It's sometimes known as the world's most expensive floating car park, but for one weekend in May the picturesque Monte Carlo harbour provides the backdrop for Formula 1's most famous and glamorous fixture
Defending world champion Jenson Button is among the first out of the Monaco blocks as the teams seek to get to grips with the famous and notoriously narrow streets of F1's slowest circuit
Red Bull's Mark Webber dominated Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, and blew away the paddock with his pace, here he tackles the slightly different challenge of the 40mph Loews Hairpin
Michael Schumacher cruises past the Hotel de Paris, the German was fourth in Spain and will be hoping that, with a good qualifying performance, he might be able to make the Monaco podium
Ferrari's Felipe Massa works his way around the 3.340km Monaco circuit, the Brazilian led the way early on in first practice and will be aiming to challenge for that all-important pole position on Saturday
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton loves the challenge of the tight streets of Monaco, the 2008 world champion seems to relish the minimal margin for error, he will be hoping for his first race win of the season on Sunday
It must be a hard life being a Formula 1 photographer, but shots like this one surely make up for it. Adrian Sutil burns up the Monaco track as the sunshine dances off the Mediterranean
Legions of Formula 1 fans look on as Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and Ferrari's Felipe Massa zoom past
BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi endears himself to his engineers by hitting the raised kerbs and smashing into the barriers as he comes flying out of the Swimming Pool section, the Japanese driver has struggled in 2010 so far
McLaren's English duo Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton wander back to the paddock after Friday's first practice
After setting the pace in the first practice session, Fernando Alonso was quickly back in the groove and clocking fast lap times during second practice
This fan is particularly pleased to see Michael Schumacher racing once again at Monaco, where the Mercedes driver has won five times
Schumacher gave encouragement to his fans with a fifth fastest time of 1:15:143secs in second practice
Renault F1's Robert Kubica caught the eye in second practice with some committed driving to set the seventh fastest time of the session
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg is enjoying an impressive season and again demonstrated his speed with a best second-session lap time of 1:15:013, just 0.109secs slower than Alonso
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