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 -

Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher - 1:15.842