
At the top of the three-storey Williams is a rooftop terrace that overlooks the paddock. This is where team guests and VIPs mingle with a cocktail and gossip about the latest goings-on in the soap opera world of Formula 1.
Monza is the motorhome's last destination this year, before it reappears in the Barcelona paddock next May. On this sun-blessed Italian afternoon, a handful of guests are lolling in one corner. In another is the team's celebrated chef, Michael Caines, tapping busily away at a laptop.
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