F1 News
- May 25, 2008
Lewis conquers Monaco
Lewis Hamilton and McLaren have taken the race win in Monaco on a rain drenched day.
Lewis managed to get the jump on Kimi at the race start, taking corner one behind Massa.
He then managed to bump his rear wheel against a barrier, and had to pit for replacement, where the McLaren team switched him to a one stop race. This turned out to be the winning move for Lewis, who then proceeded to get up to speed, and was the fastest of the front runners, which ultimately gave him the race.
BMW-Sauber took second spot with Robert Kubica running a solid race, and Ferrari took the last podium spot with Felipe getting his strategy all wrong, and was caught on a drying track, with wet tyres.
Drive of the day must go to Adrian Sutil though, as he drove a fabulous race all afternoon, setting fastest times in difficult circumstances, right up until Kimi Räikkönen smashed the back of his Force India into submission on the breaking into the chicane after coming out of the tunnel.
A full race runthrough coming up, but until then, here’s the results.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 76 | 2:00:42.742 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 76 | +3.0 secs | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 76 | +4.8 secs | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 76 | +19.2 secs | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 76 | +24.6 secs | 19 | 4 |
| 6 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 76 | +28.4 secs | 14 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 76 | +30.1 secs | 13 | 2 |
| 8 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 76 | +33.1 secs | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 76 | +33.7 secs | 2 | |
| 10 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 75 | +1 Lap | 7 | |
| 11 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 75 | +1 Lap | 11 | |
| 12 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 75 | +1 Lap | 10 | |
| 13 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 75 | +1 Lap | 8 | |
| 14 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 72 | +4 Laps | 12 | |
| Ret | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 67 | Accident damage | 18 | |
| Ret | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 59 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 47 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 36 | Gearbox | 20 | |
| Ret | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 7 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 7 | Accident | 16 |
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