F1 News
- May 24, 2009
Monaco for Button
Jenson Button and Brawn GP have taken another victory, the 5th of the season for Jenson.
Jenson who has a poor result record drove a great controlled race to take the win, with his team mate Rubens coming in second.
The Ferrari’s showed they have certainly taken a step towards the front of the grid, to take 3rd and 4th places with Kimi and Felipe.
The race was over as it commonly is at Monaco at the start when Kimi got a poor launch off the line and entered Sand Devot in third place. From there on in it was up to Jenson and Rubens to loose, and they controlled the poor super soft tyres well on their first stint. After that the Ferrari’s struggled to keep the pace of the Brawn GP cars.
There were a few bumps and bashes along the way, but the front runners stayed out of trouble.
Full race report shortly.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 78 | 1:40:44.282 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 78 | +7.6 secs | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 78 | +13.4 secs | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 78 | +15.1 secs | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 78 | +15.7 secs | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 78 | +33.5 secs | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 78 | +37.8 secs | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 78 | +63.1 secs | 14 | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 78 | +65.0 secs | 13 | |
| 10 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 77 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 11 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 77 | +1 Lap | 16 | |
| 12 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 77 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 13 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 77 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 14 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 77 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
| 15 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 76 | +2 Laps | 10 | |
| Ret | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 51 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 28 | +50 Laps | 17 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 15 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 10 | Accident damage | 12 | |
| Ret | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 10 | Accident | 11 |
