DECEMBER 2, 2005

Winter comes to Monaco

Winter has come to Europe in no uncertain fashion with snow falling in many parts of the Continent. The Formula 1 teams testing in warmer sunny Spain have not yet been affected but even Monaco, famous as a warm place to spend the winter, has been under attack from the elements with heavy snowfalls on the Principality. This photograph shows the Boulevard Albert I, which at the Grand Prix becomes the starting grid. The area on the right is the esplanade where the pits are situated during the Grand Prix and the line of the trees marks the signalling pits.