The advertisement for Martini stood right in the drivers' line of sight as they accelerated out of the Loews hairpin and turned right.

Race winner Jenson Button admitted to Bild newspaper: "Every time you passed her, it was as though she was looking right at you."

The model, 29-year-old Jessiqa Pace, was in Monaco, laughing at the story but admitting she would have felt "terrible if someone got hurt".

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Red Bull's German driver Sebastian Vettel has bought a farm in Switzerland, complete with barn and pond.  It is located in a secluded valley in the canton of Thurgau, an hour's drive from Zurich.

Currently living in a Swiss apartment, the 21-year-old only plans to move house after the last race of the season in November.