"Bonjour, Laurent."
Heading down for breakfast, the doors of the lift opposite the one I was in opened at the same time as I was stepping out. And so Ferrari race director and future AlphaTauri team principal Laurent Mekies had the pleasure/chore (I daren't assume) of strolling through the hotel lobby with me at his shoulder.
My hotel appears to be a popular one with a few of the teams. Plenty of Ferrari and Haas staff have been milling around as well as a few wearing Aston Martin green. Not many of the drivers need hotel rooms this week, of course – most of them live in Monaco, or at least have some form of accommodation here.
