Overall, I thought it wasn't the most exciting Monaco Grand Prix and probability a boring Grand Prix until lap 63 out of 78. With current F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton leading from team-mate Nico Rosberg with 20 seconds ahead, a late-race crash between Max Verstappen and Romain Grosjean on lap 64 initiated a "Virtual Safety Car" condition which was then quickly replaced by the normal safety car. Hamilton was pitted under the safety car apparently with the intention of returning him to the track ahead of his pursuers. However Mercedes had miscalculated the gap and he emerged marginally behind both Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel who had stayed out under the safety car. With the safety car coming into the pits with eight laps to go, Hamilton was ultimately unable to get past Vettel and Nico Rosberg crossed the line to conclude with a race win in this seasons Monaco Grand Prix for his second race win of the season. And for Nico Rosberg his third Monaco Grand Prix win in a row.
While, Sebastian Vettel finished in second place in the Ferrari, Vettel was four seconds behind Rosberg at the end.
Meanwhile, Rosberg's team-mate and current F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton finished in third place in the other Mercedes, he was six seconds behind Rosberg at the end of the seventy-eight lap race, were Lewis Hamilton should have won the race, but an error from the team cost him the race in Monaco.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (pole, finished third)
Nico Rosberg - 8 (race win)
Red Bull Racing - 9
Daniel Ricciardo - 9 (finished fifth, fastest lap)
Daniil Kvyat - 10 (finished fourth)
Williams - 5
Valtteri Bottas - 5 (finished fourteenth)
Felipe Massa - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished second)
Kimi Räikkönen - 6 (finished sixth)
McLaren - 8
Jenson Button - 9 (finished eighth)
Fernando Alonso - 7 (DNF, Gearbox)
Force India - 7
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (finished eleventh)
Sergio Pérez - 9 (finished seventh)
Toro Rosso - 7
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 9 (finished tenth)
Max Verstappen - 6 (DNF, Collision with Romain Grosjean, handed a five position grid penalty for Canada)
Lotus - 6
Romain Grosjean - 6 (finished twelfth)
Pastor Maldonado - 7 (DNF, Brakes)
Manor - 6
Will Stevens - 6 (finished seventeenth, two laps down)
Roberto Merhi - 7 (finished sixteenth, two laps down)
Sauber - 7
Marcus Ericsson - 6 (finished thirteenth)
Felipe Nasr - 8 (finished ninth)
Next stop Montreal in two weeks time for the Canadian Grand Prix.
End of blog for now, new post soon. Bye.
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