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I'm have them all (cept Melbourne GP coz I watched that 1 live) on DVD-R (DVD<->TV Recorder). I get my neighbour to record them because I start work too early. They are only tv quality but certainly worth watching. They don't work on 3 of my DVD Players (probably the way he records them, setting or something he's a n00b) so I just watch them on my PC with the headphones :cheers:

The racing was quite average until the last 25 laps. With Webber knowing that he had to come into the pits 1 more time to get more fuel he should have come in a good 5 or more laps even before Heidfeld did. He would have been a good 10-15sec infront of Heidfeld by the race finish. Instead he sat behind hoping Alonso would make a mistake or run out of fuel. It's F1 you can't wait for mistakes you have to force them.

yep the end of the race was good, although i was surprised to see webber on the podium at monaco of all places! a good effort, lots of risky tailgating by him though dont you think?

webber actually has quite a history at that track. the year before he joined minardi, he qualified 1st in Formula 3 and won both the races. but, not sure whether to keep expecting podiums though. monaco is different to every other track. i think the williams suited that track more so than it will other tracks this season.

Personally I was really disappointed with how Webber drove.....I know Monaco is the worst place in the world to overtake, but seriously....

he was 4 sec per lap faster than the car in front but could not get past.

And his 2 efforts at overtaking at the swimming pool were in stark contrast to Heidfelds brilliant move at the same place.  Its a miracle that Webber did not smack Alonso and put them both out.

He was out of luck with the pitstop tho, he should have come second.

And lets face it, it was Kimi's race, he could have lapped everyone on the course if he wanted to

alll good points but I have to say that after being passed by heidfeld alonso was making life much tougher for webber as he clearly didn't want to loose that final podium position.

Oh and I forgot to mention, another champagne moment from Villannerve, nice work taking out your team mate on a restart going from 6th and 7th to 12th and 13th :P

Another quality JV moment - one can only imagine what Peter Sauber would have been saying at the time. The matter was made even worse considering that the whole freight train behind Fisichella finally found a way past him on the following lap which would have bumped the Saubers up to 5th and 6th. Good one champ! :mad:

BTW, how ballsy was Trulli's move on Fisichella - 10 points for having a go on that one, it's just a shame that it put him out of the race.

Otherwise, I thought the race was pretty good overall considering most Monaco races are generally a 78 lap procession. Hats off to Raikonnen, he was class of the field, but I also think Heidfeld drove a brilliant race. His move on Alonso was the highlight of the race for me and he pulled it off brilliantly within a few laps of getting on Alonso's rear end. In contrast, Webber was all over Alonso for many laps and really couldn't find a way through which was a bit frustrating. His move on Alonso (both times) were good efforts though as Alonso was driving more defensively on that particular corner once Heidfeld got past, so Webber's move would have been more difficult than when Heidfeld passed him. Glad to see he finally got a much deserved podium, hopefully there's many more to come. He's got to work on his starts though as they're shocking - I think the car is partially to blame, I think a lot of it is down to Webber himself as Heidfeld seems to get off the line pretty well.

This weekend's Euro GP should be interesting with BAR back as well. Hope Williams can improve again, although I think McLaren are well ahead of the rest of the field at the moment.

Here's some interesting points on the Webber starts.

My folks were lucky enough to not only be at the Monaco GP last weekend but were there in the BMW Williams Hospitiality Marque. Over the weekend they had Both Mark Webber and Nick Heidfield along to chat with them as well as Sam Michael. During the chat on the Saturday with Mark it was raised that the previous weeks testing had found that the starting issue hadn't been a software issue as initially expected but a clutch issue.

Now after the race on Sunday they came back - along with the trophies - and it was revealed that on the formation lap Mark reported in problems with the clutch and so they did some "electronic adjustments" from the pits - but these adjustments only made the problem worse apparently. So hopefully they can get this clutch issue fixed.

Also - my mum now has a photo of her holding Mark Webbers trophey.

Bitch.

Talk about lucky - geez that would have been an experience for your parents. Lucky bastards :P

Interesting point about the starts - Webber actually mentioned that his clutch was the problem in the post race interview as well, although admittedly I was a little sceptical just due to the fact that Heidfeld didn't have the same problem off the start. Hopefully it's only a one off occurance on his car as his reputation for being a slow arse off the line is getting worse with every GP.

i was also a little reserved about his clutch statement. his whole career, webber has not been the best starter. in fact , almost one of the worst. he seems to take his time getting up to speed, where others just get on with it. eg. last year, malaysian GP, he qualified the jag 2nd, spiltting the ferrari's, and pooed it on the start. wasn't the first or last time which he do it either.

i do hope that it was just a clutch issue, as i'd love to see him win or consistanly do really well. but losing 3 places into the first corner wont get him anywhere.

Well Hedilfield on poll!

Kimi 2nd with Weber 3rd...we will see what the Williams can deliver. Like i saod in an earlier post , i was rxpecting Heidfield top be quicker then Weber...so far Weber has done th emore impressive job this season, i wonder if Heidfield is about ot get on a roll -> confidence boost etc etc .????

Great effort by the Williams drivers. Lets just hope Webber will overtake Heidfeld and finish 1st. Webber easily one of the best, if not the best at qualifying! Hopefully Williams have finally got their act together to allow Webber to show his true potential.

Go webs.

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