Rain, the weekend, the MC Run and the approaching end

this is not an auspicious constellation.


I did not know. Among other things, my new colleague Arwin pointed out to me that the man near Charles is his older brother Lorenzo.


I also didn’t know that Arwin (stars of instagram) was at the second meeting as well. A man in glasses in the background in action.

NL “colleague” (he doesn’t talk to anyone, including the MC police) parks behind MC in F and I haven’t seen him in the Place all week. But today he was driving through town in the dark. It is obvious that he has already decided to stay here permanently.


Probably the first racing photo of Charles Leclerc. Winner of kart in the port of Fontvielle. As I read in Monaco Matin, his mother lives there.

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You still feel like something is going to happen

and nothing happens.

Peter Söderberg, Advisor, private investor, creative director as you can read on Linkedin. And after returning from Davos, he has an article about it.                                                        The Ni-Box disappeared from the face of the earth in a few days. If Casino fell, I wouldn’t feel a thing. But I had some relationship with Ni-Box. Although I only realized it now. It would probably be the same with my catering facility in the port.

Ni-Box lived to be only 10 years old! He was the only architecture deviating from the MC style. Nothing remains of the former famous “spotter ring”.

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High number of states: 40

Another addition to the E/KSA. But the capital letters resemble EST. They never stop. The crew inside looked Russian. I hope I didn’t miss something and EST is no longer 4 numbers.

The Lamborghini LM002 came out. A total of 301 examples were built.

Princess Grace Theater are
normally just the two turrets. Today I got to where I’ve never been before. Theater is as underground as many other things. To the road between the two tunnels. In the background a view of Thermes Marins. The epicenter of wellness, luxury, hairdressing, etc. Leclerc goes there to get his hair cut, Mika H. used to stop in the parking lot as well.


So I read about this yesterday at home.
The ruler presented a restored car with which his father Rainier III. secretly rode the Tour de France under a different name.

I couldn’t find the old Lp anywhere in MC. They also destroyed everything in the museum. So let’s see what the fate of this one will be. It doesn’t look very faithful.

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The star of the day was the dog

Towards evening, the rally began to return.


This amazing picture landed on my facebook recently. Drones are definitely strictly prohibited. I have no idea. It was never even written who owns the most expensive apartment in Europe on the upper floors of the Odeon tower.

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A very special Florida

Sheriffs’ Association

And H also very special?

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That’s how I like it

A mystery like thunder. Glasses and research. Identified. So take every test. Who knows right away – all the best. Hint: answer to box Lp

Inattentive again today. Last year on the alert. Liban RL. That´s how I like it.

 

Nice 37. MC yesterday 35.


Sensationelle Woche 54 (+7). Nice heute noch MNE, TN, RL. Das alles ohne BIH, NMK u. AL.

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Mongolia got me out of hopelessness

It’s 3pm and I’ve already missed GBM (he was passing me on Avenue) and a moment ago DZ. I guess I’m done. When suddenly…

I haven’t swallowed MNG yet and it’s already going GBZ and from below AUS! (real L). I guess from 30 m. All within 5 minutes.

When everything has calmed down, I go to the railing to see how the sun is shining on half of the MC all afternoon and the other is in the shade. When a large object in the harbor catches my eye. I’m on my bike on time. Mongolia MNG.

Another large group of vehicles arrived late from Glasgow. One suffered damage to his Mini.


How are these two men doing? Probably negatively. My NL colleague’s car is again in the hands of the MC Police. So, yesterday’s seemingly minor stop probably had its end. He didn’t show up all day today. MC Police is strict and consistent. But mostly he directs everyone to get used to the MC regulations without fines and other means of enforcement. I too went through the educational process. Many things common everywhere else are not possible here.
Charles Leclerc will get a new colleague from 2025. A completely different person than himself. I feel sorry for him. He certainly won’t be happy. Hamilton is a spoiled millionaire brat who was breaking super sports in London already at the age of 19. He will claim all the privileges. Leclerc has no other chance. I wouldn’t work with Hamilton even for millions.
How he forced the other pilots to kneel. Because of some criminal. . He even dared Bernie Ecclestone. If it weren’t for Bernie, they have a tenth of the income. Bernii made F1 this billionaire affair.
I think a lot of Italians won’t like it either. Remember those knights who drove Ferraris. And now?

Bernie. The old fox, as Clarkson calls him. February 2018
London, Sloane Street. That’s unbelievable. Being in London for 4 days and meeting Bernie Ecclestone. He waved at me several times, but I didn’t catch it.

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The rallye brought a lot of Lp

From Asia, America…

 

The time control at the parking lot of the Monte Carlo Beach Hotel was occupied by two stewards from the Automobile club de Monaco. All other traffic management, information, etc. was left to me.

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1089 CCIT cameras are watching over us

My NL colleague found himself in the interest of the MC police for the third time. Just what I personally saw. As a citizen of a very tolerant NL, he has big problems with integration here.
A new police palace was recently opened. The prince personally saw with interest the hall where the whole life of the MC is shown on the screens. 1089 cameras for 2km².
But I admire this on the Place here. It is on one roof. As big as a small pig or a keg of beer. But they bought in IL for sure the best thing in the world. And they certainly fit in the crowd.


A good time to reminisce. January 2022.                                                                                     The painful bike journey up to the Maybourne Riviera Hotel.

The nightmare of MC and SBM was separately built in 10 years and at fantastic cost by the Prince of Qatar. There is no public transport here. So exactly the kind of clientele MC is looking for. MC doesn’t stand a chance against that. This is a fantasy.

Maybourne Riviera opened with the slogan MR – a view of MC. There was a big legal battle and the court banned the hotel from using the Monaco name.
Apart from the expulsion of the Russian oligarchs, this is the reason that the number of ships in the port, supercars and overall traffic is in MC half what it used to be.

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The best address in Europe

Avenue Princesse Grace

Cleanliness, safety, peace, a gallery of aesthetics.                                                                          As the Ni-Box disappears, a never-before-seen view begins to open up. For a short time. Start rebuilding right away.

      Kazachstan and RUS yellow.

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Calm on all fronts


A good time to reminisce. March 2019.

 

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After the holiday and the rallye, general attenuation

My NL colleague also got a photo with TR. He spends half an hour on the Place and is probably bored, so he goes to the parking lot (he doesn’t use the elevator, maybe up to minus 7 with all those switchbacks) and goes for a ride. After about half an hour he gets bored, so he goes back deep underground and goes back to the Place.


A good time to reminisce
January 2019 San Marino

Sant´Agatha Bolognese

 

 

 

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Mon.,2pm RCH- Sun.2pm Costa Rica? Honduras?…

From the sun wall, small moto, blue font, small inscriptions above and below. Lp too big for USA,CDN,AUS.

At the same time, I learn the results. Mood down. But then it only got better. General Toyota didn’t mind at all. In the best mood at the starting line. After losing the Dakar, still RMC.

First second on Monaco soil. Now the victory is final. Thierry Neuville (B), Hyundai. The first steps are towards the family. Pic.1.

Oliver Solberg (S) Škoda , Enni Mälkönen/Sami Pajari (FIN) Yaris WRC 2, Jan Černý (CZ), 18th overall, 1st WRC3.

Remnants plucked Ecuador Lp.


At least one mystery solved.
Frangivento GT65 Windbreak exclusive Italian supercar built for driver Loris Capirossi.

           

Deciphered thanks to good collaborators. I’ve never had so many friends before.
And I was very pleased with Charles Leclerc on Friday. I sat on a bench in front of Tourisme and had a snack. And I saw him go. So I just raised my hand in greeting. He has tinted glass from the front, but when the car got out from the side, he was looking at me with his hand in greeting.


Woche 47 (-3). Kein BIH, NMK, AL…

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The biggest holiday – the most wonderful cars

On Avenue Princesse Grace with CZ Lp. Fairmont bend colleagues: Ferrari Daytona SP3. 2.3 million USD. From the side, like Leclerc, he has his 16, so here he is 23. This is Alex Albon.                                                                                                                                                    Search progress. Williams F1 team (Alex Albon) boss James Vowles behind the wheel.

IM2S: Clinique orthopédique de Monaco. It’s getting dark. I’m getting coffee. And this crazy thing is flying up. I’m still looking up at the intersection. yes, it goes to Place. I know such cars never stop there. I think Lambo Reventon. My colleague is playing a video for me. And Framiglio says, well, I forgot.
Home. It’s probably not Lambo. So write. Hopefully Ondra will explain it to us.


Fantastic drama on the “monte”. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) leads Sebastian Ogier (Toyota) by 3.3 seconds after two days.

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They had more fun on the RMC track

My Dutch colleague ended up in the police car park. And he didn’t show up all day yesterday. Today he was already driving the circuit and patrolling the Place.

Other crews from Budapest-Dakar 2024. The Slovaks will drive along the axis until MA. And then to Sierra Leone. Hundreds more participants tomorrow at Genova Porto.

Last year’s models on Place. 1,6 turbo, 500PS.

Lp to the extent possible

On the eve of the biggest MC feast of Sainte Dévote, processions etc. have already started. Police maneuvers too.

So dark. very deep into the past. Unfortunately, the Police will destroy the atmosphere.


Sat.                                                                                                                                                              Watch the incredible drama live on RMC. The first three Neuville, Evans, Ogier are separated by only 5 seconds.

We will not see the rally until Sunday around 2 pm. We build and demolish here, 2 important roads are closed. I also realized that yesterday’s celebrations together with the return of the cars would not be possible. So they are happy in Gap, Valence, etc.

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A really great start

The Monte Carlo Rallye has such a strange exception. Even before the start, they tear off their Lp and replace it with the start number. So I had no hopes for Ecuador. And rightfully so.

I went up from the harbor at about 2 pm. If there is already something going on there. and well he did. In half an hour, the world premiere of 2 Toyota models began. And he found out that the book signing would start at 3 p.m.

Tänak, Katsuta, Mikkelsen (back from Škoda at Hyundai WRC), Neuville and the Toyota team. But a private catch in the garage. World champion Kalle Rovanpäre (now also MC resident), who will go all the way to Sweden. He participated in the world premiere of Toyota.

Sebastian Ogier and others set off at 16.52. Until the starting rush hour. The traffic collapse also caught the attention of a pretty Monacan woman.

The place is teeming with the captains of the world number one Toyota. The gray-haired one in Fig. 3, right, chief enginieuer had a speech at the unveiling of the new models. Great English, often mentioned by Akiro Toyoda. The whole stand was of Asian photographers. It is well. They invented it all. They were at the beginning of computers and all that consumer electronics. I really like Japan and Japanese people. How they behave, how hardworking they are, how they maintain Japanese customs and traditions.
In the last picture Jari Matti Latvala, sports director of Toyota gazoo Racing.

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2 rallies start right away

The Monte Carlo Rally is already rushing straight here from the Gap. Then on Friday, the monster rally (the 300 number of participants)  will start all the way to Sierra Leone. They only have a sharp start in MA. Today, the vanguard is with us. Most will end up on the ferry in Genoa on Saturday.

Huge success of the Circus Festival. Buses from D and A. Oceanographic museum during the day, circus in the evening.

Charles won’t be driving like this for a long time after MC. 1.3. they start in AUS. I’m surprised they haven’t started test drives at Fiorano yet.
Until December, we will see him in MC just the last week of May. He will have urgent work here.

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The repairman came

and made a few people happy. But it wasn’t that simple. As Alex asked recently. It is also important to observe and analyze. I was sitting in bend and suddenly things started happening. It came out to me: something is happening at Place. Supercars or Leclerc. He parked underground and took the escalator up. Today he started after weeks! Before I took a detour to the elevator. That’s about 2 minutes. delay.
I look around upstairs and see nothing. Only after a while. Isn’t that Leclerc’s Ferrari in front of the Casino? Yes, and it already has a number, as we say here. So I want to capture it and the repairman appears in the shot.

I think even the Dutch boy standing behind him was surprised. Well, it went very, very quickly. So the “number” that should have been at the beginning to the end. Charles Leclerc C812.

Monaco is second in the world in terms of population per m². And look how empty it is everywhere. That’s beautiful. In the center of the world – all alone.

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He is the best at spotting in MC

that you always have the feeling that something will appear at the very next moment.

The second picture is a meter further away and just empty from the sun. Totally surprised at lunch. Chile RCH. In front next to Lp, indeed RCH oval.                                                        The first RCH normal car on a normal road. (2x moto and 1 rally special)

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Can G97 also be GB?

I asked the net after seeing this Lp. (3weeks?) And olavsplates answer was Yes. So I thought, no shame, it was GB. And today I was getting close. And that’s not GB.                      Gibraltar GBZ

I haven’t seen the moon IRL. And today at 3. It was a super Sunday. All closed. City of Ghosts. Empty streets. This was used by super sports owners. There was 1 car per minute. And every other supercar.

As I say Super Sunday. 38 states. Best day of the week by a huge margin. And 4 more weekly premieres. GBZ, IRL, BY and FIN.                                                                                        (That last picture is because a volcano probably erupted on the horizon and a new island grew. At least that’s what the clouds did).


Who do you support Leclerc. Type Leclerc apm monaco on youtube.

Yes, that’s the bend that enchanted me too. It has one sad legacy. Princess Grace.


Woche mit Schlusssprint 50 (+3). Einziges was fehlte war BIH.

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