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Infiniti Red Bul Racing Monaco Preview


By Ian Lockwood
May 16 2014

Dan & Seb look ahead to Monaco

Daniel Ricciardo

“In Monte Carlo it’s impossible to do that calm, detached racing driver thing. Every year I’m determined I’m going to approach the weekend in a coldly logical way, and every year I end up bouncing up and down and getting excited. It’s just amazing. The atmosphere in town and down at the harbour, the history of the race, the massive crowd, it’s a real buzz. The track is properly old-school. Driving an F1 car anywhere is special – the speed, the power and the acceleration just blows you away – but here it’s... cool. I know there’s that quote about racing at Monaco being like riding a bicycle around your bathroom – well when I was a kid I used to love riding my little bike around inside the house. It was more fun, there were more obstacles and a bit more danger. That really is what this is like. Experience definitely helps: the driver can make a big difference if he knows the tricks that a fast lap demands.”

Sebastian Vettel

“Monaco is one of my favourite tracks, it's an absolute challenge. You cannot afford to make one single mistake, because you would easily crash into the railings. Overtaking is only possible with taking an extreme risk. The best place to overtake is before the harbour chicane when we exit the narrow tunnel at 300kph and race towards the first gear chicane. Other than that, it’s all about patience in Monaco and hoping for complete reliability as the suspension and drive are massively in demand around this extreme, uneven rollercoaster of a circuit – it’s immense. In the perfect situation, you would have had a good quali and start from the front. Monaco offers some really great memories with the team, especially when everyone ended up jumping in the pool and one year Mark and I even ended up in the harbour. It’s very special in Monaco and it’s the race where we have our Energy Station with its larger outside area floating in the harbour, it’s a great, great event.”

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Infiniti Red Bul Racing Monaco Preview
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Whitey*~@
19/05/2014 08:31
I will miss Webber at Monaco this year, Webber was the master of Monaco he was mighty around the Monaco circuit.

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growler
20/05/2014 13:36
I shall be watching the race with Williams F1 at their factory!

10:00 - Breakfast
11:00 - Free bar opens
11:45 - Pre-race de-brief including live link with a Williams driver and Q&A with senior team member
13:00 - Race
14:45 - 3 Course meal with wine
16:00 - Bar closes

During the day we also get the chance to look around the Williams F1 Collection, test out the Williams simulator and other activities.

can't wait!

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Whitey*~@
20/05/2014 14:28
That sounds awesome growler.

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