A few photos from Sunday:
Di Resta hunts down Perez by
Greg Kingston, on Flickr
Race winner Nico Rosberg by
Greg Kingston, on Flickr
Jenson Button on his second stint by
Greg Kingston, on Flickr
Lewis Hamilton by
Greg Kingston, on Flickr
There are a few more photos on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregkingston/sets/72157633746628744/
The event was well-organised. There's no doubting the business of the place, cramming in 40,000 extra people and then funnelling them around the city in narrow access points, but they did pretty well overall. No price gouging on food or drink either - merchandise is the normal silly prices though.
An observation on the tyres. Before the race I could see both sides to the argument and didn't mind too much. I'm a believer that the cars have always been driven within a number of factors and that nobody races around at qualifying speeds for a whole race limited only by fuel weight.
The number seem to bear this out to a certain extent, but watching live is painful. Monaco is unique but the driver / team behaviour is absolutely evident. We watched the Porsche Cup and then the Renault 3500 races first, sitting right above Piscine. The Porsche breaking zones were clear, and then the Renaults moved along a little further. To my shock, the F1 cars were all coasting into the corner - they actually came off the throttle earlier than the Renaults and then coasted into the corner, definitely not fully on the brakes either.
It felt like I could have driven around at that speed (highly unlikely of course!) but the aggression and barely-contained power from my previous F1 experiences was missing. The only exception was when Kimi came out on his last stint - he was flying and the difference was incredible.
Finally, the Red Bull cars are just plain ugly. A lot of them are, with the dropped nose, but that purple paint under bright sunlight is just disgusting!
