Qualifiying results:
1 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:13.898
2 F. Alonso Renault 1:13.962
3 M. Webber Williams 1:14.082
4 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:14.140
5 G. Fisichella Renault 1:14.396
6 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:14.664
7 R. Barrichello Honda 1:15.804
8 J. Trulli Toyota 1:15.857
9 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:16.426
10 N. Rosberg Williams 1:16.636
11 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:14.398
12 C. Klien Red Bull 1:14.747
13 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso1:14.969
14 J. Button Honda 1:14.982
15 J. Villeneuve BMW 1:15.052
16 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:15.137
17 C. Albers Midland F1 1:15.598
18 T. Monteiro Midland F1 1:15.993
19 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:16.236
20 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:17.276
21 F. Montagny Super Aguri 1:17.502
22 F. Massa Ferrari no time


Cars #2, #14 and #5, resp. Fissichella, Coulthard(involved in the same incident) and Schumacher, are under investigation of the stewards.

GO WEBBER..

wats the point of this thread??

^ reasction and comment to the F1 Grand Prix of Monte Carlo, think about it for a while and you'll find it self explanetroy.

Anyways - Button down in 14th? Oh dear, Monaco is normally either a brilliant or a rubbish race. I hope its a great one.

mmm yeah Button calls it his home race now 8-)
Alonso has 2 get ahead of Schumi...simple :) :p

Does he live in Monaco? I vaguely remember seeing a "how F1 drivers train" with Button in the hills of Monaco in the ITV build up.

he sure does..

Seems like Micheal is taking the lead...he might win this year...who knows.

Anyone seen Michael's new racing suit?

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What in the name of all that's holy was he thinking!:eek:

Lol, he looks like he was seriously high when he thought of that. So thats his new tactic, he's planning to either blind people with his bright suit or make them laugh uncontrollably so that they can't drive and he can win. Simple and genius

Schumacher, "lost" control on purpose to get pole position!

just look at the vid!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF6r1RM5qLI

he no longer has pole position though because following drivers lost time.

Schumacher, "lost" control on purpose to get pole position!

just look at the vid!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF6r1RM5qLI

wtf, he puts full lock and then straightens out and then puts full lock again. Looks on purpose but we don't know what the car was doing, maybe the back was stepping out and needed correction?

What a stupid decition, why did he decided to do that? Now he is gonna start form the last place on the grid, without that stupid manouver he could have started 1st anyway or at least 2nd and have more chances to win the race....what a waste. I hope I'm worng, but Ferrari will be lucky if manage to put both cars on the points.

he's not used to not getting away with cheating (breaking the rules) now is he..poor lil...shucmi..not... :p
Lol, he looks like he was seriously high when he thought of that. So thats his new tactic, he's planning to either blind people with his bright suit or make them laugh uncontrollably so that they can't drive and he can win. Simple and genius
that suit is a joke..right?

Good for schumacher, serves him right for starting last after what he did

About his overalls...

Q: Michael, different overalls here, perhaps lucky overalls, first time on the pole since 2000.
MS: Yeah, well, history is really not important. You have to live in the present and the new overalls was a very nice design by Philip Morris. We had this idea in Madonna di Campiglio already and we both liked the idea and thought Monte Carlo is a special occasion where we could put some colour into it and we were happy to use it. So let’s see and hope it can be lucky tomorrow, that’s more important.

He's not just adding colour to MonteCarlo but he's making a fool out of himself.

I reckon the incident was on purpose. He straightened the car before turning again. There was no why he couldnt have made that turn. Thats just my opinion. But making him go all the way down to last is a bit over though.

Only 10hrs and 40mins till it starts. Too bad i dont have live so I'll have to wait till 12 to watch it.

Schumacher is cheating...he park his car at the last corner...and made Alonso slow down when taking to corner...

Schumacher is stripped of pole


28 May 2006

Michael Schumacher has been moved to the back of the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix after stewards concluded that he deliberately blocked the track in the closing stages of qualifying, preventing rivals from beating his time.

The decision - which came eight hours later - means Renault’s Fernando Alonso will now start from pole position with the Williams of Mark Webber alongside him. Schumacher is demoted to the back row, where he will join Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa, who crashed out of qualifying without setting a time.

Schumacher appeared to lock his brakes and then run wide as he entered the final Rascasse corner in the dying moments of the session. The former champion regained control without hitting the barriers, but came to a halt with his stalled car partially blocking the circuit, forcing other drivers to slow down.

Following the session, the stewards heard evidence concerning the incident from Schumacher - who claimed it was a genuine error - as well as Ferrari personnel. They also reviewed video footage and data evidence supplied by the team and the FIA.

Their finding was that Schumacher had no justifiable reason for braking so hard, as he had been traveling little or no quicker than at the same point on previous laps. They therefore concluded that he deliberately stopped his car on the circuit, an infringement of the sporting regulations.

As punishment the stewards deleted all of Schumacher’s qualifying times, hence his move to the back of the grid, from where he has little or no chance of taking a record-equaling sixth Monaco Grand Prix win.

Ferrari’s Jean Todt expressed the team's displeasure at the stewards' findings, saying: “We totally disagree with it. Such a decision creates a very serious precedent, ruling out the possibility of driver error. Michael was on his final timed lap and he was trying to put his first place beyond doubt, as could be seen from the fact that his first split time was the best and could have seen him do another very good lap. With no real evidence, the stewards have assumed he is guilty."

The FIA will publish the grid in full as usual on Sunday morning.

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And that my friends, is probably the end of the F1 season. :(

That does it. We already know who the winner is now. I'm only going to watch the beginning.
Man, the Renaults are killing all kinds of competition and excitement in Formula One... Comming from an Audi Le Mans freak.

Whoa...the Renault's are killing competition....whoa..whoa..whoa
no way!...Who spoilt competition for about 3 years..Ferrari! Who spoilt his own chances at Monaco..Shumacher...the Renaults haven't done anything..they are out their to WIN.
How are the Renaults killing competition? Someone has to win who's out their and if Shumi goes and does that then what do you expect....?
The Renault's to say..no it's okay..he can have pole anyway!

*Edit*
If anything they are making competition!
Who fought back against the Ferrari's last year and this? Renault..
People who cheat spoil the competition because they think they can't win without helping themselves..that shows Shumacher is pretty threatened by Renault. If he feels he now has to cheat to win..
Don't you think?

Whoa...the Renault's are killing competition....whoa..whoa..whoa
no way!...Who spoilt competition for about 3 years..Ferrari! Who spoilt his own chances at Monaco..Shumacher...the Renaults haven't done anything..they are out their to WIN.
How are the Renaults killing competition? Someone has to win who's out their and if Shumi goes and does that then what do you expect....?
The Renault's to say..no it's okay..he can have pole anyway!

*Edit*
If anything they are making competition!
Who fought back against the Ferrari's last year and this? Renault..
People who cheat spoil the competition because they think they can't win without helping themselves..that shows Shumacher is pretty threatened by Renault. If he feels he now has to cheat to win..
Don't you think?Point taken, I'll keep my mouth shut from now on.

Although I hate it, I have to agree with Cheeky girl. It's Schumi's own fault. If it shows in the telemetry that he didn't do anything different in that lap driving towards Rascasse, then he did it on purpose, and he should have known that he would be punished.

Just one little thing, Ferrari never spoiled the competition. The years Ferrari were on the top they were the fastest, thats not their fault.

In ~30 minutes the race starts, and I can only hope for Alonso to fail to finish so that the fight will go on.

It's technology that spoiled the competition. If it weren't for all the knobs on his steering wheel, he'd be getting whipped by Raikkonen and Alonso from dawn till dusk.

I've heard old Nige say it a few times - Schumacher makes more mistakes per race than any other champion in previous history, but he gets away with it thanks to technology. And that goes for the other drivers, too. Alonso's good, but how much of it is the doing of the Renault engineers?

Grrrrr! Cable was out last night; just found out CBS will do their lousy delayed coverage (hear that, Mopar?) at 12:30P today. I wanted to watch live.

The new suit says "It's all about ME!" The screwy move says he can't take losing. Wonder if Schumi and Jeff Gordon have met?

Ravenous, does ole Nige still reside in Lakeland FL?

1 F. Alonso Renault
2 JP. Montoya McLaren
3 D. Coulthard Red Bull
4 R. Barrichello Honda
5 M. Schumacher Ferrari
6 G. Fisichella Renault
7 N. Heidfeld BMW
8 R. Schumacher Toyota
9 F. Massa Ferrari
10 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso
11 J. Button Honda
12 C. Albers Midland F1
13 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso
14 J. Villeneuve BMW
15 T. Monteiro Midland F1
16 F. Montagny Super Aguri
17 J. Trulli Toyota
ret C. Klien Red Bull
ret N. Rosberg Williams
ret K. Räikkönen McLaren
ret M. Webber Williams
ret T. Sato Super Aguri

I'm pleased with the result, Schumi did a great job. Offcourse some help with the retiring of other drivers, but thats motorracing.
Also a great job from Coulthard, giving RBR their first podium.

Yes...Montoya...keep it up...sad thing to Kimi Raikkonen , what problem is was facing just now ?

Point taken, I'll keep my mouth shut from now on.
yeah okay..but just because I have my opinion too there's no reason to back down on yours...
and a really great race..from most participants..Webber--definitely driver of the day
shame about the technical problems though :(
we could have seen some definite fighting from Kimi and even Klien
What's happened to Button he really needs to do something... mm
and i loved Fisi's passes too...that one where he locked up and Coulthard thought it was Alonso lol

Good drive by Kimi, while it lasted, especially that early pass on Webber! Note 5 different constructors in the top 5.

So what happened to Kimi Raikkonen? Technical failure,again?

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren (DNF):
"Things just didn't go my way today. Our strategy would probably have meant that I would have been able to take the lead after the second series of pitstops, but we really lost out when the Safety Car came out. Then there was a small fire caused by a heat shield which damaged a wiring loom and that was the end of the race for me. It's always disappointing to retire both for me and the team, but it's particularly hard when you all know that you are in with a good chance to win. However we have made progress, and the car was really competitive today, and we aim to do well at Silverstone."

So yeah, a technical failure once again

It's really a shame that such a great driver has all these reliability issues. It could be driver influenced but hopefully if he moves to Ferrari he won't have such problems

Kudos for great post, CarRocker!

The boy is good, like his Dad.

Keke Rosberg was called the "Flying Finn" when he was winning; the "Flailing Finn" when he wasn't.

Keke Rosberg was called the "Flying Finn" when he was winning; the "Flailing Finn" when he wasn't.Isn't it funny that in the mid seventies two Formula Atlantic drivers by the name of Gilles Villeneuve and Keke Rosberg were having terrific battles on the track and now, THIRTY years later Jacques Villeneuve and Nico Rosberg, their sons, are battling in F1 !!!!!