Seperate thread for discussion about practice, qualifying and the race, no?

What's going to happen in this year's race? Who's going to win?
Schumacher, Alonso, Trulli again?

How many cars will finish?

Something I'm going to be looking at is the lap times. I'll be comparing them to last year's. 'Cos if there's any track where the new tyre rule will slow the cars down, it's here at Monaco! I will be amazed if they can bang in 1:14:XX's or even low 1:15:XX's on tyres which have to last the entire race.

I dare say, I think the Renaults will be very hard to beat here. If they get the top row of the grid, they'll be hell to pass with their launches and drive out of the slow corners. And I'd say Kimi will post the fastest times of the race but constantly be caught behind people and have really bad luck from the fuel stops.

A LOT will depend on qualifying. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few costly mistakes during qualifying, 'cos everyone will be absolutely on the limit.

And look out whoever qualifies infront of Ralf. I reckon he's going to torpedo someone on the first lap.

That's what my crystal ball says. What does your's say?