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Perhaps it's time Monaco was returned to a full length race these days it can be completed in the 2 hour mandate (assuming no delays). It's been shortened for over 50 years but that no longer seems necessary. Removing Monaco's exemption may well remove the dedication to a one stop strategy. Pirelli could supply only the highest deg tyres. Because concentration levels are so high the driver's are more likely to make an error. the longer the race continues.

There's no definitive answer for this. 3 hours of Springsteen or Prince works because they have the breadth and diversity in their catalogue of great songs to justify it and keep the interest up for fans, but a 3 hour show by someone like Slaughter to Prevail wouldn't work as the intensity of the performance would be unsustainable and the singers voice would be destroyed very quickly. The only 3+ hour concert I've ever seen was on The Cure's Disintegration tour in 1989. They played 19 tracks, they left, returning for a 4 song encore before departing again. They returned for a further 3 encores totalling 12 more songs in all. Now, I've never been the biggest Cure fan but they were on top form that night and clearly enjoying it. The audience lapped it up and even I have to admit it felt pretty special when they dug out pretty much every song I could have expected them to play and a whole bunch of the more niche favourites of mine.

But in 92 Senna's exceptional skill was the real difference though. There were a number of overtakes in the race. This is a count of all genuine overtakes in the Monaco GP over the last 40 years. From the following post from the overtaking database - https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/...2020/?rdt=33171 I don't include overtakes on the first lap (or on standing starts after a red flag) as it would misrepresent the total figure for race and also be a nightmare to calculate. The focus is on on-track overtakes for position so I don't include overtakes made while someone is in the pits, when someone has spun or is off track, when someone has a severe reliability problem, lapping and unlapping or through team orders. 1984 Monaco 22 1985 Monaco 22 1986 Monaco 21 1987 Monaco 16 1988 Monaco 11 1989 Monaco 20 1990 Monaco 11 1991 Monaco 9 1992 Monaco 7 1993 Monaco 31 1994 Monaco 9 1995 Monaco 9 1996 Monaco 6 1997 Monaco 31 1998 Monaco 2 1999 Monaco 5 2000 Monaco 1 2001 Monaco 7 2002 Monaco 10 2003 Monaco 0 2004 Monaco 5 2005 Monaco 16 2006 Monaco 19 2007 Monaco 2 2008 Monaco 33 2009 Monaco 8 2010 Monaco 6 2011 Monaco 28 2012 Monaco 13 2013 Monaco 17 2014 Monaco 10 2015 Monaco 10 2016 Monaco 14 2017 Monaco 3 2018 Monaco 4 2019 Monaco 2 2021 Monaco 0 2022 Monaco 13 2023 Monaco 22 2024 Monaco 4 As you can see from the data, the circuit is nowhere near as bad as people like to make out, although the last 10 years have really begun to see the number of on-track passes drop. As for the red flag, yes I agree teams should not be able to touch the car or change tyres due to a stoppage. The red flag is supposed to neutralise the race but allowing teams to make changes means it breaks the race in to two separate smaller races, which I'm not in favour of.

Monaco was never always a procession. Look at 1982 where 5 different cars lead the race in the final few laps or 1996 where only 3 cars completed the race. 1933 had 21 lead changes and the races from 1961, 70, 81, 92, 08 and 16 are all pretty damn good or classics. The circuit itself is not the problem. The size and weight of the cars is the real issue. It looks the worst at Monaco but it's slowly killing other tracks too (Imola, Hungary, Spain, Singapore leap to mind). Thankfully from 2026 the cars will start to be reduced in size and weight so things should improve there.

Why single out Verstappen? Hamilton, Russell, Albon, Piastri certainly all voiced similar opinions. I expect others did too but we just haven't heard those reports. Lewis was more critical if anything. At least Max and George made a joke out of it. And to be honest they're right. I love the challenge of Monaco but when they all changed their tyres on lap one and could just manage them to the end it destroyed the possibility of anything (bar a driver mistake) changing the order. Charles did what he had to do and drove at a pace often slower than an F2 car. Job done. If changing tyres and repairs under a red flag were prohibited, it would have kept the interest alive. At least the Indy 500 was brilliant though, when it finally got going. Magnussen got lucky and escaped punishment because Perez looked in his mirrors and should have known he was there. Magnussen's positioning was stupid but both drivers to blame in some part and so a racing incident. If Perez didn't make the obvious glance in his mirror I suspect he would have had a penalty and therefore a ban.

I sent my list in. It turned out to be much more retro than I expected. There's loads of modern bands I wanted in but I couldn't find one that had a hit more recently than about 20 years ago and so many that didn't have one at all!

Yep, like Popchartfreak, you've got me there. Only managed to catch - Manics (x11), Suede, (x2), Boo Radleys, Pulp, SFA and Mansun. Used to see haf of Elastica in the pub but can't really count that.

Right, since everyone is saying I should do it, I am definitely going to

I'm tempted to do this but looking at the previous list it's clear that if I did it honestly, almost none of the bands I vote for will make the top list anyway.

That was an incredible finish. O'Ward was brilliant but Newgarden was phenomenal.

Primitives and Strangelove only

This has been well worth the wait. There's still 6 drivers looking very strong for the finish - McLaughlin, Newgarden, Dixon, Ferrucci, O'Ward, Rossi all having very impressive races

Never got the love for Yesterday. I find it rather soppy and dull. Good but dull. Judging by the votes I'm clearly alone in this

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80s 90s 60s 50s 00s 70s 40s 30s 1910s 1920s 1900s Although i prefer to divide along different lines based on musical trends - for example 77-79 is brilliant but 74-76 is pretty dire. 70-73 is dodgy too and the decade would figure lower without those last few years. Likewise 55- 59 is the only reason the decade scores well and the late 60s really uprate the decade.

Rain delayed apparently

Couldn't have been a better result. Ferrari and Leclerc at Monaco

I'd like to see McLaughlin, Newgarden or O'Ward to win it

Magnussen should be facing a ban for that.

Here Comes the Sun seems to be one of those tracks that nearly everybody likes. It captures a mood perfectly and whilst there are a number of sunshine hits, every year when the first sunny days arrive it's always this sing that enters my head

This is a straight fight between Ferrari and McLaren. Red Bull don't have the car to win this. He'll do very well to beat Russell's upgraded Merc or snatch a podium. But it's Monaco and a red or yellow flag could throw form up in the air

Both Haas drivers were disqualified from qualifying for running an illlegal rear wing. Haas have acknowledged it was a setup error for a new part. They will start from the pitlane

Alpine: Gasly vs Ocon [Q, R] Aston Martin: Alonso [Q, R] vs Stroll Ferrari: Leclerc [Q, R] v Sainz Jr Haas: Magnussen vs Hulkenberg [Q, R] Kick Sauber: Zhou vs Bottas [Q, R] McLaren: Norris [Q, R] vs Piastri Mercedes: Hamilton [Q, R] vs Russell RB: Ricciardo vs Tsuonda [Q, R] Red Bull: Verstappen [Q, R] vs Perez Williams: Sargeant vs Albon [Q, R] Pole Position: Charles Leclerc Winner: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Hamilton

5th seems very low for Strawberry Fields

This is a great little documentary about the other driver we lost in 1994 and well worth a look at. I remember the day he died so well. Me and my then girlfriend were painting a neighbours garden shed and had Saturday Qualifying on the radio. We heard the reports live and were shocked. I remember we had a long discussion about how this sort of accident was so rare in F1 these days and how unlucky he had been. The same views were echoed by our friends down the pub that night, and we celebrated the little known Austrian journeyman who'd spent years trying to make a mark and had finally reached the sport's top discipline only to be cruelly taken away. It was quite a sad evening. Then, after the next day hardly anyone was talking about him, and except for the diehard fans, he's barely remembered anymore. _Lg4izl9-0o Four episodes are on the site and all are worth watching