Lewis Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix after surviving a nervy clash with the barriers early on.
The race was certainly eventful, and after hitting the barriers early on after describing parts of the track as a “river”; Hamilton managed to hold out for a defining victory.
The race was full of excitement, being the famous road trac; it is hard enough and with Massa leadig a Ferrari one-two off the starting grid, it was only ever going to be a wet track that could have a big effect. BMW’s Robert Kubica drove superbly to come home second in front of Felipe Massa. Raikkonen was out of contention after serving a drive through penalty for not having his tyres fully fitted before the 3-minute time limit which left Hamilton, Kubica and Massa looking strong.
Hamilton, who looked up to Ayrton Senna as a young driver sees that race as the highlight of what could be a long and exciting career.
This is the highlight of my career and probably will be for the rest of my life. On the last few laps I was picturing Ayrton [Senna] winning and I was picturing winning but I knew anything could happen here and I just had to keep out of the barriers
Kubica ended just over 3 seconds behind, which brings him up in the drivers standings in a BMW which had vastly impressed so far this season.
Final Positions
1 Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes two hours 0 minutes 42.742 seconds
2 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 3.064 secs behind
3 Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari +4.811secs
4 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault +19.295
5 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari +24.657
6 Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda +28.408
7 Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota +30.180
8 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes +33.191
9 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari +33.792
10 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault one lap behind
11 Jenson Button (GB) Honda one lap
12 Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota one lap
13 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota one lap
14 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber four laps
R Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 67 laps completed
16 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 59 laps
17 Nelson Piquet Jr (Brz) Renault 47 laps
18 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari 36 laps
19 David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault seven laps
20 Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari seven laps
* Race shortened by two laps because of two-hour time limit
Key: R = retire
