Mark Webber wins the Monaco GP

Starting from pole for the Monaco Grand Prix, Mark Webber won for the second time in his career on the Rock and offered the third success in a row for Red Bull on the Rock. If his teammate Sebastian Vettel had a very good race starting from ninth place on soft tyres, the previous winner of the Monegasque event did not manage to create enough of a lead to emerge in the lead at the end of his first stint and must settle for fourth place behind Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Ferrari). The driver of the W03 will have followed the victorious RB8 throughout the race without managing to overtake him, just like the driver of the Team who took advantage of Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) by extending his first stint.

The Briton completes the top five ahead of Felipe Massa (Ferrari) who achieves his best result of the season. The Brazilian was constantly on pace with the other leaders as he completed the finishing line just six seconds behind the winner. Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg made a nice group shot for Force India by taking seventh and eighth places. Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus) only took ninth position after banking on the arrival of rain which threatened the race for a long time. Bruno Senna (Williams) completes the top ten at the finish in front Sergio Perez (Sauber) started from the last row of the grid.

Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) failed in 12th place after banking on a downpour at the end of the race, returning to the pits a few laps from the finish to fit the intermediate tires while he was in seventh place. Heikki Kovalainen signs a satisfactory 13th place for Caterham. There were many retirements in this legendary race with Jenson Button (McLaren), Charles Pic (Marussia) and even Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) among the victims while the seven-time world champion occupied seventh place. The German retired following a shock absorber problem certainly resulting from contact with Romain Grosjean (Lotus) at the start of the race. The Frenchman fell back onto the W03 and abandoned before even passing the Sainte-Dévote bend.

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