By Jem Ruggera
Another qualifying session, another bunch of questions. Wasn’t
Lotus supposed to be looking good around here? Wasn’t Hamilton the favourite
for pole position? Wasn’t the Mercedes going to struggle around here with such
limited chance to use the double-DRS?
Instead, like many Saturday afternoons, the expected form
book has been shredded, set on fire and the ashes scattered into Monaco
harbour. This is mainly a function of just how close the field is running these
days. In Q2 the top sixteen were covered by just 0.9 of a second. This meant
missing a braking point by a couple of metres, not quite clipping an apex you
normally hit lap after lap, means the difference between eight and twelfth.
Just ask Jenson Button.
