monaco pics 2

So here's the photos for day 2 of our little excursion to the Monaco GP this last May.

Again, clicking the pics should take you to the full album to have a look through.

On day 2 we were in casino square. If you look at the photos yesterday there's one where I refer to the hill being really steep. Well, that hill leads up to casino square, which is where we were on day2.

There's only one stand up there and it has to be the most comfortable stand I've ever been in. The seats are moulded to a bucket/back-side shape and while that may sound uncomfortable, it's actually exactly the opposite. Unlike all the other days where I got a numb-bum and a slightly sore back, on day 2 I was fine.

The first shots are the establishers, then. Building on the right of Casino square:



Big crane, big screen, expensive casino:



Man with natty t-shirt distracts me from the point of the photo:



Over to the left of the stand. Quite empty at the mo, but it soon filled up:



Some close up now. First off the restaurant:



Next the big screen, which was unfortunately covered by the arm of the camera crane thing:



And a shot of the crane. Crane's are very important at Monaco as there's little in the way of run-off:



And the casino:



A side street to the right of the stand:



And this is the track. So that must mean it's time for some car action:



I've actually mixed these together - they're from both the morning practice session as well as the actual qualifying. From your point of view, I figure a shot of an F1 car is a shot of an F1 car :/.











So, halfway through the day was luncheon and this gives me an opportunity to show you the gardens that were out the back of the stand. I have to say it was incredibly civilised being in this stand. And no, shots of statue cocks was not my intention, it just happened to be the closest statue to where we crashed out over lunch.



In the afternoon was qualifying, so here's some more cars.





Of course, for qualifying, the crowds filled up. Here's some people on the balcony and in the restaurant. This is one of the things that gives Monaco the atmosphere it has.





Some more car action and then guess what happened?



Lewis Hamilton binned it just up the road from us. And here he is, walking back to the pits, helmet still on because he knows it was entirely his own fault:





And here's two more cars failing to crash like Lewis:





Overall, I'd probably say that day 2 was my favourite day (the actual race not withstanding).