F1 - The Official Monaco GP Pre-Race, Practice, Qualifying and Race Banter Thread
#21
05-15-2009, 03:04 AM
I think that Lewis Hamilton could do very well at Monaco. The McLaren's weaknesses are in the high speed turns. There are none in Monaco. He will do well - maybe even win the race - and people will start buying him in the Fantasy League. His value will shoot up. But then he likely won't win again.
Don't get fooled by Lewis' performance at Monaco. He is my favorite driver. But McLaren just doesn't have the car this year.
Don't get fooled by Lewis' performance at Monaco. He is my favorite driver. But McLaren just doesn't have the car this year.
#22
05-15-2009, 03:09 AM
It depends on who you got for him. If you swapped him for Barrichello just after the race in Spain then you did very well. If you got a 2 for 1 you did well too. But any other 1 for 1 trade would have been a mistake just before the one race that I think he will win this year.
More importantly, I am saying that - no matter how well he does at Monaco - it would be a mistake to add him. One strategy that works is to add him just after the race, take all of his increase. Then when you think he is at peak value sell him off. That's what I did with Barrichello. I wanted Lewis for Vettel but I never had enough money. So I sold Lewis for Barrichello, took all of his increase in the hysteria following Spain, and then sold him for Vettel. Now my lineup is:
Button
Vettel
Massa
Alonso
Rosberg
I dumped Kimi for Rosberg. If Alonso reaches a point where I can unload him for Trulli, I will make that move.
More importantly, I am saying that - no matter how well he does at Monaco - it would be a mistake to add him. One strategy that works is to add him just after the race, take all of his increase. Then when you think he is at peak value sell him off. That's what I did with Barrichello. I wanted Lewis for Vettel but I never had enough money. So I sold Lewis for Barrichello, took all of his increase in the hysteria following Spain, and then sold him for Vettel. Now my lineup is:
Button
Vettel
Massa
Alonso
Rosberg
I dumped Kimi for Rosberg. If Alonso reaches a point where I can unload him for Trulli, I will make that move.
#26
05-15-2009, 08:54 AM
It'll be OK if they qualify on fumes and lock out the front row. Otherwise...
#27
05-15-2009, 09:54 AM
Monaco is narrow and full of turns. It is extremely hard to pass. My prediction is Button on the pole and for the win with Bari and Wettel or Webber joining him on the podium.
Maybe if the whole KERS thing worked out the way it was envisioned we might have seen more of that "push the button for a burst to pass" type of stuff, but unfortunately things didn't work out that way for this year.
Maybe if the whole KERS thing worked out the way it was envisioned we might have seen more of that "push the button for a burst to pass" type of stuff, but unfortunately things didn't work out that way for this year.
#28
05-15-2009, 11:57 AM
Monaco is narrow and full of turns. It is extremely hard to pass. My prediction is Button on the pole and for the win with Bari and Wettel or Webber joining him on the podium.
Maybe if the whole KERS thing worked out the way it was envisioned we might have seen more of that "push the button for a burst to pass" type of stuff, but unfortunately things didn't work out that way for this year.
Maybe if the whole KERS thing worked out the way it was envisioned we might have seen more of that "push the button for a burst to pass" type of stuff, but unfortunately things didn't work out that way for this year.
#30
05-15-2009, 02:20 PM
I am flying with Kimi, Massa, Vettel, and Button. Might make re-arrangements though.