunny
64°
PRECIP: 0%
WIND: SW at 9 mph

Looks like a dry race boys. Come and enjoy the water and try not to end up taking a swim durng the race.

Damn you boys are quick! I've managed a 1:18.062 but messed up the chicane - not for the first and definitely not the last time! I reckon I lose around1.5 seconds per lap there! So annoying, but hey, I won't be driving flat out in the race so it doesn't matter!!!

yup same i run pretty fast but this track with the bumps tight turns and wallssss will get you trust me, took me awhile until i got that time i did clean ahahah

What time does this race start tonight?

Primo I know! Sadly I've not been able to get much practise on the one track you need lots of practise on! Will be logging on an hour early to get some Monaco track time before the race

Rowdy it starts at 9.30 BST

i can practice some laps with you and doesnt it start at 3:30 est time. ?

Cool - send me an FR and I'll catch up when I log on later. Yes 3.30 EST, 9.30 BST. I'll be practising from 2.30 EST, 8.30 BST

Been out of town for work, just sitting down to put my first lap in at monaco now... Luckily I know the track fairly well from a previous race...

I don't know if any of you would be interested in running in the amateur series I have running on Tuesday nights, but you all are more than welcome to join. Would love to have you guys there.

Weather: Sunny and clear

wont matter much for this guy! I will not be Webber! No podium for me! hahahaha

On my way home now may be 5 mins late I was with the family. Hope u guys can wait.

Sorry I wasn't sociable this evening before, during and after the race - I've been unwell all week and had a stinking headache this evening.

Thought we would have seen a safety car for Hogge!

If I said I enjoyed the race I'd be lying!! That was painful! 2 punctures, 7 pit stops LOL

yea and my DSQ

Yep, that was unfortunate mate

I barely touched that wall too, letting you faster cars by and POOF too much damage....I guess I did lose 7 wings and had 5 pass throughs in 26 laps! LOL

yup be we got next race to look forward to haha

Ahh, Monaco.

First, there seems to be some confusion on the start time. It's basically 9:30pm whatever and whenever that time is where Owen is. I assume all of England is in the same time zone. So that means we got the odd shift to 3:30pm EDT U.S. (from EST) for a while because Britain didn't change over to daylight savings time until later, but now we are back to "normal." 9:30 English time, 4:30 EDT. Originally, Owen needed the races to start at 9:30pm his time, so that's the standard, but I think this is the same for all of Britain, no?

And yea, Monaco was frustrating, but we knew that going in. I was strangely satisfied at the amount of clean laps that I could actually run, and qualifying well. It is unique, and real drivers would say, a true test of driving ability. In that vein, we survived and are better off for the experience...I think. Look at the positive -- we all got valuable points.

New found admiration for sniper as a driver, since he not only smoked us all, but loves the track. Well done. Owen, I probably could have given you a bit more of a push, but it just wasn't worth it once I settled into a decent rhythm and you got too far ahead. Nice job to everyone who braved the circuit and staved off the A.I. All in all, it was a pretty clean race amongst us.

I'll put the video of the first 18 laps up ASAP. There are parts I definitely want to see, like how I drive through either Stoker or Harry like he was a ghost.

Qualifying: (pos., name, time)

1. Sniper919 - 1:16.608
2. EDC Primo - 1:17.454
3. Bronn Edward - 1:18.519
4. Owen0501 - 1:18.816
5. OctoberDusk06 - 1:21.075
6. luongo27 - 1:21.191
7. RR Harry Hogge - 1:32.189
8. RR Stroker Ace - No Time

Race Results (position, driver, team, fastest lap, race time, points)

1. Sniper919 (Caterham) - 1:16.602 - 54.05.117 (25)
2. BronnEdward (Lotus) - 1:18.326 - +27.020 (18)
3. RR Stroker Ace (RBR) - 1:19.962 - +2 laps (15)
4. luongo27 (Mercedes) - 1:19.758 - +2 laps (12)
5. Owen0501 (Mercedes) - 1:20.227 - +3 laps (10)
6. OctoberDusk06 (Lotus)- 1:23.970 - +4 laps (8)
7. RR Harry Hogge (RBR) - 1:25.222 - DNF (6)
8. EDC Primo (McLaren) - 1:19.543 - DSQ (4)

Sadly with only a few laps to go I was only 23 seconds behind Luongo so I started pushing hard to get within 10 seconds hoping he might have had a penaltiy, but I hit a barrier, lost my front wing and got a puncture at the first bend so had to crawl a full lap to the pits (pit stop no 7). I had a 2 mintue 30 second gap on you at tht point so just decided to coast it home for the last 5 - 6 laps. like you said, it wasnt worth. Could have ended with a DNF.