Casino Square – Saturday morning
There are few better places to watch F1 cars than at Monaco’s Casino Square. I was first lucky enough to stand by the Armco there in 1973, when Jackie Stewart, Ronnie Peterson, Emerson Fittipaldi and Carlos Reutemann stole the show. The 2014 version – same stage, same backdrops – was no less enthralling. The sun was golden; course cars blew their sirens. Marshals waved as I walked up the hill. I stopped to chat with old friends. And then the pit lane opened…