GP Monaco: Donkeys and Knights

[DexDexter]

On the BBC coverage Button said Heikii placed his car well and had good exits but was 2 seconds a lap slower than him. Button was pretty hard on himself for his poor qualifying and poor weekend overall. I didn't get a sense he was criticizing Heikki's driving but then again I'm aware these guys give interviews to many sources, but Jenson seemed downbeat but not blaming anyone.

Ok, maybe somebody overstated it somewhere I read it, wouldn't be the first time. Jenson didn't probably realise that finishing 12th could mean 10th place in the constructors for Caterham and that's worth millions.

[djparky]

Donkey- mmm well Button I guess and the Kimster seemed to do nothing but hold people up. I rather thought he might win this one

Knight- Heikki K for running so well for so much of the race

[tfp]

Knights - Webber and Heikki, especially the latter, I'd be proud if I owned a caterham now!
Donkeys - Custard, and the Mclaren strategy people.

Honourable mention to Massa for performing much better today than in previous races!

[aryan]

Driver of the race is Heikki for me. Mark drove a very measured race and controlled the race well, but no one drove beyond the capabilities of their car more than Heikki did.

Honourable mentions to Mark, Alonso and Vettel.

The donkeys (of the weekend) were: Maldonado, Perez, Kimi and Button. The latter two just didn't have the pace this week.

[longisland]

Donkey - Maldonado. He seems to have a long rap sheet in Monaco. It may be the crowd, the casino or the yachts that set him off. A session with a shrink would definitely help.

[The Black Knight]

The ultimate Donkey is Maldonado. Others in the running are McLaren pit crew for again costing Hamilton places through the pit stops and Mercedes for yet again providing Schumacher with a car that didn't last the race.

My drive of the race goes to Alonso.

[F1boat]

The situation with Jenson and Heikki reminded me the 2001 race, I think, in which Coulthard has great troubles with Bernoldi. So while I do not blame the defending driver I understand Jenson's frustrations and don't give much credit to Kovalainen - defending in Monte is not that hard. On the other hand, unlike David, who started from the back because of problems, Jenson has only himself to blame for his grid position.

[A FONDO]

[Knock-on]

Webber and Kovy stood out for their performances and Ross ges a mention too for a strategy that bought Seb back into a position his performance didn't warrent.

A few donks but Pastor gets a mention as does Button but perhaps Monaco gets a vote for being unsuitable as a F1 venue. Yes, I know about the history but really???

[F1boat]

F1 won't be the same for me without Monaco.