In the round-up: Red Bull team principal predicts Mercedes will be “very strong” in this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
What they say
In Monaco, if you look at their performance in the low speed section of this circuit then you would expect them to be very strong in Monaco. I think they’ll certainly be the favourites there and obviously we’ll try our best to challenge them as best we can.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
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RIP the Great #NikiLauda. Here’s our last meeting in #MonteCarlo in ‘18 We first met while making the movie Rush. The F1 world knows of his grit & intensely competitive spirit, but that matched w/his keen intelligence & wisdom made him a distinctively remarkable man. a force. pic.twitter.com/SMizNt9Hge
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) May 21, 2019
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxu1LKaFCrW/
Earlier today, LaudaMotion A320 OE-LMB conducted a special flypast at Vienna Airport with a special message written in the windows, ‘Niki wir vermissen dich!’ — “Niki we miss you!’ to mark the passing of Formula 1 and aviation legend Niki Lauda.https://t.co/zsgz3No4RX pic.twitter.com/BEAn3t4JXj
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) May 21, 2019
"Motorsport has lost one of the true legends of the sport"@BillyMonger reflects on the death of Austrian Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda pic.twitter.com/jtNmiG0chF
— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) May 21, 2019
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https://twitter.com/rich_energy/status/1130755803567276032
The moment our autonomous race car crashed… without a driver! @LucasdiGrassi's reaction says it all. 💥 #SeasonAlpha #KeepPushing pic.twitter.com/Wd5cGWix97
— Roborace (@roborace) May 21, 2019
Excited about two new stars from #F1 to debut in #worldstarsfootballmatch tonight? 🙃#monacogp pic.twitter.com/YqWvRMrUyt
— Frankie Mao (@FrankestFrankie) May 21, 2019
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
Incredible radio from Kyle Kaiser after bumping Fernando Alonso from the 2019 Indy 500 (IndyCar)
Toyotas hit with EoT change for Le Mans (Sportscar365)
"The pair of Toyota TS050 Hybrids have received a 10kg increase in minimum weight, bringing the cars up to 888 kg for next weekend’s test day."
Perseverance pays off as Karam qualifies for sixth Indy 500 (IndyCar)
"That was probably one of the most stressful 48 hours of my life, probably one of the biggest battles I've ever had to go through mentally."
Nico Hulkenberg: "I’m beginning to regrow that harmony in the car as that has been missing during this first part of the year. The post-race test was also productive as we assessed a few new things and that should mean we’re well placed heading to Monaco."
Racing Team Nederland and Signatech commit to 2019-2020 (FIA WEC)
"The squad also revealed its new, one-off colour scheme for 24 Hours of Le Mans, which is inspired by the Italian Minardi Formula 1 team. "
Tighter Formula E tech regs sought (e-racing365)
"One option being explored by the FIA is to outlaw the concept completely for next season but this would leave Nissan with little time to react as the development testing phase for next season is already active and ends on Oct. 1."
My friend Niki was a street-fighter and a shining talent in F1 (The Guardian)
"He was great company, too, a fun guy. When we went out for dinner with Bernie Ecclestone at Brabham, Niki used to laugh a lot. He had a great sense of humour and he was the most indiscreet man I’ve known – you could never tell him a secret."
And We Go Green official movie trailer (Formula E via YouTube)
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Thanks to all of you who shared your tributes to the late Niki Lauda.
Not many drivers would step back into an F1 car just six weeks after nearly burning to death. What’s more, he won two more championships when it could’ve quite easily been just the one.
Rest in pace Niki, one of the bravest F1 drivers of all time.
James Brickles (@Brickles)
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@HoHum (@hohum)
22nd May 2019, 0:39
Trust Horner to make a radical, way out of left field prediction for Monaco ! Sounds like he is expecting Max to do a Danny Ricciardo type Monaco performance.
greg-c (@greg-c)
22nd May 2019, 2:13
@HoHum
Danny Ric’s Monaco performance ?
This years or last years ?
I think this year Danny Ric will replicate Fred’s Indy placing this year, (chuckle snort guffaw)
@HoHum (@hohum)
22nd May 2019, 3:46
@greg-c, I am, of course, referring to the year he won it for Red Bull and the year Red Bull lost it for him.
David BR (@david-br)
22nd May 2019, 0:40
Nice words from Lewis. It is really the case that without Niki Lauda’s encouragement for him to make the move to Mercedes, when most were saying it was a bad idea, recent Formula 1 history would have been very different, especially for Hamilton, and maybe too for the Mercedes team. There was some touching human warmth about Lauda’s involvement.
JohnH (@johnrkh)
22nd May 2019, 1:02
He’s right, I know Verstappen hasn’t had the best of luck at Monaco so far but he is doing very well this yr. So maybe he can give Merc a bit of a surprise, also Leclerc if he is allowed…may do well.
Ross
22nd May 2019, 7:36
There’s nothing unlucky about running into walls.
greg-c (@greg-c)
22nd May 2019, 2:06
I was actually moved by that post from Lewis ,
BlackJackFan
23rd May 2019, 7:00
Really… Wow…
BlackJackFan
23rd May 2019, 7:01
Really…? Wow…
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
22nd May 2019, 2:15
I already expected Mercedes to win at Monaco this year, but following the sad news of Niki, I now fully expect Hamilton to dominate. Its just in his nature to want to win for Niki.
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
22nd May 2019, 5:24
On the face of it, we’d expect that Monaco should be a 3 way battle in qualifying (which will probably decide the potential winner) between the 2 Mercedes cars and Max.
I can’t see Ferrari solving their slow corner woes, and doubt Gasly will quite be there. None of the others are really fast enough, or have enough cornering to present any danger.
If anything, given the way he blitzed sector 3 in Spain, I’d suggest that Bottas May have the edge.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
22nd May 2019, 5:37
@dbradock – good points. I think Thursday will also determine how Max performs on Saturday. If the RBR looks hooked together on Thursday, all well, but if not, I fear he might end up overdriving and underperforming (or worse) in quali.
BlackJackFan
23rd May 2019, 7:04
I was going to ask: ‘What happens on Thursday’… but then I remembered, just in time… lol
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
22nd May 2019, 6:11
William Storey’s beard should presented as an exhibit on trial as a proof that Rich Energy was not copying Whyte logo.
ColdFly (@)
22nd May 2019, 8:00
Had he said that he came up with the antler logo when looking in the mirror then he would have won the case, and all deer would spontaneously shed their antlers out of embarrassment.
BlackJackFan
23rd May 2019, 7:06
He looks like someone who might collect hub-caps in the Mojave… ;-)
ColdFly (@)
22nd May 2019, 8:05
Last year’s Horner quote would have been more interesting :P
Retired (@jeff1s)
22nd May 2019, 8:50
We need more of those proper radio communications. Kyle Kaiser you are the man.
rpaco
22nd May 2019, 12:18
Mr Horner seems to have given up building cars and gone over to building ridiculously large houses instead.
Rumour: They are having to enlarge the harbour to get Red Bull’s new klumpenhause in. The rise in sea level is threatening Cannes!
Mr Horner’s mouth appears the most active part of the team. Come on our Aide! get the car fixed. Put some bendy parts on it!
Jere (@jerejj)
22nd May 2019, 13:10
Rich Energy is a sponsor of Haas, and yet William Storey was driving a car in possession of a rival team, LOL.