Lotus at Monaco: behind the scenes

Back at the start of the F1 season, TopGear helped Lotus build its F1 car. Alright, so we made a weeny bit of carbon fibre and polished a few nuts, but we were inside the factory on the first day of the car build, before anyone had even seen the green and yellow machine in public. And because it's our car (sort of), we're following its progress each month in TopGear magazine. Our mole sneaks around with the team, taking pics of life behind the scenes in F1.

You can see the full story and exclusive pics in TopGear mag every month, but as a special treat, here's what we bagged from the Monaco Grand Prix. Check back after every race for more...