Lewis Hamilton thrills to F1s scary but cool Monaco Grand Prix
Mercedes driver finds fear factor at Monte Carlo exhilarating In reality, the FIA would not allow such a race in modern times
In Monaco, Lewis Hamilton, who last week was judged to be Britains wealthiest sportsman with a fortune of £68m, is not conspicuously loaded.
In this rich mans favela, where ugly and randomly constructed buildings huddle on a hill, billionaires are more common than they would like to be. Hamilton though is the luckiest man in Monte Carlo, or so he sounded when he spoke before Sundays Monaco Grand Prix. Wherever we are in the world he will say this is one of my favourite tracks. Here, though, he really means it, and not just because Monaco is his home.
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