So here it is - day 3, race day.
Let's crack straight in shall we with the establishing shots. These are where we sat on day 3:
For these next ones I'm actually hanging out over the side of the stand, which I can assure you I didn't really enjoy as I have a serious fear of heights:
Monaco is so small that there's not much room for, well, anything, really. So instead of the paddocks (where the teams 'live' being in the pits, they're a ways off to the side. These shots are aimed at the paddocks, but you can't really see them, as such:
This is actually the 'RED Bull experience'. Whether that means 'overly sweet with and with an unpleasant after-taste', I can't confirm.
Hubba-hubba:
The next lot of shots are all of the pits:
We were actually facing 'the rock' from this stand:
Here's one of the support races with Porsches:
Note how the red and white thing is there to keep them in the race-track and not skip the corner. The curbs are not much of a deterrent at all for an ordinary road car:
And some GP2 action:
Note the red and white thing has gone now:
This is them wheeling the Red Bull into the garage. At most circuits they don't need to bother, because the paddocks are right there, but as mentioned, Monaco is so tiny they can't fit them in:
Before the race they have a pit walk about where people can wander around the pits. If you can see anyone famous, let me know:
And here's the driver's parade. See if you can spot anyone you recognise:
And here, finally, is some F1 race action:
Not that I took many photos during the actual race, because you're so focused on the racing, you forget to:
A Ferrari skipping the corner. They got told off for skipping this corner:
A pit stop. On telly, pit stops look quite smooth and well-oiled, but in real life they're barely controlled chaos:
And here was one of the more exciting events: Kovalainan crashed his car right next to us:
And that's pretty much it, really. Here's a shot of Button holding his trophy aloft as shown on the big screen:
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