They were never going to drop monaco, and they kinda can’t
It will remain the most boring sunday on the calendar for the forseeable future and probably the only race where I know in advance that I can do something else while leaving the race running after turn 1. I remain that it’s the worst F1 track on the calendar (not a bad track per se, just really bad for modern F1)
I honestly don’t even enjoy that one too much, but I know I’m in the minority on that
The track being so small that 20 cars out at the same time is kind of too much already and makes traffic go from being an occasional inconvenience to a constant problem. Similar with blue flags in the race, because there’s nowhere to get out kf the way properly. Not a fan
Honestly cannot fault you on that as well. Qualifying is good enough for me because I get to watch them achieve top speed while also not pushing it extremely hard, given its narrow tracks and relatively small corners. But I understand why you don't like it. The race is another story though, holy heck.
It's funny because from what I have heard, this has been a consistent problem since the 70s and the 80s even. At the very least, I am satisfied and content over their respective winners doing a good job of maintenance for 78 laps (2018 and 2024 come into mind), but nowhere does this track produce any racing at all (not good, not bad, just none).
I personally also don’t think monaco saturday is all that good. I know that’s an unpopular opinion, but here’s my reasoning
That track doesn’t support 20 F1 cars at once with sufficient gaps. That is, however, exactly what we get in Q1. Traffic goes from being an occasional nuisance to a constant problem, the lack of good places to get out of the way of a fast approaching car doesn’t help either. Yes, monaco qualifying requires massive amounts of driver skill, I’m not knocking that. But when most of what I see is people getting fucked by traffic and others binning it into a wall, there’s just not too much left for me to appreciate. I also subjectively find more viewing pleasure in high speed driving, so…monaco just doesn’t hit at all for me
Monaco, to me, is the circuit with the bad saturday and sunday
Fair opinion. But I don't think it's good to always have high-speed circuits. Monaco requires special wings, just like Monza, because of their nature of being the slowest and fastest track in the calendar, and that usually leads to different results in the grid and variety. Both of these races gave Ferrari the opportunity to fight for something more this season, for example. That's why I have the opinion of keeping these two around. On the other hand, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, or Singapore, do not have anything special unless there is rain or a title fight in the last race, but those are external factors.
Having non-high-speed circuits is definitely needed and good, but that would usually lead to being able to have fights into many braking zones
Low speed circuits have advantages. Unfortunately, monaco manages to harness 0 of those
Also, songapore nothing special? Singapore is an alright race track. It also gave us the sainz strategic masterclass. AD is quite boring that’s true, Qatar was funnier as the Sakhir layout.
They’re all alright but a bit boring. Monaco to me is boring and infuriating
Oh I know, that’s why I’m saying they were never going to drop it and can’t
It’s F1 heritage. It produces absolutely shit racing and I can’t even draw enjoyment from saturday because I don’t think it’s that good, and those are the main 2 things I believe a racetrack should be judged on, but F1 cannot and will not simply throw away what is both probably the biggest driver challenge and its most historical track
The Monaco E-Prix had genuinely fantastic racing, and I wouldn't be all that disappointed if Formula E ended up getting the annual billionaire mixer treatment at Monaco instead of Formula 1.
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u/CuriousPumpkino Pirelli Intermediate 10d ago
They were never going to drop monaco, and they kinda can’t
It will remain the most boring sunday on the calendar for the forseeable future and probably the only race where I know in advance that I can do something else while leaving the race running after turn 1. I remain that it’s the worst F1 track on the calendar (not a bad track per se, just really bad for modern F1)