Thought I would get the Monaco GP banter thread up and running.

Here is the race schedule - all times PST.

Thu 21 May 2009

Thursday Practice 1 01:00 am - 02:30 am

Thursday Practice 2 05:00 am - 06:30 am

Sat 23 May 2009

Saturday Practice 02:00 am - 03:00 am

Qualifying 05:00 am

Sun 24 May 2009

Race 05:00 am

Does anyone know why there is nothing on Friday and they start the practice session on Thursday in Monaco??

 

Not sure about Friday, but I'll plan on being here to banter!

 

Monaco tradition. Can't remember the reason, but that's the way it is.

 

Here is the schedule for the entire event;

Thursday 21 May 2009
07:00am Closure of track to road traffic
08:30am to 09:15am Formula Renault 3.5 (Practice session)
10:00am to 11:30am Formule 1 (1st practice session)
12:00pm to 12:30pm GP2 (1st practice session)
14:00pm to 15:30pm Formule 1 (2nd practice session)
16:15pm to 16:45pm Porsche Mobil 1 SuperCup (Practice session)
18:30pm Opening of track to road traffic

Friday 22 May 2009
07:00 Closure of track to road traffic
09:00am to 10:15am Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup (First qualifying session)
11:15am to 12:30am GP2 - First Race (45 laps or 75 mins)
13:30pm Openning of track to road traffic

Saturday 23 May 2009
6:00am Closure of track to road traffic
09:00am to 09:25am Formula Renault 3.5 (Qualifying session - Even numbers)
09:30am to 09:55am Formula Renault 3.5 (Qualifying session - Odd numbers)
11:00am to 12:00am Formule 1 - 3rd practice session
02:00pm to 03:00pm Formule 1 - Qualifying session
04:00pm to 04:45pm GP2 - (Course 45 laps)
19:00pm Opening of track to road traffic

Sunday 24 May 2009
07:00 Closure of track to road traffic
09:45am to 10:15am Porsche Mobil 1 SuperCup (Course 16 laps)
11:13am to 12:00am Formula Renault 3.5 - (Course 25 laps)
12:30pm Formul 1 - Drivers track parade
14:00pm 67th Monaco Grand Prix (78 laps)
07:00pm Openning of track to road traffic

 

Street circuit so the public can commute?

I've looked around online and that's the only reason I can think of, the track is opened to the public.

 

curious I didn't know that there is no practice on friday

 

Monaco is such an amazing place.....

this should be good

 

I just remember Varsha, et alia saying it was a "Monaco tradition." I hope this isn't another Brawn-Yawn fest:

Toyota and BMW and even Williams go fast in practice
Brawn locks out the front row for the race
Jenson wins with Bari blocking Vettel by strategically timing the pit stops.

I would LOVE to see a red or silver car on the podium, though...

 

B/c they want to let locals have the ability to move around on Friday. It's actually pretty great, when I went for the weekend, my buddy and I took our rental 6MT Renault Minivan around the circuit.

Here are some pics from when I was there in 2007, to get you guys in the mood. It was a rain soaked practice and qualifying that led to a sunny race. Unfortunately, Kimi who I was pulling for, had a terrible race. Sorry for the poor quality, I had a crappy digital camera back then.

EDIT: I'm trying to post pics, but it keeps giving me an error message. I'll try and get them posted a bit later.

 

Anyone else excited for P1?