We watched the Monaco GP last weekend not on ITV as we normally do but on TF1 instead, from a delightful cottage in Normandy. It wasn’t just the surroundings that were delightful though; many a time during the race I could close my eyes and just listen to the wonderful lack of James Allen and the Lewis Hamilton show. Although even TF1 interviewed his father.

Ah yes, bliss indeed. Mind you, the race itself was pretty dull and to be honest by the mid-point the lure of a good bottle of wine and a barbecue proved too much…