george lucas at the monaco grand prix

during his stay at cannes, racing fan george lucas was present at the monaco grand prix as a guest of the red bull racing team, with whom lucasfilm have a sponsorship deal. the cars were painted in red bull and revenge of the sith colours and, while not making a podium finish, certainly drew attention to the film, with stormtroopers and vaders everywhere.

lucas, chewie, 3-po, artoo, vader and some stormtroopers meet red bull driver david coulthard and members of the crew

the pit crew make themselves busy working on a red bull car during a pit stop. not a single pit droid could be found...

real madrid and brazil superstar roberto carlos meets george lucas

driver	team	no of laps completed	time taken/retired on lap	start posn.	finish posn.	points
Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	78	1hr 45min 15.556sec	1	1	10
Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	78	+13.877 secs	6	2	8
Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	78	+18.484 secs	3	3	6
Fernando Alonso	Renault	78	+36.487 secs	2	4	5
Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	78	+36.647 secs	16	5	4
Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	78	+37.177 secs	18	6	3
Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	78	+37.223 secs	8	7	2
Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	78	+37.570 secs	10	8	1
Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	77	+1 Lap	11	9	0
Jarno Trulli	Toyota	77	+1 Lap	5	10	0
Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber Petronas	77	+1 Lap	9	11	0
Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	77	+1 Lap	4	12	0
Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	75	+3 Laps	15	13	0
Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	73	+5 Laps	14	14	0
Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	59	accident	12	ret	-
Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	29	accident	13	ret	-
David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	23	accident	7	ret	-
Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	18	hydraulics	17	ret	-