As it happened: Monaco 2013 - The race

• 12:17

  Hello there! It's time for a little bit of Factbyte Factboxing for the brilliant Monaco Grand Prix!

• 12:19

  It's been a dramatic weekend so far, and it looks like it is getting even more so ahead of the race. Red Bull have put in a protest about Mercedes, who did some Pirelli tyre testing in Barcelona.

• 12:21

  It's a developing situation, but Mercedes say they did check with the FIA beforehand. So, we'll see.

• 12:21

  Meanwhile, there's a race coming up and we need to concentrate on that!

• 12:22

  Mercedes put on a storming performance in qualifying again, locking out the front row with Nico Rosberg on pole position.

• 12:23

  You can relive the qualifying action with yesterday's FBFB here: https://sidepodcast.com/post/monaco-2013-qualifying-highlights or settle for a sixty second roundup here: https://sidepodcast.com/news/mercedes-lock-out-monaco-front-row-rosberg-pole

• 12:24

  Pole and qualifying position is important in Monaco, but it's a chaotic race and anything can happen. This year there's one DRS zone down the home straight, but how useful it will be remains to be seen.

• 12:25

  Pirelli have brought the soft and supersoft compounds this weekend. Yesterday, qualifying was damp and so the intermediate tyres were in use. Today looks dry, so they'll have more tyres to play with as the race unfolds.

• 12:28

  Tweet from @OfficialSF1Team: most difficult race in terms of strategy. the big question mark is when will the SC be on track. out of the last 10 races we had it 8 times.

• 12:33

  Circuit Data

  Circuit de Monaco
  Local timezone	+02:00 GMT
  First race	1950
  Number of laps	78
  Circuit length	3.340km
  Race distance	260.520km
  Start offset	0.000km

• 12:35

  Last year's race was won by Mark Webber, with a fastest lap set by Sergio Pérez - 1:17.296.

• 12:39

  2013 Race Wins

  Pos	Driver	Total
  1	Sebastian Vettel	2
  2	Fernando Alonso	2
  3	Kimi Räikkönen	1

• 12:40

  Martin Brundle is attempting to do his gridwalk but there is an abundance of people out on track, he's not making much progress.

• 12:43

  Interview with Sebastian Vettel, who is not looking too comfortable on the busy grid right now: "It's too many people in the same place, but it's Monaco. Fortunately when we get back in the car and the lights go, there's no one else around. Right now you couldn't tell if you were P1 or last.

  "The Mercedes are ahead of us, they have strong pace. It will be a long race, important to make calls on strategy, get past somehow. We'll see what happens."

• 12:47

  Prince Albert takes out his earplugs for the national anthem, and it plays out over the bustling grid.

• 12:50

  Interview with Giedo van der Garde after a strong qualifying and 15th grid slot: "Quite relaxed, I'm ready to rock and roll. I've had good results here in the past with GP2 and World Series, I quite like it. I think everybody is very positive and happy in the team, including me. It was a good day for us."

• 12:51

  

  Adrian Sutil lines up eighth on the grid, via @clubforce.

• 12:52

  Grid Position

  1	N Rosberg	Mercedes
  2	L Hamilton	Mercedes
  3	S Vettel	Red Bull
  4	M Webber	Red Bull
  5	K Räikkönen	Lotus
  6	F Alonso	Ferrari
  7	S Pérez	McLaren
  8	A Sutil	Force India
  9	J Button	McLaren
  10	JE Vergne	Toro Rosso

• 12:53

  Tweet from @virtualstatman: Vettel's 3rd on the grid is vital. He's never won from outside the top-3, and nobody has won Monaco from outside the top-3 since 1996

• 12:53

  

  The Lotus pair get a rather impressive bodyguard lineup, via @Lotus_F1Team.

• 12:56

  Just five minutes to go now, settle down, buckle up, it's all about to kick off!

• 12:57

  The drivers are in their cars, and the grid is starting to clear of unnecessary people. The not-very-calm before the storm.

• 12:59

  Things to watch out for - Vergne starting inside the top ten for the first time, Massa coming up through the field from the back of the grid, and of course, the Mercedes defensive driving skills on show.

• 13:00

  The top 11 are starting on the supersoft tyres. Ricciardo on the softs back in 12th, as well as Grosjean, Gutiérrez and Massa. The rest are on the red sidewalls.

• 13:00

  The formation lap begins, Rosberg leading the pack away, with a slower Hamilton holding up the Red Bulls behind him.

• 13:02

  The polls are closed, and it's a tie for the win, with Nico Rosberg and Kimi Räikkönen predicted to be the victors. 67% say Rosberg will be favoured by Mercedes if necessary. And half of the voters believe Giedo van der Garde will end up nowhere significant. Full results: https://sidepodcast.com/post/predict-the-race-monaco-2013

• 13:02

  Jules Bianchi didn't move off the grid, the mechanics have dashed back to retrieve the Marussia and push him out of the way.

• 13:03

  The front runners are stopped on the grid, the backmarkers line up, and all eyes are on the lights.

• 13:03

  Race started.

• 13:04 Lap 1

  A reasonably clean first corner, two Mercedes drivers ahead, with Vettel looking closely at the back of Hamilton.

• 13:04 Lap 1

  Yellow flags.

• 13:05 Lap 1

  Contact going into Mirabeau between a Caterham and Williams.

• 13:05 Lap 1

  One of the McLaren drivers misses the apex of that tricky chicane, as the two teammates wrestle to avoid each other.

• 13:05 Lap 1

  Rosberg is nipping out a good lead, as Webber is dropping back.

• 13:05 Lap 2

  Pastor Maldonado has come into the pits with a broken front wing.

• 13:05 Lap 2

  Track is clear.

• 13:06 Lap 2

  Giedo van der Garde is also into the pitlane, and replays show it was Van der Garde and Maldonado coming together at the hairpin.

• 13:06 Lap 3

  Vettel is super close to Hamilton as the Brit desperately tries to keep the Red Bull behind him.

• 13:07 Lap 3

  DRS enabled.

• 13:07 Lap 3

  Yellow flags for some debris on track.

• 13:08 Lap 4

  So for a quick recap, Rosberg is leading comfortably. Vettel is still hustling Hamilton for second place. Webber and Räikkönen hold station.

• 13:09 Lap 4

  Team radio from Jenson Button: "He's got to stop turning in on me guys. I know we're teammates but he cut the chicane."

• 13:09 Lap 4

  Button is tucked up behind Pérez in eighth place.

• 13:09 Lap 5

  Further down the order, Massa has made it up to 18th place, whilst Jules Bianchi managed to get going after his formation lap woes, and is ahead of the two pitters of Maldonado and Van der Garde.

• 13:10 Lap 5

  Maldonado and Van der Garde are putting in some really quick laps, as they are in clear air. The rest are in the traditional Monaco train.

• 13:11 Lap 5

  Radio to Max Chilton asks for a quicker lap time, and then subsequent radio to Bianchi informs him if his teammate doesn't speed up, they'll "do something about it."

• 13:12 Lap 6

  Tweet from @clubforce: Positions stabilising after the very busy opening phases. Debris that was on track has been cleared, Adrian closing in on BUT #FeelTheForce

• 13:14 Lap 8

  We have twenty cars that are only twenty seconds apart, as the field stays bunched up through these early laps.

• 13:15 Lap 9

  Charles Pic has dropped to last place, and now he's pulled off track, the car is on fire!

• 13:16 Lap 9

  Yellow flags as thick black smoke plumes from the green car. Pic made a very hasty exit from the cockpit!

• 13:16 Lap 9

  The fire extinguisher white stuff is wafting across the track now. That'll help visibility.

• 13:17 Lap 10

  Paul di Resta has come into the pit lane, perhaps anticipating a safety car.

• 13:18 Lap 11

  A barrage of orange-suited marshals are pushing the car out of the way, they are super-brave, super-efficient. Just super.

• 13:18 Lap 11

  Track is clear.

• 13:18 Lap 11

  Button has got ahead of his teammate, he'll be a lot happier now in seventh, with Pérez eighth.

• 13:20 Lap 12

  Massa is up to 16th now, but he's not making major progress as yet. Radio from the pit wall suggests they'll have to go longer than their original pit stop plan.

• 13:21 Lap 13

  Tweet from @f1pitradio: "OK, Checo, FIA have told us to give the place back to Jenson, do it by turn 12, the field is still bunched up, still sticking to Plan A"

• 13:22 Lap 14

  Not much to see from the gapper yet.

  Gap Analysis

  Pos	Driver	Gap
  1st	ROS	1:22.132
  2nd	HAM	+1.594
  3rd	VET	+3.980
  4th	WEB	+5.658
  5th	RAI	+6.484

• 13:25 Lap 16

  Team radio to Rosberg: "Your pace management is very good, we're happy with the gaps we're creating."

• 13:26 Lap 17

  A couple of official messages suggest Van der Garde is constantly missing the apex of turn 10.

• 13:27 Lap 18

  Tweet from @Marussia_F1Team: Max was 0.7s quicker than Massa that lap and is pushing hard with Jules doing the same right behind him

• 13:30 Lap 20

  Rosberg leads his teammate gracefully around the hairpin, there's a nice gap between the top five and then Alonso in sixth.

• 13:32 Lap 21

  Radio to the race leader suggests he needs to start upping the pace over the next couple of laps.

• 13:34 Lap 23

  Daniel Ricciardo comes into the pitlanes after struggling with the rear tyres, Jules Bianchi follows him in.

• 13:35 Lap 24

  Chilton comes in for his first stop of the day as well.

• 13:36 Lap 24

  Replays show Bianchi and Maldonado colliding at the chicane at the end of the tunnel. A bit of carbon fibre went flying, it looks like it was from the Williams.

• 13:36 Lap 24

  Webber sets the fastest lap of the race so far - 1:19.750.

• 13:37 Lap 25

  The puppet-masters at Mercedes are upping the pace of the race, with both drivers getting messages about how specifically faster they need to go.

• 13:38 Lap 26

  Giedo van der Garde takes his pit stop, and exits just as Mark Webber comes in. It's a smooth stop for the Red Bull team.

• 13:38 Lap 26

  Webber rejoins the action in 11th place, behind Hülkenberg and ahead of Bottas.

• 13:39 Lap 26

  Paul di Resta has snaked his way past Felipe Massa into turn one, going round the outside to pass the Ferrari and take 15th place.

• 13:39 Lap 27

  Räikkönen pits for his first stop of the day, soft tyres going on the Lotus. Button and Massa also pit.

• 13:40 Lap 27

  Supersoft tyres go on the Ferrari, as Massa heads out the pit lane after a slow-ish stop of almost 4 seconds.

• 13:41 Lap 28

  Nico Hülkenberg takes his stop, he comes out in 15th, which means Massa has already dropped back down to 19th.

• 13:42 Lap 29

  Fernando Alonso comes into the pitlane, a 3.1 stop and soft tyres going on the car. He rejoins behind Räikkönen and ahead of Button, just where he was before.

• 13:43 Lap 30

  Yellow flags as a big crash for Felipe Massa!

• 13:44 Lap 30

  There's carbon fibre everywhere, as the marshals move in to retrieve the car. Replays show it was an absolutely identical crash to what happened in practice. He's out of the car okay.

• 13:44 Lap 31

  Pérez, Vettel and Sutil have all pitted.

• 13:45 Lap 31

  The Safety Car has been deployed and it has picked up Vettel.

• 13:46 Lap 31

  Felipe Massa is sitting just off the crash site, the Doctor is there and a neck collar support is going on.

• 13:46 Lap 31

  

  Similar crash to yesterday, Felipe Massa hits the barriers.

• 13:46 Lap 32

  Both Mercedes cars have come into the pit lane, back to back stops with Rosberg in, followed by Hamilton in a super-quick turnaround.

• 13:47 Lap 32

  Confusion reigns as Grosjean is indicated to go past the Safety Car, it has to hang about for ages to pick up race leader Rosberg.

• 13:49 Lap 33

  Hamilton is now sitting in fourth behind two Red Bulls, as they slowed Lewis up to double up on pitstops. That's not worked out too well!

• 13:51 Lap 34

  And so, we have Rosberg, Vettel, Webber and Hamilton. The rest remain in a similar position to before the Safety Car.

• 13:51 Lap 34

  Paul di Resta has moved up to 11th place, whilst Chilton has improved to 16th for now as well.

• 13:53 Lap 35

  The Safety Car nips around the hairpin.

• 13:53 Lap 35

  Lapped cars may now overtake - Giedo van der Garde only.

• 13:54 Lap 35

  We now have to wait for the Caterham to move all the way through the field, past all the other cars, get ahead of the safety car and then zip off around the circuit.

• 13:54 Lap 35

  He's just passed the Safety Car and he's off!

• 13:55 Lap 36

  Jules Bianchi dives into the pit lane for his second stop of the day.

• 13:55 Lap 36

  Giedo van der Garde has also dived into the pit lane, hopefully they're not waiting for him to arrive at the back of the pack, because he'll be a while!

• 13:57 Lap 36

  Team radio to Hamilton: "Can you use higher gears? Just want to cool the cars but keep brake temperatures up."

• 13:59 Lap 38

  Safety Car in this lap.

• 14:00 Lap 38

  Rosberg has backed them up incredibly, and they're off as the Safety Car peels into the pit lane.

• 14:00 Lap 39

  The green flags wave but the positions remain the same at the front. Surprisingly no challenge from Vettel on that one.

• 14:01 Lap 39

  Driver Positions

  Pos		Driver	Stops
  1	0	N Rosberg	1
  2	1	S Vettel	1
  3	1	M Webber	1
  4	-2	L Hamilton	1
  5	0	K Räikkönen	1

• 14:01 Lap 39

  Alonso is closing up to Kimi Räikkönen through the tunnel, they're fighting for fifth place. Meanwhile, Hamilton is up and hustling Webber for third.

• 14:02 Lap 40

  Word on Felipe Massa is that he's off to hospital for checks. He looked okay, but the same crash twice in a row is going to be tough on the neck.

• 14:03 Lap 40

  Kimi locks up into the chicane with Alonso still directly behind him. There's just no way through in the narrow confines of the track.

• 14:03 Lap 40

  Hamilton takes the inside line around Rascasse and they were alongside heading out of the corner, but Webber had the edge and kept the position. Hamilton had to settle behind for another go.

• 14:04 Lap 41

  Great driving from both there to avoid contact.

• 14:04 Lap 41

  DRS enabled.

• 14:05 Lap 42

  Webber is pulling out a gap now, so the focus goes back to Alonso.

• 14:06 Lap 42

  Pérez has passed Button at the end of the tunnel, this time it's a legitimate move for the McLaren teammates!

• 14:06 Lap 43

  Previous to that, Alonso went wide around the hairpin, almost giving Button a chance to sneak in. The McLaren right front tapped the Ferrari's left rear but there was no damage.

• 14:06 Lap 43

  Kimi locks up again, the tyres on that Lotus must be under serious pressure with this ongoing need for defense.

• 14:09 Lap 44

  Pérez was pushing Alonso for position next, and the Ferrari was forced to cut the chicane to avoid contact. Could be a tricky move for the stewards to view.

• 14:10 Lap 45

  Pérez has asked his team to clarify the chicane-cutting incident, and Alonso's radio claims avoiding a collision. Always two sides to every story.

• 14:11 Lap 46

  Race stopped.

• 14:11

  A Marussia made a move on Pastor Maldonado, he moved back across in front of him which dropped the Williams front wing.

• 14:12

  With no downforce, Maldonado couldn't slow his car down and crashed headlong into the barriers, drawing the barriers out onto the circuit, almost closing the entire track.

• 14:12

  Maldonado is out of the car and walking away, there's just chaos across the track with barriers wrapped around the car.

• 14:13

  The cars are slowly making their way to the grid, where they will pause and wait for the potential restart.

• 14:17

  

  The only remaining Williams in the race, via @WilliamsF1Team.

• 14:18

  The trouble with this restart is it will be behind the Safety Car, and drivers will be allowed to change tyres before going again.

• 14:20

  Looks like it was Max Chilton who collided with Maldonado, but we've got Jules Bianchi in the pit lane having had a nose change. Bad five minutes for Marussia.

• 14:23

  Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren were told over the radio by the FIA that Fernando Alonso would give the place back, but Ferrari are arguing their case. If he does have to give it back, there's confusion how that might happen with the restart.

• 14:23

  Tweet from @pirellisport: Work on cars during a red flag period is allowed, including tyre changes. So all our strategy predictions are out of the window... #f1

• 14:27

  Incident involving Maldonado and Chilton under investigation - causing a collision.

• 14:27

  Race will be resumed at 15:35.

• 14:30

  Interview with Claire Williams: "He's okay, he's a bit shaken up but he's alright. He's been checked in the medical centre, he's fine apart from some cuts and bruises.

  "I think Chilton just came over, it took a bit of Pastor's front wing off, which he then launched over... not a nice accident but really pleased that Pastor's okay.

  "It looks pretty mangled so the guys are going to have a tough job on their hands getting ready, but they always will. It's hard work at the moment."

• 14:33

  Interview with Charles Pic: "I think it was a gearbox seizure, I'm not sure if it was coming from the engine or the gearbox. It's a shame because the start was good, running P15 and able to keep the pace of the Force India in front. It was looking good, but it's like that, it's racing."

• 14:34

  Driver Positions

  Pos		Driver	Stops
  1	0	N Rosberg	1
  2	1	S Vettel	1
  3	1	M Webber	1
  4	-2	L Hamilton	1
  5	0	K Räikkönen	1
  6	0	F Alonso	1
  7	0	S Pérez	1
  8	1	J Button	1
  9	-1	A Sutil	1
  10	0	JE Vergne	1
  11	6	P Di Resta	1
  12	-1	N Hülkenberg	1
  13	-1	D Ricciardo	1
  14	-1	R Grosjean	1
  15	-1	V Bottas	1
  16	3	E Gutiérrez	1
  17	5	M Chilton	1
  18	-3	G van der Garde	3
  19	1	J Bianchi	3

• 14:35

  Tyre blankets coming off the cars, the grid clearing and engines roaring.

• 14:36 Lap 47

  The Safety Car leads the pack away, and the race is back on... slowly.

• 14:36 Lap 47

  Team radio to Alonso: "We will give the position back behind the Safety Car."

• 14:37 Lap 48

  Track is clear.

• 14:38 Lap 48

  

  Pastor watches at the back of the garage, via @WilliamsF1Team.

• 14:38 Lap 48

  Rosberg leads the train away again, no major movement on the restart.

• 14:38 Lap 48

  Drive through penalty for Max Chilton - causing a collision.

• 14:39 Lap 49

  Bianchi rejoined the action from the pit exit, as his teammate dives into the pit lane for his drive through.

• 14:39 Lap 49

  Alonso tried to make a move on Sergio Pérez, but it didn't work this time. The Ferrari close to the McLaren's rear wing.

• 14:40 Lap 49

  Through the tunnel they go, and Alonso is fired up to get that position back from the Mexican ahead of him.

• 14:40 Lap 50

  DRS enabled.

• 14:42 Lap 51

  Hamilton is back hunting Webber for third place. He takes a look at Rascasse but there's nothing doing there. He looks again at the DRS zone after turn one, but Webber goes defensive and keeps his position.

• 14:43 Lap 52

  The Mercedes dips and dives behind the Red Bull, but there's no way past Webber yet.

• 14:45 Lap 53

  Replays show Sutil diving down the inside of the hairpin and undertaking Jenson Button, who had to avoid and almost lost another place to Vergne as well. Kept it ahead of the Toro Rosso, for 9th.

• 14:46 Lap 54

  Sergio Pérez scares another driver off track, with Kimi Räikkönen missing the chicane to stay ahead of the McLaren.

• 14:46 Lap 54

  Replays show Pérez actually pushed Kimi totally off track, both of them missing the apex, and both rejoining in the same order.

• 14:49 Lap 56

  Sutil is hunting down Fernando Alonso now, the pair get close at the hairpin (Adrian's preferred overtaking spot!) but there's no move yet.

• 14:50 Lap 57

  Ted News: Drivers starting to complain they may not make it to the end of the race on their tyres. Those hoping for a one-stop could be disappointed.

• 14:50 Lap 57

  Sutil DOES make the move around the hairpin on Alonso, he's up to seventh place!

• 14:52 Lap 58

  Next in Sutil's sights will be Pérez... that could be fun.

• 14:52 Lap 58

  Meanwhile, Alonso is dropping back into the clutches of Button.

• 14:53 Lap 59

  Pérez getting a warning radio message that Sutil has been making his moves at the hairpin, so to watch out for an incoming Force India.

• 14:54 Lap 60

  Meanwhile, at the front Rosberg has a three second lead over Vettel, who in turn has a second up on Webber.

• 14:55 Lap 60

  Yellow flags as Jules Bianchi is off into the barriers.

• 14:55 Lap 60

  DRS is disabled.

• 14:55 Lap 61

  Replays show he locked up and spun off, hitting the barriers sideways.

• 14:56 Lap 61

  Field Spread

  Pos	Driver	Time
  1st	N Rosberg	1:21.178
  18th	M Chilton	+27.295

• 14:57 Lap 62

  Track is clear and DRS enabled.

• 14:58 Lap 62

  Romain Grosjean has gone down the escape road at the end of the tunnel, but he's popped out again and continues to circle - minus a front wing.

• 14:58 Lap 62

  Replays show Grosjean going into the back of a Toro Rosso, pushing Ricciardo up into the air.

• 14:58 Lap 62

  Yellow flags and the Safety Car is deployed.

• 14:59 Lap 63

  Grosjean made it back to the pitlane, is patched up with another front wing and heads back out on track. That's just the fourth accident for Romain this weekend.

• 15:00 Lap 64

  Gutiérrez and Chilton both pit for the second and third times respectively. Meanwhile, Rosberg has it all to do at the front again.

• 15:02 Lap 65

  Grosjean has come into the pit lane, the team look set to retire Romain from the race.

• 15:02 Lap 65

  Incident involving Ricciardo and Grosjean under investigation - causing a collision.

• 15:04 Lap 66

  Team Radio to Kimi suggests a leak of some kind, which may be ominous.

• 15:06 Lap 67

  The Safety Car comes in, and Rosberg leads them away again - this time he didn't back the pack up quite so much but he still gets the jump on Vettel.

• 15:07 Lap 67

  Pérez is chasing down Kimi, who we know has an engine/water situation.

• 15:07 Lap 68

  Ten laps to go!

• 15:08 Lap 68

  Paul di Resta is looking at the back of Jean-Éric Vergne, hoping to make a move and scoop the final points position.

• 15:08 Lap 69

  DRS enabled.

• 15:09 Lap 69

  Räikkönen and Pérez both miss the apex at that tricksy chicane again.

• 15:11 Lap 70

  Replays show Pérez tries to go on the inside at the corner before the chicane, the Lotus pushed the McLaren into the barriers and carbon fibre flew into the air.

• 15:11 Lap 71

  Räikkönen has a left rear puncture from the contact, he dives into the pitlane.

• 15:11 Lap 71

  Jenson Button overtakes Alonso at the first corner, moving up to seventh place.

• 15:12 Lap 71

  Räikkönen drops all the way down the order, rejoining 16th and last.

• 15:13 Lap 72

  Rosberg has pulled out a 2.5 second gap on Vettel, who still has that one second on teammate Webber.

• 15:15 Lap 73

  Pérez is holding up a huge train of cars, the battle for fifth place with Sutil, Button, Alonso, Vergne and Di Resta less than half a second behind him.

• 15:15 Lap 74

  It seems to be news to Pérez that there's a chicane at the end of the tunnel as he zips straight across and ignores it.

• 15:16 Lap 74

  Going into Rascasse, Pérez slid wide and his car wasn't having any of it - he leaned to the left and an escape road. Out of the race.

• 15:17 Lap 75

  There's talk of some debris having been stuck in Alonso's front wing, which would explain where all his pace disappeared. Ferrari believe the debris has gone now.

• 15:17 Lap 75

  Three laps to go.

• 15:20 Lap 77

  Sebastian Vettel sets the fastest lap of the race so far - 1:16.577

• 15:21 Lap 78

  Räikkönen has managed to haul himself back up into tenth place, which means his consecutive points finish record is still in tact. SOMEHOW.

• 15:21 Lap 78

  He's dropped down to 11th again now.

• 15:21

  Nico Rosberg wins the Monaco Grand Prix!!

• 15:22

  Räikkönen did manage to get tenth! He got past Hülkenberg on the final lap!

• 15:23

  Big cheers in the Mercedes garage as Rosberg pumps his fist in the car.

• 15:24

  Driver Positions

  Pos		Driver	Stops
  1	0	N Rosberg	1
  2	1	S Vettel	1
  3	1	M Webber	1
  4	-2	L Hamilton	1
  5	3	A Sutil	1
  6	3	J Button	1
  7	-1	F Alonso	1
  8	2	JE Vergne	1
  9	8	P Di Resta	1
  10	-5	K Räikkönen	2

• 15:25

  Rosberg remains in the car as he takes off his gloves, his helmet, all his bits and pieces. He climbs from the car for smiles and hugs and bouncing with his mechanics in the crowd.

• 15:26

  Race Winner

  Driver	N Rosberg
  Team	Red Bull
  Race time	2:17:52.056
  Race distance	260.520km
  Average speed	113.378km/h

• 15:26

  Mark Webber makes sure to shake hands with Rosberg straight away, Vettel stands alongside looking on.

• 15:28

  Prince Albert hands Rosberg his trophy, Ross Brawn the Mercedes representative, and then it is time for the national anthem.

• 15:30

  Retirements

  Driver	Reason	Lap
  C Pic	FIRE!	9
  F Massa	Crash	30
  P Maldonado	Crash	46
  J Bianchi	Crash	60
  D Ricciardo	Crashed into	62
  R Grosjean	Broken floor	65
  S Pérez	Car gave up	73

• 15:33

  Championship Standings

  Pos	Driver	Pts
  1	S Vettel	107
  2	K Räikkönen	86
  3	F Alonso	78
  4	L Hamilton	62
  5	M Webber	57

• 15:33

  Championship Standings

  Pos	Driver	Pts
  1	Red Bull	164
  2	Ferrari	123
  3	Lotus	112
  4	Mercedes	109
  5	Force India	44

• 15:34

  Tweet from @clubforce: Who says you can't overtake in Monaco? Adrian and Paul produced an amazing series of moves. Brilliant stuff

• 15:39

  Gap Analysis

  Pos	Driver	Gap
  1st	ROS	1:18.432
  2nd	VET	+3.8
  3rd	WEB	+6.3
  4th	HAM	+13.8
  5th	SUT	+21.4

• 15:40

  Well that was a manic race! We seem to have missed any podium interviews, and in reality, I am all typed out anyway!

• 15:41

  The racing wasn't spectacular, but it's Monaco and it delivered in different ways. Mercedes showed they could keep up in a race when it suits them, whilst Red Bull didn't have any oomph to make the difference.

• 15:41

  Grosjean has raised those question marks above his head once more, whilst Force India had a great showing from both their drivers.

• 15:41

  It's now two weeks until Canada, and that should be another fantastic event. I hope you'll join me back here for all the qualifying and race action. And, of course, until then stay tuned to http://f1minute.com and https://sidepodcast.com for all the news and views!