The people who are always calling for Monaco to be removed from the F1 calendar, who say it is boring and processional, are a bit quiet this week, after the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend turned out to be one of the best races of the season so far (I still think Turkey was better).

Obviously the rain helped a lot to make the race interesting but there were other elements too. The tyre anf fuel choices teams made, and their strategies in general made the outcome difficult to predict, and having stars like Alonso in midfield and Kovy at the back meant there was good racing.

Frustrations were evident, especially with Alonso who was obviously quicker but ended up making a rash move at the Casino hairpin that was just never going to work. Raikkonen also had a bad day, culminating in taking Sutil out of the race after an impressive attempt at getting his car back under control. Sutil was obviously devastated, so it was good of him not to rip into Kimi after the race.

It was a great race for Lewis and a thoroughly deserved win. I expect that trophy will take pride of place in his trophy room.

As for Max Mosely, well he didn’t show his face much and didn’t talk to anybody. Since the weekend a letter has been sent to the FIA calling for his resignation which has been signed by representatives from:

America, Singapore, Germany, Finland, Canada , Brazil, Denmark, France, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, Israel, Austria, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland.

Italy isn’t on the list, which doesn’t surprise me at all. I’m a little suprised that the UK is missing though.