In due course, the sixth round's qualifying event took place under the bright afternoon sun on the famous street circuit, Circuit de l'Étoile. Although the sky was a bit dull, there was still a radical difference from the main race set to run under the floodlit magic of the night.
In daylight, La Condamine's natural character, without the floodlights and all that shimmer, stood bare for all foreigners and tourists to see.
The circuit's punctilious placement between the two cities of Monaco provided an amphitheater-like appearance from above, even though the track barely had grandstands of its own. The well-known marina there was a beauty to behold, lined with palm trees and promenades that also traced the edges of the track's structure.
The scent of salt, the scent of sea, the caws of seagulls, the bobble of the yachts. The barriers and grandstands might belong to Formula 1, but the backdrop was something else entirely.
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