And someone has finally managed to get a shot of the Red Bull floor!…

‼️ per la 1^ volta abbiamo un immagine buona del pavimento RB19 e possiamo confrontarlo
Ritroviamo il gradino 🔵 x il restringimento della chiglia x favorire alimentazione tunnel Venturi,diverso orientamento delle recinzioni 🔴
🟢 ricorda i salsicciotti per generare vorticità pic.twitter.com/mIclVJVDOx

— DANIELE (@DANIELEALOFAN) May 25, 2023

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I thought it was the other way round (i.e. it causes/contributes to porpoising not caused BY it), as the car’s speed increased, air speed through the tunnels increased, therefore suction increased, therefore the floor flexed down. This sealed the floor edge more effectively, which further increasing suction- like a positive feedback loop.

Then of course the car had more load and got lower and lower until it struck the floor and lost downforce, causing it to rise back up and start again

This was pretty much my understanding of it.

Pics of the Merc look interesting. It’s a shame that we’re unlikely to see how it really performs at Monaco.

It’s a shame that we’re unlikely to see how it really performs at Monaco.

we’ll get to see on Saturday. Although I understand one of the weaknesses of the RB (perhaps its only weakness) is getting the fronts up to temp for qualis, so although the Merc may be faster, I’m expecting that this is one of the few tracks that others might get a chance for the win on Sunday, although having said that, Street circuit and Perez loves a street circuit, and perhaps he’ll engineer a short Q3 session again… Sorry, I mean perhaps he’ll have an unfortunate accident

Mind you, I’ve not done any aero for over 25 years

If it makes you feel any better, Merc and McLaren have hundreds of highly trained technical staff who can’t figure out what their cars are doing either.

Monaco quali on a Friday? Feels weird…

Should be proper TV coverage too as F1 have taken control of that now.

Monaco quali on a Friday? Feels weird

Is it?

Sorry, meant to say practice… D’Oh!

Think he means FP1 & 2 – not on a Thursday as was tradition – not even F1 are mad enough to do a sprint race in Monaco! 🤣

Well, seems like a decent first showing for the Merc. Not too far away from the pointy end! 😀

Lewis has just rearranged his new sidepod.

The “zero means zero” sidepod design. 😳

They’ve not kept the underside secret for long… 🤣🤣

Is it even Monaco if we don't see 4K views of someone's floor? 😅

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— Bryson Sullivan 🇺🇲 (@NaturalParadigm) May 27, 2023

Ooops! 😬

Camera zoom to the maximum on the underside of that hoisted RB! 😆

There’s going to be a hell of a queue to be last car on track for Q2&3

That's a win for someone in the Red Bull scouting department, somewhere. #MonacoGP | #F1 pic.twitter.com/Cj1zicYz1L

— The Race (@wearetherace) May 27, 2023

Love him or Hate him, THAT was a cracking pole lap.

What a quali, going to be a tasty first corner tomorrow

Brilliant Q3, superb sector 3 from max, thought he was in the wall for a moment

Checo must be absolutely gutted

simply lovely qualifying… more excitement in that qualifying than the upcoming race. What a final sector.! Not sure about the w14 upgrades now but we shall see in Spain

Yep – good stuff that – to make up 3/10ths in that last sector was classic hold-your-nerve Monaco stuff!! Well played Max.

Could be fireworks with Alonso alongside though – if Fernando gets in front the train will stretch back from p1 to p20!! 🤣🤣

REVEALED! The specific moment which gave Max Verstappen the advantage over Fernando Alonso in the final sector in Monaco! 👇 pic.twitter.com/pLA5rcPU3A

— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 27, 2023

3 place grid drop for Charles impeding noris

Ferrari, innit—if Charles doesn’t stick it in the wall, the team’s there to drop the bollock instead:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.leclerc-hit-with-three-place-grid-penalty-for-impeding-norris-in-monaco.2OJL1fzUqp8U5vQqhXEzG3.html

Might be the usual train tomorrow, but lap 1 at least could be a humdinger…

if Fernando gets in front the train will stretch back from p1 to p20!!

How do you figure that out? The Aston is one of the fastest cars.

I’m glad I watch quali. That was great. The race will be over by the 1st time through casino square

Reference to last years race!…

https://the-race.com/formula-1/unapologetic-alonsos-canny-monaco-gp-tactics-explained/

Well that got crazy for a while! Max was so close to binning it several times, and what were Aston doing with the ‘mediums’ call? That was the chance…

Aye, shame AM didn’t wing the inters on 1st time around. Would have been nip and tuck with Verstappen.

Currently watching the Indy 500. More overtakes in 1 lap than the entire Monaco GP! 🤣. About to be a restart following a nasty red flag incident so could get spicy. Wheel came off a car completely and went in between two grandstands 😳. Very surprising and scary, wheel tether failed almost instantly.

Only the second Indy I’ve watched, way more entertzining than F1. 8 lap shootout FTW… 🙂

Another red flag.. Gonna be a 1 lap shoot out at this rate! Seems like being 1st at the restart is a curse around here 😬

Well deserved dotd for ocon.

I watched the c4 highlights but it seemed like a good race (as Monaco goes anyway!)

Aye, shame AM didn’t wing the inters on 1st time around. Would have been nip and tuck with Verstappen.

pitting a lap before Verstappen – 20s advantage to the inters
extra pit ~ 15s at Monaco iirc?

Alonso would’ve got him – bit gutted they made an arse of the strategy they’d be planning on since the start

Yeah, it didn’t seem like winging it when they made the call, it seemed like inters were the nailed-on good choice from my armchair. Baffled as to why they went for mediums. Similarly baffled as to why Haas dragged out the hards for so long. Less baffled by the customary bollock-dropping from Ferrari. Sainz doesn’t sound a happy boy; wonder what the unbroadcast(able?) radio message would have been when Leclerc weaved in front him on the in-lap. Wonder if Ricciardo’s getting a sniff of a seat after this weekend…

Currently watching the Indy 500. More overtakes in 1 lap than the entire Monaco GP!

On a track the width of a runway.

Can I just say; Stroll and Sainz are driving here in EXACTLY the same way that I drive around Monaco in the wet on my version of X-Box F1-20. I feel vindicated somehow.

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Currently watching the Indy 500. More overtakes in 1 lap than the entire Monaco GP! 🤣. About to be a restart following a nasty red flag incident so could get spicy. Wheel came off a car completely and went in between two grandstands 😳. Very surprising and scary, wheel tether failed almost instantly.

Jeez, watched the extended NBC highlights and some of the pitstops where shambolic.
Surprised mechanics aren’t regularly ran over if those driving standards were typical.
At least two drives immediately drove into the inner pit wall accelerating away on new tyres and one team driver managed to drive into their team mate in the pits…

At least two drives immediately drove into the inner pit wall accelerating away on new tyres and one team driver managed to drive into their team mate in the pits…

I tried watching the 500, but like every American sporting event I try to watch, I fell asleep. I woke in time for the rookie Starfish or whatever his name was put it into the wall, then one of the lead cars get taken out in the pits by another losing control.
I think PC Blundell pointed out they don’t use tyre warmers. There was, I think talk of stopping use of tyre warmers in F1.

Oh and those cars are gopping.

That screen really doesn’t help, from the side I think they look quite neat though – but gopping from the front! – there’s talk of them moving to a halo system for the next car…

But as for actual racing, Indycar is winning hands-down at the minute, as is WEC. F1 has lost the plot – new cars aren’t providing an exciting spectacle. They look lumbering great things.

F1 tyre blanket ban is set for 2024, but it’s not confirmed yet. And WEC cars launching themselves off the track on cold tyres in Spa may make them have a rethink…

And WEC cars launching themselves off the track on cold tyres in Spa may make them have a rethink…

It’s made the WEC have a rethink – tyre heating ovens are back for Le Mans.