Our long time readers have been able to follow the thrill, suspense and excitement that was this season’s Grand Prix. Who would have thought that a young Brit would become the youngest title winner ever and take home the 2008 Championship.

To show you what has evolved over the year since April, we have listed all Grand Prix posts for you. Now you can conveniently browse all the listings and see what’s been happening in the regions in terms of real estate.

• Property Grand Prix Australia/Malaysia
• Property Grand Prix Bahrain
• Property Grand Prix Spain
• Property Grand Prix Istanbul
• Property Grand Prix Monaco
• Property Grand Prix Montreal
• Property Grand Prix France
• Property Grand Prix Britain
• Property Grand Prix Germany
• Property Grand Prix Hungary
• Property Grand Prix Belgium/Italy
• Property Grand Prix Singapore
• Property Grand Prix Japan
• Property Grand Prix Shanghai
• Property Grand Prix Brazil

We hope you enjoyed our reports from the action by the pit lane and shared the excitement of the spectacular showdown of the last race in particular.

Monaco proved to be another thriller of a Formula # 1 race this year with plenty of action and unexpected twists and turns. The team with the best judgment calls won fair and square this year with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen suffering a wheel location problem before the start which resulted in a drive through penalty during the race followed by a loss of control in the tunnel which took his nose off. This cost him dearly as he lost his championship lead to Brit Lewis Hamilton who now leads by 3 points over Raikkonen.

Hamilton won Monaco thanks to the decision by the team to make it a one stop race which proved the right thing to do.

1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
2. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)
3. Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

Ferrari still leads the McLaren-Mercedes team by 16 points at this stage but tables can quickly turn and maybe the lucky streak has run dry now for the red team. Time will tell when Canada heats up on the 8^th of June next month.

Mingle with high society

While spectators reveled in the changing weather, property investors were no doubt checking out the goodies Monaco has to offer on the real estate side of things.

Just to give you a rough idea on Europe’s prices for square meters, check out the table below. Monaco is clearly the leading city by far with Carre D’Or” (Square of Gold) around the Place Du Casino in Monte-Carlo being the most prestigious of all.

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