Flavio keeps the great unwashed at a safe distance © Sutton Images
Flavio Briatore addressed the media, proudly strolled the paddock and grid and appeared for the popular British motoring show Top Gear at last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
But also in the Principality, another former member of the F1 circus was making a much lower profile visit. Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion and now rally and NASCAR driver, rushed from a Nationwide race in the US late on Saturday to be harbourside in his yacht in time for Sunday's Monaco grand prix.
In his entourage were 'The Dudesons', a ramshackle group of friends known on Finnish television for their highly popular and extreme Jackass-style show. Raikkonen, 31, was seen with the group as they relaxed in his yacht's open spa, and they also ventured to Briatore's 'Billionaire' nightclub - but were refused entry.
The bouncers, apparently, failed to recognise the winner of 18 grands prix, and - enjoying his anonymity - Raikkonen failed to rebuke them and the party moved elsewhere.
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GOOD FOR KIMI, I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING..... RIGHT ON !!! ICEMAN...