Rate the race: 2024 Monaco Grand Prix

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26th May 2024, 16:32 | Written by Keith Collantine

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87 comments on “Rate the race: 2024 Monaco Grand Prix”

Jere (@jerejj)
26th May 2024, 16:33

A typical Monaco race, but at least some overtaking & battling in the mix.
1. Erik
  26th May 2024, 22:14
  
  I must have missed something… which overtaking or battling??
  1. Esploratore (@esploratore1)
    27th May 2024, 18:50
    
    There were some for the last positions, involving bottas, sargeant, zhou and stroll, I don’t blame you for missing them because the broadcasting is a disaster and I saw the overtakes looking at the gaps, but they missed them, they however showed all on the replays I believe, some at mirabeau, some in the tunnel.
  2. F1 in Figures (@f1infigures)
    27th May 2024, 19:44
    
    There was actually more overtaking than in recent years. It really helped that most drivers were on very old tires at the end of the race, while others had brand new tires. This race was more interesting than the last few dry Monaco races in my opinion, in which everyone was on the same strategy and positions only changed in the pits. These cars are way too big for this track, though.
2. MacLeod (@macleod)
  27th May 2024, 8:03
  
  Even for Monaco this was really bad i think i saw 2 real overtakes but not in the top 10 at all that never happened before. They finnished the same as they started. Even when Max was blitsing the races atleast the top 2-10 were battling and overtaking.
  No the red flag destroyed any racing…
MadMax (@madmax)
26th May 2024, 16:34

i guess the votes will stay pretty empty, unless you solve the login issues guys ;-)
1. MadMax (@madmax)
  26th May 2024, 16:34
  
  ah, works just now for me. lol
  1. MadMax (@madmax)
    26th May 2024, 16:37
    
    seems like you need to add a comment, and upon refresh you can vote
  2. GnosticBrian (@gnosticbrian)
    26th May 2024, 17:42
    
    Not for me…alas.
  3. photozen (@photozen)
    26th May 2024, 20:57
    
    Yeah, same problem for awhile. Can’t login either.
    1. photozen (@photozen)
      26th May 2024, 20:58
      
      But if I post a comment, it works, and then I’m logged in.
2. ErwinUDB (@euitdebos)
  26th May 2024, 16:35
  
  Indeed, I haven’t been able to login for over a week now
  1. ErwinUDB (@euitdebos)
    26th May 2024, 16:35
    
    And for me now as well!
    1. Esploratore (@esploratore1)
      26th May 2024, 16:37
      
      It’s not solved btw, we still need to post as anonymous but with our email and name, THEN it logs us in and then we can vote, which means there will be a much closer ratio between the amount of comments and votes, while usually there’s far more votes than comments.
      1. Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
        26th May 2024, 17:12
        
        You don’t have to enter the details – just post something in a thread and you are logged into that thread.
    2. ErwinUDB (@euitdebos)
      26th May 2024, 16:38
      
      Broken again!
      1. Simon
        26th May 2024, 19:21
        
        Aah diddums…
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
26th May 2024, 16:35

That was utter boredom. I like Monaco, I accept that races aren’t exciting, usually. But this way of racing so below the limit is something that needs to be looked at. The cars are huge, they are heavy, they are not agile at all, and they are driven around 10% off the absolute limit. Charles didn’t even sweat.
1. Doh
  28th May 2024, 15:23
  
  Yeah it’s tight and not much space to race but goodness this cannot be even called a race when they’re not even trying to go fast. Not sure what else other than 3 mandated pitstops but really it’s a joke. It’s funny because it just further highlights F1 was never the pinnacle
2. Doh
  28th May 2024, 15:32
  
  I’ll add that Monaco should also be 400 – 500 km, that plus 3 or 4 minimum stops and softer tyres would ensure that they actually push and would test their mental who can maintain focus for so long at pace. I think pretty easy changes to make
Alex De (@alexde)
26th May 2024, 16:36

The login issue is likely rated exactly as the race itself.
1. Simon
  26th May 2024, 19:22
  
  Aah diddums…
RJ7
26th May 2024, 16:36

1/10. happy for leclerc, but what a dire race! Utterly dull. Please drop Monaco from the calender. And how can russel last a whole race on mediums? Says it all really…
1. EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
  26th May 2024, 23:40
  
  but what a dire race! Utterly dull.
  
  And how can russel last a whole race on mediums?
  
  One answers the other. Driving under the limit is what creates (or I should say exaggerates) a dull race, but allowed Russel to do it on essentially one set of Mediums.
MadLewis (@madlewis)
26th May 2024, 16:36

2/10 It was awful. It’s terrible with the modern cars. For years now. Especially when they’re riding so slow! Ditch this crappy track asap. I’m very happy for Leclerc tho. Totally deserved. Monaco curse broken finally.
1. Esploratore (@esploratore1)
  26th May 2024, 16:47
  
  Yes, happy for leclerc, like verstappen he had a curse early on on this track: verstappen won as soon as he led a lap, while leclerc fell victim to ferrari’s bad strategy on a wet track in 2022 and led the race and ended up outside the podium, so his first podium was also a win.
2. Esploratore (@esploratore1)
  26th May 2024, 16:47
  
  Oh, and I believe they both led from start to finish on their first monaco win.
MichaelN
26th May 2024, 16:38

Heard this on the radio. Sounded like Alonso put Stroll in a fantastic position to capitalize on a late-race safety car, which all came undone by Stroll’s mistake. That’s unfortunate.

I guess there’s not much more that could have been expected after the red flag. If this had been a normal 305km race it might have been impossible to no-stop it. But yeah… Monaco is about Saturday. It is what it is.
1. Adam (@adamgoh)
  26th May 2024, 16:43
  
  I mean in theory it is impossible because of the regs (unless you do the entire race on a set of inters?) because you need to change tyre compounds.
2. Esploratore (@esploratore1)
  26th May 2024, 16:51
  
  Yes, like adam said, it’s not because of the length, the race was stopped after 1 lap, so that’s very little difference, it’s because of the mandatory tyre change.
  
  As for the hint at inters, yes, you can do the full race on inters if they’re suitable for the track, hamilton almost did that in turkey 2021, but stopped in the last 5 laps or so (which I think was a losing strategy) because his inters were starting to really deteriorate.
  
  And as for stroll, yes, very bad to throw away a chance to get points like that, at least we saw significantly more overtakes with him on soft tyres.
  1. MichaelN
    26th May 2024, 20:25
    
    Yes, like adam said, it’s not because of the length, the race was stopped after 1 lap, so that’s very little difference, it’s because of the mandatory tyre change.
    
    Right, absolutely; as you note the red flag got that mandatory stop out of the way for those switching compounds.
    
    But then running the rest of the race on one set was made possible, or at least helped, by it being a shorter race. Could they have done that for a 92 lap race (the normal 305km distance)? Maybe, but with it being a shorter race it was obvious that ‘slow laps & no stops’ was the way to go, rather than ‘faster laps & one stop’. That, and it being nearly impossible to overtake of course.
3. Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
  26th May 2024, 17:13
  
  Lance did his best to bring out the safety car, but couldn’t even get that right.
Tristan
26th May 2024, 16:39

Verstappen said it best, should have brought my pillow
SjaakFoo (@sjaakfoo)
26th May 2024, 16:39

The first genuine 1/10 race in years. What an absolute snorefest, nothing good to say. By next race there needs to be a mandatory 2 stops in Monaco races, at the very least.
1. Esploratore (@esploratore1)
  26th May 2024, 16:52
  
  Or mandatory wet track, that significantly helps overtaking, even though it’s still a tough track for that even then.
2. F1 in Figures (@f1infigures)
  27th May 2024, 19:52
  
  Please no mandatory stops, that’s so artificial. I think the possibility to run this race without stopping made it more exciting. The cars are the problem.
David BR (@david-br)
26th May 2024, 16:42

1/10. I mean, it could be artificially boosted by the fact Leclerc won, which made me happy, but watching every lap after the first with literally nothing happening to see him do it was painful. Qualification was intense, the race, as so often, not even qualifying as a ‘race’, just tactical shuffling time differences to try to eek out some advantage but failing.
1. Esploratore (@esploratore1)
  26th May 2024, 16:53
  
  Perhaps we should start rating qualifying for monaco since it’s become more and more a procession in recent times; if we did an 8 could be reasonable here, like in many years.
  1. David BR (@david-br)
    26th May 2024, 17:14
    
    @esploratore1 I’d rather they just fixed the track :)
    Now the cars are so close in performance, it makes qualifying excellent, on the edge throughout. There just needs to be a real passing point or two so cars can’t just slow down to a crawl safe in the knowledge nobody can get past. I’m not a fan of hyper-degrading tyres but at the very least ban the ridiculous rule of allowing tyres to be swapped for free after one lap when there’s a first lap incident. It’s there for safety reasons (OK so then Sainz’s puncture this race becomes an issue: does he get a free tyre change or not?).
2. MacLeod (@macleod)
  27th May 2024, 8:09
  
  I gave it a 2 for the Saterday and Charles win but the race … Maybe taking new tyres shouldn’t count for the 2 compound rule. So if you have a flat tyre you can swap during re flag or wanted a different tyre that is ok but that doesn’t count for the two compoud rule.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
26th May 2024, 16:43

If posting this logs me in then I will go with a three.
Not one single change of position in the top ten starters …. says it all
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
26th May 2024, 16:44

I like monaco but I had to give it 3 unfortunately, I was on the lookout for strategic opportunities all race, I thought the early red flag would allow them to make a choice between going to the end on these tyres or pitting and attacking, but it’s just become too hard to overtake in the last few years (in 2019 it wasn’t this bad, for example), even verstappen could do nothing and even drivers on mediums defended just fine for all the race.

The only ones who were able to overtake were the ones at the bottom of the field, there’s been a handful of overtakes between bottas, sargeant, stroll who had soft tyres and passed someone in the tunnel and another overtake on sargeant which the broadcast obviously missed and then I couldn’t see the replay due to temporary streaming issues, I’ll have to find some video later.

However when it comes to fairly strong cars, russell was able to defend despite a significant tyre disadvantage and only really the drivers who had nothing to lose, like stroll, hamilton and verstappen tried a pit stop and going to the attack, norris was close to being able to do it too at one stage.

I’m however not one who would like to see monaco dropped from the calendar, this “not just flying past with drs” situation is unique, but perhaps there could be a 2nd drs zone after the tunnel, which is usually the best overtaking spot, it’s quite odd that the finish straight has drs and the tunnel doesn’t.
1. Roger Ayles (@roger-ayles)
  26th May 2024, 16:54
  
  @esploratore1 they have said before that they can’t put DRS in the tunnel because while they probably would just about be able to take the tunnel bend flat with drs open the darkness inside the tunnel as well as the light change exiting the tunnel on top of the speed difference (i think they estimated drs would give a 15-20kph speed boost there) would make it hard for drivers to judge the closing rate & gaps. i think they also felt drs open would make the cars less stable over the little hump in the chicane braking zone & increase the chances of cars snapping sideways under heavy braking.
  
  so it was felt having drs there would be too dangerous. something the drivers all agreed with apparently.
  1. Esploratore (@esploratore1)
    26th May 2024, 20:30
    
    Ahh, right, I was thinking it could be for safety reasons but wasn’t sure.
Roger Ayles (@roger-ayles)
26th May 2024, 16:45

i can’t login. but anyway i’d give it a 7/10.

a few nice overtakes although the tires requiring so much management took away a bit of the usual thrill of watching the cars pushing on around the place which of course also takes away a bit of the challenge & risk of errors.

I love the monaco gp because i love the challenge of driving these cars around a narrow track so close to the walls where the margin for error is so small and the penalty of making a mistake a big. just a shame the tires since 2011 rarely allow us to see that.

I hate most of the modern super wide circuits with tons of runoff that lessens the challenge, has a huge margin for error & where the cars just don’t look interesting driving around. How wide most of the modern tracks are just takes away a bit of the sense of speed and makes watching the cars that bit less thrilling of a spectacle to watch. And of course you also have these boringly long straights on the new tracks with long drs zones that make overtaking so easy that everyone can do it & none of it is exciting to watch or memorable after it happens.

the usual people will whine about monaco been dull and it shoudl be scrapped. well i’ll give you the same thing many of these same people threw at me when i spoke up about how bad i think the sprint races are. if you don’t like it don’t watch it (and i don’t watch the silly sprint gimmicks) but there are those of us who adore the monaco gp (it’s actually often one of the most watched races of the year so clearly there are more of us than you) so let us continue to watch and enjoy it!!!
1. Roger Ayles (@roger-ayles)
  26th May 2024, 16:46
  
  oh i was actually logged in but it said i wasn’t and every time i tried to it just said i wasn’t.
  
  seeing some other comments mentioning login issues i guess its a site issue rather than a me issue?
  1. Esploratore (@esploratore1)
    26th May 2024, 16:55
    
    Yes, the login problem affects everyone, it’s been going on for at least a week now.
    1. Simon
      26th May 2024, 19:23
      
      Aah diddums…
2. Erik
  26th May 2024, 22:17
  
  Can you tell me which overtaking you’ve seen because I didn’t see any….
chrispr27 (@chrispr27)
26th May 2024, 16:53

test
Illusive (@illusive)
26th May 2024, 16:57

This cant be called a racing event.
knightameer (@knightameer)
26th May 2024, 17:00

Happy for Charles. But man was that a boring race..
Gilles Amon (@gillesamon)
26th May 2024, 17:05

.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
26th May 2024, 17:09

Pleasing result, Leclerc’s a good lad. But F1’s disappeared up its own…why not put the strategists’ names on the timing screens instead of the drivers?
Imre (@f1mre)
26th May 2024, 17:19

A solid 1 out of 10.
1. Imre (@f1mre)
  26th May 2024, 17:20
  
  I mean… Palmer is right, there should be special rules for this event as this is pointless this way. Practice and qualifying is a joy to watch but the race… ruins the rest of the experience.
Dozzy Cooper (@dozzy)
26th May 2024, 17:33

Boring.
Andrew (@76ers)
26th May 2024, 17:34

Could’ve did a Sleep Apnea Test!!
The Top 10 qualifiers finished in that order, not 1 pass amongst them.

Nuf said.
Forrest Gump (@forrestgump)
26th May 2024, 17:46

-1
1. Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
  27th May 2024, 4:12
  
  Oh come on.I was spellbound watching Lewis’ fastest lap.
  At least a zero.
Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
26th May 2024, 18:01

Pretty typical Monaco race, although the red flag meant not even any strategic opportunities. Drivers coasting round multiple seconds off the pace, knowing that there is no risk of being overtaken, does not make for an entertaining or even a race which pushes drivers to their limit. Alonso even created a 20 second gap to let his teammate have a free pitstop, because there was nothing else constructive he could do with his afternoon. 2/10 for me, since qualifying is still exciting, but I wish they would try a different format for this event.
Colin Spencer (@colin999)
26th May 2024, 18:15

need to sort the login issues out. Usual boring Monaco
1. Simon
  26th May 2024, 19:23
  
  Aah diddums…
zurabinho (@zurabinho)
26th May 2024, 18:47

Test
Carsten Nielsen (@carstenb)
26th May 2024, 19:28

I like Monaco but this was the worst race. 1.
Allowing Red Flag tyre change on lap 1 to count for mandatory stop does not work.
Billy (@roobyroo)
26th May 2024, 20:00

.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
26th May 2024, 20:32

Wow, 37% voted 1, I’ve only seen this with sprints and some protest voting before, while here it’s not, so really impressive.
dutchtreat (@dutchtreat)
26th May 2024, 21:00

Gave it a 1. What a waste of time, drive slow, preserve tires… F1 is going downhill mostly because those awful tire issues.
Ken
26th May 2024, 21:20

Monaco is only in the calendar because of the money not because it’s a good race
Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
26th May 2024, 21:38

3/10. But I cannot login! This is awful. At least post an update.

I think Monaco should continue but with these cars the circuit needs to have special rules re pit stops or something.

Pleased for Charles though.
An Sionnach
26th May 2024, 22:13

I think that was the worst race I’ve ever seen.
pcxmac (@pcxmac)
26th May 2024, 23:15

1/10, the tires ensured nobody should even think about overtaking, or even trying to pit. In every way possible, Pirelli fixed the race for Ferrari, but thats okay, LeClerc deserves what he took despite the politics.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
26th May 2024, 23:36

Well it wasn’t a nail biter.

I was merely watching to see if Leclerc would manage to actually ‘not win’. Fortunately he didn’t.
Mel
27th May 2024, 1:24

is it possible to change the rules for monaco gp only – to mandatory use three types of tyres? this will make the standard dull monaco races more of a bit strategy game and add excitement to the viewers. just a suggestion.
1. GmP (@gmp)
  27th May 2024, 4:00
  
  I agree. Don’t get rid of this venue, but create one or two extra rules. Mandatory two stops, but let them choose which tire to use as long as they have enough; maybe take out the chicane after the tunnel and have a drs zone starting at tunnel exit?
  
  Race gets 3 from me. 2 as there was still some action in the back, plus one for Charles win.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
27th May 2024, 4:14

Oh ok two waiting review.
I liked the fastest lap. Is that better?
bosyber (@bosyber)
27th May 2024, 6:07

Well, that was one of those Monaco races where you are glad the qualifying at least was good so the weekend wasn’t a total waste. I see people calling for special rules, but I do think a look at the track and creating some space somewhere, also needs a look, otherwise you are potentially tweaking anew after every one of the races in trying to get to a universal decent race.

Hm, since there was at least a bit of attempt at something, guess I’ll give a 3 for effort, not enough.
Mayrton
27th May 2024, 6:54

Monaco is about Saturday. Sunday was a 1/10. Scrap from the calendar please.
ChrisJ (@chriju0411)
27th May 2024, 7:10

I found the 2005 US GP a whole lot more entertaining than this one.
Tricky (@tricky)
27th May 2024, 7:49

Apart from the big accident, nothing happened. What was really impressive was how little we saw even attempts at overtakes.
mars
27th May 2024, 10:46

Almost each year, qualifying laps on the Monaco track is one of the best season highs. That, let alone, is worth it to keeping Monaco on the calendar.
S
27th May 2024, 10:50

Ladies and Gentlemen – the crown jewel event of the pinnacle of motorsport….
Jack
27th May 2024, 11:22

One thing that clearly needs changing is not allowing the mandatory tyre change under a red flag.
Pinak Ghosh (@pinakghosh)
27th May 2024, 14:35

1/10
Congrats to Leclerc. Hope it makes a good DTS episode. As for rating the race….what race?
Bryan (@ruz234014)
27th May 2024, 16:25

2. Only reason it isn’t 1 is the first lap crashes and seeing Leclerc win his home race.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
27th May 2024, 18:37

Wow, 77%, as in over 3\4 of voters, went for the lowest 3 marks, considering we know this doesn’t involve protest voting such as people being against the sprint or against a strange stewarding decision that has to be one of the lowest rated races in history, and I can see why!
Dave The Drummer (@davethedrummer)
30th May 2024, 12:44

The only thing that got this as elevated a score as the 4 I gave it was Leclerc’s home win. Been wanting that to happen for a while.

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