FOR ALL ITS VITALITY AND RAZZAMATAZZ, Monaco can seem a solitary and hostile place. Particularly at around 8.30am on the first day of practice in 1983. As prequalifying got under way, I joined a handful of spectators by the wall overlooking Tabac. I was a motor sport reporter for a British newspaper and I needed to check the progress of Derek Warwick as he hefted the Toleman-Hart around the streets in an attempt to earn a place among the 26 cars allowed into official practice.