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Monaco is a track that is quite familiar to the league, but we have a decent number of rookie drivers this season.\u00a0 Fortunately, they’ll get eased into the track with a relatively straightforward first sector.\u00a0 The starting grid takes up most of the pit straight.\u00a0 With a short run up to Sainte Devote those starting higher up the grid will have a slight advantage, if for no other reason than the corner can get quite cramped<\/a> at times.<\/p>\n The second sector of the track is most notable for the Loews hairpin and the tunnel straight, which is the longest straight of the circuit.\u00a0 The chicane at the end of the straight is prime passing opportunity.<\/p>\n Sector three features the S de la Piscine, Rascasse, and Anthony Noghes turns, which will occasionally catch a driver out but for the most part are navigated easily.\u00a0 The exit of Anthony Noghes is probably the most notable spot in this sector, as position battles are often won or lost on the second lap approach to the finish line.<\/p>\n After their double DNF in Japan, the Scandinavian Blitz team starts on the front row.\u00a0 Jaap’s struggles this season put him up in 4th on the grid, alongside Stevie.\u00a0 Sheila’s consistency gets her to the front of the standings and the back of the grid.<\/p>\n Pit selection will be in order of team standings, and with a tie at the top and an identical average grid position, a coin flip gives Force Ravenswood first choice.\u00a0 Here then is the order:<\/p>\n No driver has Monaco as their home race this season.<\/p>\n As this is our third trip to the Pincipality, there is a decent amount of history at Monaco for the SBMRL.\u00a0 Both previous race winners, The Stig and Jaap are in this year’s lineup.\u00a0 The Stig won in a race in which he started on pole position, so that certainly has to be encouraging for this year’s race.\u00a0 Launch Bornado has done well here, too, finishing 2nd and 4th.<\/p>\n Last year’s race produced the notable double DNF for Scandinavian Blitz, a fate that they are now coming out of after Japan.\u00a0 That experience will likely be on their mind as well.<\/p>\n SBMRL @ Monaco<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The famed street course in Monaco is one of two circuits that the SBMRL has had on the calendar every year of the league.\u00a0 December marks this season’s return, and it is always an enjoyable time. Monaco is a track … Continue reading Starting Grid<\/h3>\n
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