Championship leader Jenson Button pulls out of the pits in Monaco as he searches for a fifth win of a champagne-soaked season in Monte Carlo as the Principality stages its 67th Grand Prix
A rare smile from Lewis Hamilton in Monaco - the McLaren man has had to make do with a sub-standard car this season but he won here last year and looks good in Thursday's first practice session
Lewis Hamilton shows some real determination to fight his way round in the third fastest time of Thursday's morning session
Rubens Barrichello tops the time sheets in Monte Carlo in the first practice session. The Brawn-driving Brazilian has never won in Monaco, could that change this weekend?
Felipe Massa is second quickest in his Ferrari in first practice. The Brazilian started the Monaco Grand Prix on pole last season but finished the race in third position
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen is fifth-fastest in the first session and the Finn is eighth quickest in the afternoon as Ferrari look for their first Monaco win since Michael Schumacher's triumph in 2001
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel suffers an early end to his first practice session after an engine problem, but he returns in the afternoon to set the sixth fastest lap time
Jenson Button resists the temptation to pop into the Monte Carlo shops as he posts the eighth quickest time of Thursday's first practice session
It will take more than retail therapy to put a smile on Robert Kubica's face, the BMW star was miserable enough after finishing 16th in first practice - a spectacular engine failure in session two will not have cheered him up
Williams' practice specialist Nico Rosberg picks up the pace towards the end of the second session and tops the practice time sheets for the ninth time this season
Rosberg may have been quickest but Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton were the real stars of the show as they squeezed every last drop of performance out of their cars
Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton was second quickest in the afternoon session after an impressive display of courage and aggression on the Monte Carlo streets
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