F1: Monaco Grand Prix 2008
May 25th, 2008Lewis Hamilton became the first British driver to win the Monaco Grand Prix since Graham Hill’s victory in 1969. The rain caused plenty of excitement and although Hamilton himself suffered a tyre failure due to a collision with the wall early in the race, he managed to keep the pace.
A total of six drivers failed to finish the race, all with the exception of Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella due to accidents. The unluckiest man of the day must have been the other Force India driver, Adrian Sutil, whose car was damaged by a rear shunt from Kimi Räikkönen who uncharacteristically lost control of his car briefly.
Hamilton’s win will be a boost to both him and McLaren, and they’ll be looking for him to perform similarly in Canada in June.
Results from Monaco
| 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 |
Driver table
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | British | McLaren-Mercedes | 38 |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Finnish | Ferrari | 35 |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Brazilian | Ferrari | 34 |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | Polish | BMW Sauber | 32 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | German | BMW Sauber | 20 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | Finnish | McLaren-Mercedes | 15 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Australian | Red Bull-Renault | 15 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Spanish | Renault | 9 |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli | Italian | Toyota | 9 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | German | Williams-Toyota | 8 |
| 11 | Kazuki Nakajima | Japanese | Williams-Toyota | 7 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | German | STR-Ferrari | 4 |
| 13 | Jenson Button | British | Honda | 3 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Brazilian | Honda | 3 |
| 15 | Sebastien Bourdais | French | STR-Ferrari | 2 |
| 16 | David Coulthard | British | Red Bull-Renault | 0 |
| 17 | Timo Glock | German | Toyota | 0 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italian | Force India-Ferrari | 0 |
| 19 | Nelsinho Piquet | Brazilian | Renault | 0 |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | Japanese | Super Aguri-Honda | 0 |
| 21 | Anthony Davidson | British | Super Aguri-Honda | 0 |
| 22 | Adrian Sutil | German | Force India-Ferrari | 0 |
