Sebastian Vettel Red Bull can add another special place for her "list winner with success in Monte Carlo this weekend? Or the unique nature of this circuit bit tight in the Principality of Monaco throw things open and give McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault entered the winning photo?
Four of the five victories so far in 2011, Mark Webber and easy victory here in 2010, the reigning World champion is the favorite to start.
"It is wonderful to drive an F1 car at Monaco," said Vettel. "This is a very special track and a unique challenge for the driver. You have to push as hard as a normal race track, but the slightest mistake can make a big penalty. Position on the grid is very important and can determine their race, as traditionally the excess of Monaco is very delicate. The traffic management during qualifying in Monaco is also a great challenge. As an event is a highlight of the year. We well done last year and hopefully we can be very strong again. "
His team-mate Webber would also love nothing better than to repeat his success. "This is one of the most prestigious races in years," he said. "There are many questions going into the race this year compared to how the tires will be, and the strategy could be the most complicated of the year. It is a track that I always seemed to do pretty well and I have some of my best memories as a runner here. It is clearly a demanding street circuit, which requires incredible concentration and tranquility for drivers throughout the weekend from Thursday workouts ".
McLaren duo also knows what it takes to win here.
"I love Monaco," said Lewis Hamilton. "It's a race I remember when I was a kid and is really a place that has the Formula One at its best: horse racing-cons in the difficult route and the largest in the world.
"After such a strong demonstration in Spain, I'm really looking forward to Monaco this year because I think we will see a second race of the year before. I think a combination of DRS, Pirelli tires and really make KERS Racing comes to life, and I'd like to see action and overcoming the difficult races in years. "
DRS straight and pit area, he added: "I think it is only 300 meters, so it's pretty short and not enough time so that you can actually get enough to start the car in front I think the aerodynamics really only starts to function properly when we are. reached the braking zone, Ste Devote, so I do not think we see too much overtaking moves DRS-enhanced.
Ferrari, Fernando Alonso, he added with a big smile, "Maybe we'll all come in four parallel Ste Devote"
Hamilton believes that the greatest opportunity to overcome is in the performance of Pirelli is sweet and for the first time this year, super soft rubber, despite the mountain of rubber used to get kicked out of the way the race progresses.
"You probably give us more opportunities for excitement and the best chance of passage. Although I do not think soft and super soft compounds to Monaco as critics were in a place like Turkey, I still think we are facing a drop- off the tires go away should create opportunities. And I believe, marble is as bad as people fear, because they tend to leave the place when cornering at high speed, and Monaco, is typically a very slow speed of the track, then I do not think we will see the training we've seen somewhere in Turkey to eight, for example. "
McLaren, Jenson Button won here in 2009. "Monaco is the race calendar the most fascinating and historical," he says. . "Winning here was a fulfillment of a dream of a lifetime, and is still one of my favorite wins Grand Prix is always a strange contrast, goes to the district, such as Barcelona, which is a fast, open and fluid and then get in a few days later in Monaco - which is a slow, tight timetable and the most difficult track.
"On your first lap pit exit, acceleration and feels incredible obstacles feel too close! But you build a little quieter than you would at any other circuit, and you'll quickly find your attention. Yet it is an intense and slightly unbelievable feeling.
"It has been suggested that the KERS may not provide a useful benefit lap around Monaco, because you might think you could not really use it to give you a boost on a straight line. But our simulations suggest that it applies equally to Monaco because it is almost anywhere else, which is another positive factor, because I think the unit Mercedes-Benz is the best in Formula One. "
While Button (and everybody at McLaren) is making extra sure that the radiator covers are removed before departure, Alonso was reckless to avoid the costly mistake he made last year Massanet.
"It's a special race on the calendar," said the Ferrari star. "And anything can happen there. Of course, we know that the amount of support needed on this trail is the highest of the year but that was the case last year, and we were competitive. I am certainly not thinking of abandoning the championship after only five races: the difference in rank is great, but anything can still happen, I'm sure it ".
After several pit stops in China, Turkey and Barcelona, Pirelli believes there may be less here than the decision is costly in terms of lap time and position of the track.
"Monaco is one of those tracks where if you slip and wheel spin, you're in trouble," said Paul Hembery Pirelli Motorsport. "That's often what you get in the slow corners and sliding speeds and speed so you get a lot of tire grip is why we are super soft and flexible, and very similar to when we went that way for Canada.
"If you go with a tire that is too hard and not give an advantage to be obtained from compound wheel spin and get the excessive consumption of the tire and that is probably difficult for the public understand that the unit can support more , no matter what you do for her. But it is more complex, is also related to the amount of skating there.
"We want to see a two-stop strategy and based in Melbourne, it should certainly be possible for a low-speed circuit, although Melbourne has not really tight turns it in Monaco, it will all be related to much wheelspin we receive and we'll just see that when we get there. "
Like last year, when it has just rained at all, according to a forecast of rain throughout the weekend. Wednesday could have showers and the peak temperature to 21 degrees. This should be about practice day on Thursday, Friday, the temperature dip to 17 Saturday and Sunday.
In terms of tracking changes, Ste Devote resurfaced Wednesday after a fire truck on Tuesday and the sea in the chicane has been slightly revised. In addition, during practice and qualifying will not be allowed DRS use the tunnel for safety reasons.
"The circuit of Monaco, it is possible for drivers to bypass the baffles at the exit of the tunnel and on the other side of the pool complex," said the FIA race director Charlie Whiting. "To prevent drivers from making any advantage of this, we introduced this year over curbs and speed bumps in these two sections."
The competition lasts for more than 78 laps or 260.520 km (161.887 km), and starts at 14.00 local time, which is two hours ahead of GMT.
