Will Anyone Be Watching Monaco Grand Prix?

[Isoverity]

I'm trying to get into Formula One racing, and I will be watching the race Sunday. I have so many TV channels I only just realised I got a lot of racie coverage from around the world. I mainly got interested after watching a documentary about Ayrton Senna, the Brazillian racing legend who died in 1994.

I see British driver Lewis Hamilton is leading in the standings so I thought maybe more people here would be watching the race in Monaco. Over my way we have NASCAR and Indycar but I can't get into watching cars go around a track so I failed at being a fan of those. I guess the curiosity this year is the new engine design that makes the cars quieter - too quiet according to quite a few people. Reading around I was surprised to learn Schumacher has been in a coma for over 100 days (ski accident).

[Isoverity]

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Originally Posted by Epic

Most of the races are held on tracks, but with crazy difficult stretches, so pretty different to the NASCAR or Indycar.

Monaco is one of the more interesting courses to watch, as it goes through the city itself.

I learned about "the tunnel" yesterday and will be looking for it. I watched about 6 hours of racing programming while I reinstalled Windows. Seems a lot of drivers have a love/ hate attitude towards Monaco track. They know its dangerous but appreciate the challenge.

I watch Tour de France most years but I'm weary of the doping issues. I like that motor racing doesn't have that problem (that I know of lol). I forgot the Indianapolis 500 is tomorrow as well. I usually only watch the last 15 minutes of that if anything.

If you haven't seen the Senna documentary you might want to watch it if you like racing a bit. The doc has a major philosophical focus and isn't all motorhead stuff.

[Isoverity]

That was fun - I watched the whole thing. I suppose there's not much shocking about the race leaders at the start being the leaders at the end. Seems like a hard rice to jump position in. Listening to announcers it seemed there was a bit more care trouble due to new system (which kind of mystifies me a bit since it seems contradictory to build a high performance car and limit it fuel wise). I suppose the rivalry between Hamilton and Rosberg is real. I am sued to seeing such things hyped up to draw interest/viewers etc.

[Optimus Pirate]

I was in Monaco for the GP last year - it was epic. I walked the track and then partied on the track because they turn it into a massive outdoor pub at night time (Y)

[Isoverity]

Monaco looks exclusive and not really the kind of place where people can just walk around looking for parties. You must have known someone - or maybe you mentioned belonging to the highly selective RYL club!