Jenson Button has claimed his fifth victory of the season as he led the field from pole to podium at this weekends Monaco Grand Prix. Button and Brawn GP teammate, Rubens Barrichello, have collected three one-two finishes for Ross Brawn, and in what may be one of the greatest starts to an F1 season, appear unstoppable as the teams head to Istanbul for the Turkish Grand Prix. Follow the link for complete results and additional photos... [read more]
As the green flag waved, the BGP 001 of Rubens Barrichello launched from the starting line to take the second from Kimi Raikkonen. With the option tire mounted to the Brawn GP, Raikkonen, who had been rather fast in both Thursday's practice and Friday's qualifying, struggled to find grip off the line and was unable to regain second.
Button pulled away to an early lead, and with Barrichello running close behind, the pair of Brawn BGP 001's appeared unstoppable on the streets of Monaco.
After an accident took him out of qualifying in the first round, reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton struggled from the back of the grid, finishing 12th just behind the BMW-Sauber of Nick Heidfeld.
After qualifying a season high second, Kimi Raikkonen struggled to find speed and was unable to regain the position he lost to Barrichello at the start.
Sebastian Vettel looked strong all weekend, until a late race accident took him out f the race.
While Raikkonen never regained second, he did manage to bring his F60 to a season high third place finish, just ahead of Ferrari teammate, Felipe Massa.
Complete Results // 2009 Monaco Grand Prix:
1: Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:40:44.282
2: Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes +7.6 secs
3: Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +13.4 secs
4: Felipe Massa Ferrari +15.1 secs
5: Mark Webber RBR-Renault +15.7 secs
6: Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota +33.5 secs
7: Fernando Alonso Renault +37.8 secs
8: Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari +63.1 secs
9: Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes +65.0 secs
10: Timo Glock Toyota +1 Lap
11: Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +1 Lap
12: Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes +1 Lap
13: Jarno Trulli Toyota +1 Lap
14: Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +1 Lap
15: Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota +2 Laps
Retired: Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes [Accident]
Retired: Robert Kubica BMW Sauber [Brakes]
Retired: Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault [Accident]
Retired: Nelsinho Piquet Renault [Accident damage]
Retired: Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari [Accident]
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