Monte-Carlo, Monaco. The jewel in the Formula One crown. The only place that gives more to Formula One than Formula One gives to it. But on the eve on the sixth round of this years’ championship, who will be crowned the king of the principality?
If the bookies are anything to go by, Jenson Button will be the man to beat this weekend. After another Button and Brawn GP master class in Barcelona, the likelihood of it being a similarstory in Monte-Carlo seems ominous.
Brawn GP’s superior downforce in the lower-speed corners will inevitably give them the edge at the slowest track on the F1 calendar, and this paired with a driver who is on the very top of his game right now sould lead to another victory to the Brawn GP team.
MONACO — Stands are empty, hotel rooms available and tickets unsold.
Formula One’s most glamorous race, the Monaco GP, is feeling the pinch of the global financial crisis.
Formula One’s slim-downed, cost-conscious version arrives at the principality of Monaco, one of the world’s wealthiest states, for the 67th time. But the atmosphere is clearly different this year.
Although there will be movie stars and models frolicking aboard two-story yachts as always, the downturn has touched this tax haven that many F1 drivers call home.
Empty stands stood out in front of the harbor during Thursday’s first practice day and thousands of the 45,000 tickets were still available on Friday for Sunday’s 78-lap race…Â Details
Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton has thanked his father Anthony for steering him through the greatest ordeal of his motor racing career.
Hamilton has this year been trapped in a roller-coaster of troubles due to his involvement in the infamous ‘Liar-gate’ episode, his struggle with his McLaren car’s lack of performance and then a fall-out with the British media.
On the circuit the Englishman’s title defence has faded in the face of stiff competition from compatriot Jenson Button, who has surged ahead in the championship race in a Brawn GP car.
Hamilton is adamant, however, he has emerged from …Â Details
