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Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous
I've been twice, but my first was the best - 1979.
Tickets cost a then ruinous $25 and another $35 got you a pit-pass!!!!
My mate and I were astounded - walking amoung the actual pits, talking to the engineers and if lucky, the drivers.
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Hi Peter,
Thanks for the great anecdotes.
I looked up the results of the '79 race and the Ferrari of the late Gilles Villeneuve
retired on the 55th lap with transmission problems, however Jody Scheckter did
manage to win in his Ferrari.
What was telling was of the 25 drivers in '79, only 4 managed to complete
the full 76 laps! 5 were DNQ but 16 retired either due to mechanical problems
or accidents.
Results -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Monaco_Grand_Prix
A couple of the more daring moves yesterday was when Sebastien Vettel
and Jensen Button both got away with kissing a couple of princesses when they
received their trophies. Both drivers seemed to escape turning into frogs.
Vettel tempted fate again by squirting that royal guard in the face with champagne.
The guard did well to remain composed and to keep standing at attention but he
might have got a dressing down when he returned to the barracks for reeking of alcohol.