Sebastian Vettel lapped the unforgiving Monaco Grand Prix street circuit with tears in his eyes during Thursday's second practice after something irritated his vision.
The four-time Formula 1 world champion was later jokingly presented with a makeshift eye patch by his Aston Martin teammates.
"I had the first run and something got into my eye, and then it got worse on the second run," the German told reporters.
"So the team was quite nice and they made me this," he said, showing off the patch. "So I probably think I´ll keep that and it will keep me safe for the rest of the weekend."
During FP2 on Thursday, Vettel had said over the radio that it felt like his eye was bleeding and that either he was "super-emotional" or something else was going on.
"It was just tears and tears and I was blinking the whole lap. Not ideal on a track like this," added the two-times Monaco Grand Prix winner.
Reporting on his two sessions on day one, Vettel said in the team report: "I think everybody is happy to be back here at this special track and it is great to see fans in the grandstands, even though the numbers are still limited.
"As usual, it is very close in the midfield, which means getting everything perfect on Saturday afternoon, and being lucky with the traffic, is what matters.
"I feel happy with the work we did today and if we can get everything together over the weekend, we can hopefully be near the front of the midfield group."
Vettel was eighth in the first session and 10th in the second. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin)
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