Usain Bolt, 100 and 200m Olympic Champion at Beijing 2008, fulfilled his dream driving a F430 Spider at Monte Carlo, on a section of the Formula One city circuit. Bolt is at Monaco for the World Athletics Gala, promoted by the IAAF, the International Association of Athletics Federations, where he received the "Athlete of the Year" award.

During the celebrations of the World Athletics Gala hosted by International Athletic Foundation (IAF) Honorary President HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and IAF & IAAF President Lamine Diack in the Salle des Etoiles of the Sporting Club d’Eté Monte Carlo, 22-year-old Jamaican Usain Bolt was crowned Male and World Athlete of the Year 2008.

22-year-old Usain Bolt won three gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games and set three World records in the process to become the first man since Don Quarrie to hold the 100m and 200m World records simultaneously.

Usain Bolt’s credentials: has won 3 Olympic gold medals in Beijing at 100, 200 & 4x100m; has set three World records in Beijing at 100, 200 & 4x100m; has set two World records at 100m in the space of 4 months; has run a record 7 times at or under 9.85 at 100m this season; and has run a record 5 times under 19.85 at 200m this season.

Bolt, who captivated the attention of the sporting world with his Olympic 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold medals, each with a world record performance, commented: “I have a motto that anything is possible. But this really is such an honour. Just to be included with every great name in the sport is wonderful. I’ll try to do it year after year."

The prestigious annual World Athletics Gala was shown live via a worldwide television broadcast. For 2008, the World Athletics Gala was taken-up by seventeen broadcasters including Pan-Africa: CFI, Pan-Europe: Eurosport, and the Middle East: Al Jazeera, reaching over 100 countries and territories across the world.

As well as the end of season awards, video highlights of the best action from the athletics year including the Beijing Olympic Games and all 2008 IAAF championships, interviews with star athletes, and sparkling musical entertainment from singer Lalah Hathaway and the Jamaican band the ‘Fabulous Five’, will made this an Athletics night to remember.

Entertaining the large audience of over 600 guests, which included dozens of Olympic and World champions and record holders, who were present on the night in the Salle des Etoiles, were two musical acts that were truly 'gold medal' performers in their own field.

Soul singer Donny Hathaway's daughter Lalah cut her debut album in 1990, a recording which was highly acclaimed, and in her four albums since then, firstly for Virgin and then Stax records, her rich voice has earned her a reputation for versatility, as she has trod paths of neo-soul, acid jazz, R'nB, and even gospel. The ‘Fab 5’, formed in 1970, are Jamaica's pre-eminent popular band, whether measured by record sales at home, hits on the charts, frequency of engagements or major awards won over the decades. In their early years, their musicality and showmanship made them the rage on the dance and show circuits, and 19 albums later they are still on the very top of their musical game with a greatest hits album recently released.