Right, I thought I'd get this thread started off. Let's hope it's a great race.

Can Hamilton get his first win? Can Alonso bounce back? Can Massa continue his brilliant form? Can Kimi get one over on Massa? Can the BMW's keep up with the Ferrari's and Mclaren's? Lot's of un-answered questions....

Here are the Thursday free practice 1 times:

1. Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.973
2. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:17.601
3. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 1:17.616
4. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault-Renault 1:17.758
5. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1:17.918
6. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1:17.956
7. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1:18.074
8. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1:18.189
9. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 1:18.675
10. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda-Honda 1:18.676
11. Alexander Wurz Austria Williams-Toyota 1:18.869
12. Scott Speed USA Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:18.967
13. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Renault 1:19.095
14. Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri-Honda 1:19.203
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:19.285
16. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Renault-Renault 1:19.321
17. Jenson Button Britain Honda-Honda 1:19.332
18. Anthony Davidson Britain Super Aguri-Honda 1:19.337
19. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 1:19.496
20. Ralf Schumacher Germany Toyota-Toyota 1:19.799
21. Adrian Sutil Germany Spyker-Ferrari 1:21.634
22. Christijan Albers Holland Spyker-Ferrari 1:23.235

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The red-bulls could be a dark horse this weekend. DC got that podium last year, Webber always goes well in Monaco (was running third and fastest car on track before the engine let go in 06) and with Adrian Newey designing the cars, they are going to be quick on a high downforce track.

Webber for the podium!

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Yep, I agree. The Red Rulls could really pull something special out here.
With Mark Webber 6th in the first session, suggests that they are fast. Come Practice 2,3 and qualifying, I'm sure DC will up their too.

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1. Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.940
2. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1:16.215
3. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.296
4. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 1:16.354
5. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault-Renault 1:16.753
6. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1:16.784
7. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 1:16.848
8. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1:16.852
9. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1:17.292
10. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Renault 1:17.414
11. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda-Honda 1:17.449
12. Jenson Button Britain Honda-Honda 1:17.457
13. Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri-Honda 1:17.459
14. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 1:17.486
15. Alexander Wurz Austria Williams-Toyota 1:17.516
16. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:17.898
17. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Renault-Renault 1:18.086
18. Scott Speed USA Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:18.233
19. Anthony Davidson Britain Super Aguri-Honda 1:18.328
20. Ralf Schumacher Germany Toyota-Toyota 1:18.662
21. Christijan Albers Holland Spyker-Ferrari 1:18.820
22. Adrian Sutil Germany Spyker-Ferrari 1:19.358

Practice 2 (above).

Hamilton miscued his braking into Ste Devote and punched into the barriers, causing significant damage to the front of his car during the second practice session.

I'm not worried, it's his first major mistake really, after all, he is human.

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Agree with the points about RBR, they should get a handfull of points on paper.

Lewis is human I thought he was a driving machine

Toyota's at each end of the standings so far

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Ralf and a major crash, Trulli was probably on fresh tyres and light fuel to acheive that lap time.

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I thought Ralf must of had a off, havent looked at any sites for news yet and this happened yesterday ops:

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Here are the remains of Ralf's crash: http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/74011

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Ouch

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Indeed. Do you remember when he had a big smash in Qaulifying in 2005? This crash is very similar.

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Rings a bell, out of the tunnel? or Tabac? i remember Jenson coming out of the tunnel

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Yeah, so do I. In 2004 I think?

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Yeah cos he did the commentary with Martin & James, thats was a great idea from ITV

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Matt, Button did the commentry in 2005. When Honda were banned after breaking the rules.

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Oh yeah opps

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