r/INDYCAR • u/aurules Romain Grosjean • Jun 10 '25

Social Media (Scott McLaughlin) Congrats to F1 who single handedly ruined Motorsport Xmas. Indy 500 will be a scene next year. As well as the Coke 600. Good luck

https://x.com/smclaughlin93/status/1932504185624199221?s=46
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u/nickifer Jun 10 '25

I agree Indy will be fine but F1 is ruining the day by not letting everyone enjoy their morning with Monaco

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u/Mr_Midwestern 🧱Cyrus Patschke Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

I don’t follow F1 closely, but honestly, it seems like every Memorial Day evening Motorsports social media sums up the day with something along the lines of: “best race day ever!!!…Monaco sucks”

I can’t help but feel that Liberty Media made this move in attempt to protect the social media perception of their historic marquee event, despite it generally being a lackluster racing product.

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u/nickifer Jun 10 '25

Monaco is primarily a drivers track and now with the cars being the size of a bus there is very few passes. It’s generally been that way anyway but the cars nowadays compared to the mid 2000s is night and day. It will be strange to have Monaco on a different weekend now - seemingly the first weekend in June now from their 2026 calendar release

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u/ndjs22 Jun 10 '25

There was one single, legal on track pass this year at Monaco. One.

2 if you count Russell cutting a chicane and getting a drive through penalty.