What's a Ferrari Fan? I thought you'd never ask! I've given this some thought over the past week.
It is someone who saves her pennies - and her husband's - for a year so that they may sit on hot, graffiti- covered trains from Nice to Monaco for three consecutive days in late May and.........
(a) waits for hours in 40' heat in a tunnel for Felipe to put in an appearance on his moped. He arrives and Ferrari Fan takes photo of him - looking very fed-up (him, not Ferrari fan, she was smiling brightly).
(b) waits for 45 mins. for Fernando to appear for a press conference outside Ferrari motorhome. So excited when he appears that FF forgets to switch on camera so neither sees him nor gets photo. Ferrari Fan cries.
(c) Ferrari Fan , dehydrating in sun , clings to wire netting for the 2 1/2 hours of the race at top of Rascasse as FA hurtles past every 70 secs. or so about 2" from back of SV's car a mere few metres away.
(d) Ferrari Fan, with husband, after race, leaps out from behind foliage placed behind yet more wire netting separating paddock from hoi-poloi, clapping and yoo-hooing. Stefano looks startled, and then, seeing we're unarmed, smiles and waves. FFs feel satisfied.
(e) FF forces her way to front of railings outside media centre to catch podium drivers on way to interviews. Shout "Well done , Jenson!" as he passes looking happy and waving. A man in red passes, smilng modestly at floor. Realise it's Fernando and she (husband has pushed off for a drink) and the man next to her - who I like to believe was someone from this site - yell "Oooh Fernando, Fernando" and hope he interprets this as praise.
FF so excited she didn't even see Vettel.
Was it all worthwhile? Every moment. But I have developed a lasting distaste for wire netting.

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