Red Bull Racing Monaco Free Practice Driver Comments
By Ian Lockwood
May 26 2011
Heres what the drivers thought about the Thursday free practice in Monaco.
Car 1 SEBASTIAN VETTEL
1st Practice P1, 2nd Practice P5
“It’s been positive so far. Both tyres are working well and seem to be lasting, which is important. We will see how the conditions are on Sunday, but the super soft tyre seems to be the preferred one for qualifying. It seems to be quicker and you can extract more lap time out of it. I had a good feeling straight away in the car; it’s fun driving around here; it’s a different track and it’s quite bumpy and rough. I brushed the wall after three laps, so hopefully that’s that done for the weekend! The car looks competitive, but everyone is very close to each other, so it looks tight.”
Car 2 MARK WEBBER
1st Practice P-, 2nd Practice P8
“I had a gear selection issue this morning, which meant I lost some lap time, otherwise it wasn’t too bad. This afternoon was always going to be the case where you’re going out a little bit behind, but we still got a lot of good information. It’s easy to get out there and try and get to where you should be and make mistakes, but we got the information and have a lot to go through. We should be alright by Saturday. We will get back into the groove on Saturday and recover the weekend.”
STATISTICS
SEBASTIAN VETTEL
First Practice Session
Position: 1, Best Time: 1:16.619, Laps: 25, Chassis No. 3
Second Practice Session
Position: 5, Best Time: 1:15.667, Laps: 46, Chassis No. 3
MARK WEBBER
First Practice Session
Position: 24, Best Time: No time, Laps: 3, Chassis No. 1
Second Practice Session
Position: 8, Best Time 1:16.642, Laps: 42, Chassis No. 1
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Keep your minds on the road, boys!
...on Earth, as it is in Queensland
Quote:Duffer
Did Mark have a problem with a left front nipple?
I hope not. Looks in good working order to me!
Quote:Jock 2009
Mark had a bad practice session last year here as well so I'm not yet despondent.
You make a good point. That is to say if Mark qualifies on pole and holds true to form unlike Spain 2011 he should make easy work of Monaco again.
"When you talk, you are repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new." - Dalai Lama
do you think now that vettle has a nice lead, they can actually give equal cars/pit stop strategies etc to mark now?
Mark WEBBER 9
hit wonder :-)
Should have been 12 wins except vettel stuffed up
Japan 2007- vettel runs into back of webber during SC ...WTF
Turkey 2010- vettel decides to drive into webber
Malaysia 2013- vettel decides he is just too awesome for team rules
I am a proud Mark Webber Fan
I am also proud that we won the war
I am also a Carlton supporter
I think, therfore i am!