Free practice for the F Series, at the end of the afternoon, allowed the British drivers to shine with a thousand lights: seven drivers of his Gracious Majesty in the Top 7, followed by Monaco’s Fred Lajoux, at the wheel of his black and gold Arrows, the one and only non-Brit in the Top 10.

Michael Lyons, in a blue Hesketh 308 carrying the colors of Penthouse magazine, was the fastest, in 1:31.265, while completing only 11 laps, ahead of the Tyrrell (ex-Alboreto) of Michael Cantillon, followed by Miles Griffiths, in a yellow 1977 Fittipaldi, and David Shaw in a 1979 Williams FW06, the year before Alan Jones won the world title. As for Nicolas Matile, the Monegasque florist, he took a very honorable 13th place on Friday the 13th of this 13th edition…