This will be the first street race without driver aides...?

Question

Do you think that it will be more difficult for the drivers in a track with barely any runoff areas and so little room for error to race without driver aides. Do you think this years rules will have any significant affect on the upcoming Monaco GP or will it be the same as with regular tracks?

Answer 1

I believe there will be only a small difference, because even with drivers aids Monaco requires a huge level of concentration throughout the entire race distance. Surprisingly it may lead to less incidents because the drivers will probably be mindful of the additional risk.

Answer 2

Well, the first modern non driver aid street race, Monaco pre dates the millennium! But yeah, a few of the inexperienced will probably junk their car sooner or later. Nakajima and Sutil are going to struggle, I feel.

Answer 3

i do think the drivers will find it difficult but i think they will find the street race at night in singapore extremly hard

Answer 4

Who needs a driver

Answer 5

We may get to see some fun and games this year but so far I've been disappointed.  I was hoping to see more thrills and spills with there being no driver aids but I suppose the drivers must be more skillful than I've given them credit for ! Maybe some of the younger ones will have problems. Obviously I don't want to see anyone get hurt but a little more action won't go amiss.

Answer 6

I think the race will be decided on Saturday.

Sunday will just be a procession of safety car periods with some midfield teams making up or losing a few places, but the top runners will be where they are, unless they fall asleep (as Kimi is inclined to do at times) and stack it.

McLaren are making noises about Lewis and his tyre degradation after their 3-stop race in Turkey - they think it shouldn't be a problem for him in Monaco, but it appears that he won't be doing any one-stoppers for the rest of the year/career. Especially in Monaco where they use a super soft tyre and getting a good grid position is paramount. Maybe they are talking it up to confuse the opposition - will he or won't he one-stop in Monaco? Will Ferrari or BMW Sauber take the bait and have one of their drivers do a one-stopper? I think that will be the main point of interest this weekend.

TC? Or lack of it? It won't cause more crashes, but those drivers not adept without it will just have trouble getting up to speed after a corner and lose time.

Answer 7

I think we might only really see problems from the younger drivers... who haven't had experience of driving street circuits without TC... the veterans like DC, Rubens, Jenson, Nick Heidfeld will not have too much trouble... as they know what is coming... but the likes of Sutil, Vettel, Piquet and the like will hve to adjust quickly... as it is a different style...

Answer 8

Yes it will be more difficult without traction control as far as setting a competitive lap time is concerned but the whole difficulty of Monaco is trying to stay away from the wall which is determined by corner entry, how late you brake and how you turn into the corner, putting the power down on corner exit is crucial to a lap time but not particularly risky.

They don't need traction control, to think that they can't control their cars without it just doesn't make sense.

There may be a couple of accidents related to absence of traction control but nothing too great, we will see cars twich a lot more though than we did on permanent tracks, low speeds, too much power, slippery tarmac, it will be a good spectacle.

We may also see drivers touching the wall on corner exit from a bit of oversteer, just a tad, nothing too dramatic.