And now Friday!
Can you tell there's a Canadian driver on the grid this year?
The t-shirt version of the mascot... I think it looks more like a beaver!
For those who don't know where they are...
The Drone Invasion has begun!!!!
Look for the new show "The Drone Hunters" on Fox this fall!
Hyper-soft toes or Force India fan? You decide!
My point of view (1/2)
My point of view (2/2) (but you saw that coming, didn't you?)
The Iceman cometh out firth... er... first.
If you thought the *halo* was unattractive...
Grosjean at Haas "in the red"
The halo doesn't obstruct the view that much... Alonso recognized me and waved in spite of it!
Sirotkin going out for the first time on a new track (for him).
Magnussen, also "in the red"
Local boy has grandstand named after him and doesn't wave when he first drives past. Film at 11!
"Er, guys? I think I hit a radioactive groundhog!"
No, those are not antennas to improve the broadcast of his remarks on television!
I'm sure Danny Ric is still smiling under his helmet after Monaco!
Just how pink can Ocon get????
I mean... seriously???
Flo-Viz for Max
It's been a long while since he's tasted champagne in F1...
Local boy still doesn't look at his grandstand...
Aww... He blinked just as I was taking the picture!
Bottas going around the Hairpin.
Go, Alonso!!!!!
It'll take me a while to get used to the pink tires...
"Hey! Is that *my* name on that grandstand???"
The Iceman braketh...
"Make way! Bigger budget coming through!"
Ok. It's a lot harder to get his good profiles with his helmet on...
Will Seb get a decent result on a traditionally "Ferrari" track?
Charles Leclerc. I'm starting to like this guy.
And the Sauber is not a bad-looking car!
"Finland, Finland, Finland... The country where I quite want to be..."
McLaren made a very decent showing of FP1!
See? Hamilton took the time to wave.
Quite a long wave, actually.
Local boy Latifi enjoying a first outing on a GP Friday.
His podium here must seem *so* far away...
Gasly coming to grips with a new track for him.
The Hulk let Seb through because of a technical issue.
He coasted for a bit, but a red flag proved inevitable.
He even has a Canadian Maple Leaf on his helmet, positioned for the on-board camera.
I thought I'd have trouble taking pictures of the drivers' head with the halo, but it has proved less intrusive than I thought.
Vandoorne, car no 2, "in the pink".
"Hey! The marshals are waving Canadian flags at me!" "That's a red flag, Lance."
I thought I would miss the blue and yellow livery, but I'm starting to quite like this one.
Daniel, still hoping to avoid any penalties this weekend.
Hamilton fills up my viewfinder!
Ok. So, the red car with purple tires is faster than the pink car with pink tires...
The Iceman cornereth...
The Iceman stareth... at the photographer!
Local boy corners! Film at 11!
Is Sirotkin feeling the pressure to perform (despite the poor chassis)?
Max said he would head-butt anyone asking him another question about his (admittedly numerous) mistakes on-track!
"For Monaco and its Casino!!!"
Mind you, he'd surely do more damage if he head-butted a reporter with his helmet on!
Local boy smokes! Film at 11!
Local boy kisses... a wall!
That tire is DONE!
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssmokin'!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you can't find sponsors to cover the bodywork, at least use Flo-Viz!
Will the Honda upgrades produce results?????????
Now what could be so interesting that Max looks off-trajectory????
The purple also goes well with that livery.
Remember when the "flat floors" were...
...you know...
...FLAT????
Brakes glowing for Sirotkin.
Local boy locks...
Just in case you thought Force India had forgotten to unpack Pérez...
Leclerc (16) passes Grosjean (8 - that's twice as much! No wonder he passed him!)
"Locking, locking, locking... keep those tires smoking, BOTTAS!!!!"
"'Traditionally Ferrari track'. Yeah. Right!"
Renault had considerable trouble keeping both cars on the track at the same time. Now it's Sainz who hit a wall (note broken rear wing).
The back end must have taken quite a hit as he wasn't seen on-track again.
Glowing brake discs for Local boy...
He's looking my way, but still no wave...
Glowing brakes for Grosjean as well...
Vandoorne puts a premature end to his day with another wall (those are quite unforgiving here).
The McLaren is parked.
A rather timid wave to the crowd...
The Iceman locketh again!
You can tell the photographer is getting tired by the angle of the camera... ("No! I was trying for an 'art' effect!")
Oddly enough, Magnussen's car was also smoking from the back! Innocent oil overflow or more worrying sign of things to come?
"Hey! That's Jeep! Hi Jeep!!!"
Ok, that's it for Friday. I'm off to bed!
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