Monaco GP: Lewis wins action-packed race

john the tinca

Lewis Hamilton fought back from an early barrier-bender and a puncture to win an incident-filled Monaco Grand Prix.

A wet start to the race meant the treacherous street circuit become an obstacle course that few nosecones survived. It was the theme of the day as drivers tapped one another or shunted with the barriers, limping back to their pits for quick repairs before heading out again.

Surprisingly, though, only six drivers failed to finish the incident-packed race. However, only one, Hamilton, actually benefited from his minor crash.

It allowed the Brit to pit early for fuel and tyres, putting him in contention for the victory while the early leader and pole position man Felipe Massa took the conservative approach which cost him any chance of winning. In fact it even cost him second place which Robert Kubica took off him in the second round of pit stops.

Mark Webber eventually finished fourth after a late Safety Car restart saw the field bunch up and Kimi Raikkonen take out Adrian Sutil. They had been on course to finish fourth and fifth with the Force India driver showing Raikkonen how it's done in Monte Carlo.

Sebastian Vettel bagged his first points of the season, finishing ahead of Rubens Barrichello, Kazuki Nakajima and Heikki Kovalainen.

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john the tinca · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:

Results

01 L. Hamilton McLaren 2:00:42.742
02 R. Kubica BMW + 3.064
03 F. Massa Ferrari + 4.811
04 M. Webber Red Bull + 19.295
05 S. Vettel Toro Rosso + 24.657
06 R. Barrichello Honda + 28.408
07 K. Nakajima Williams + 30.180
08 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 33.191
09 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 33.792
10 F. Alonso Renault + 1 laps
11 J. Button Honda + 1 laps
12 T. Glock Toyota + 1 laps
13 J. Trulli Toyota + 1 laps
14 N. Heidfeld BMW + 4 laps
Did not finish
15 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 7 laps
16 N. Rosberg Williams + 17 laps
17 N. Piquet jr. Renault + 31 laps
18 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 40 laps
19 D. Coulthard Red Bull + 70 laps
20 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso + 70 laps
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john the tinca · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject:

Drivers - 2008
Pos Driver Pts

1 Lewis Hamilton 38
2 Kimi Raikkonen 35
3 Felipe Massa 34
4 Robert Kubica 32
5 Nick Heidfeld 20
6 Mark Webber 15
6= Heikki Kovalainen 15
8 Fernando Alonso 9
8= Jarno Trulli 9
10 Nico Rosberg 8
11 Kazuki Nakajima 7
12 Sebastian Vettel 4
13 Jenson Button 3
13= Rubens Barrichello 3
15 Sebastien Bourdais 2
16 David Coulthard 0
16= Anthony Davidson 0
16= Nelson Piquet Jr 0
16= Adrian Sutil 0
16= Timo Glock 0
16= Takuma Sato 0
16= Giancarlo Fisichella 0
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Martin. · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject:

Well done to Lewis on his win & for top spot in the drivers list
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Talk fishing F*ck F**tb*ll
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john the tinca · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject:

I think it will be his year for Champion Driver.
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