Rain in Monaco!

(GMM) It started to rain at Monaco just a few minutes before the start of the final pre-qualifying session on Saturday morning.

The treacherous street circuit was declared wet by the stewards, and treaded tires were fitted to the cars. David Coulthard was an early casualty, skidding albeit harmlessly through the harbor chicane after locking the brakes.

Mere installation laps dominated the opening stages of the hour-long session, and only the Ferraris had not completed a tour with fifty minutes to go.

In fact, an unhurried Kimi Raikkonen was still making his way to the pits as the lights turned green.