Some had predicted using DRS around Monaco would prompt more accidents than normal. Others had feared Pirelli’s new super-soft tyre wouldn’t prove durable enough. Neither came to fruition on Thursday, as the F1 field got its first 2011 taste of the Monte Carlo streets.
And on a circuit where the driver really can make a difference, predicting the pacesetters was equally difficult. A top three bereft of a Red Bull was something