Rain curtailed any hope of seeing this year's field use Pirelli's new super-soft tyre and go for a fast laptime around the streets of the Principality, so the most interesting aspect of the opening free practice sessions for this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix was the performance of a certain 17-year-old driver who many outsiders argue is too young to even be in Formula 1.
If any more proof were needed that Max Verstappen belongs at this level he produced some more of it in practice one in Monaco.
The Dutchman was the only driver in the field who had no prior experience of this unique circuit (in any category), yet he lapped his Toro Rosso second fastest in his first outing here, slower only than the Mercedes of reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton.