The new king of Monaco GP

Last year Monaco GP was won by a Briton, Lewis Hamilton, but the defending champion went home disappointed again with a 12th place finish.

This year it was again another Briton who won it, Jensen Button replaced Hamilton as the other Briton on the podium for today’s Monaco GP.

The Brawn GP driver took the chequered flag and is crowned the new king of Monte Carlo circuit. It was superb driving from the new king, leading from start to finish.

It was also Brawn GP’s third one-two finish of the season with Rubens Barrichello finishing second, some 7.6secs behind Button.

A surprised resurgent of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen took his deserved third spot, and Felipe Massa was fourth, and with that the Italian team climbed up the constructors points to fourth with 17 points.

RedBull’s Mark Webber finished fifth with Nick Rosberg sixth for Williams.

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Monaco GP Sun. Race (24 May 2009)

1. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) 78 laps / 1:40:44.3/ 10 pts
2. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) 78 laps / +7.6 secs / 8 pts
3. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) 78 laps / +13.4 secs / 6 pts
4. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 78 laps / +15.1 secs / 5 pts
5. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 78 laps / +15.7 secs / 4 pts
6. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) 78 laps / +33.5 secs / 3 pts
7. Fernando Alonso (Renault) 78 laps / +37.8 secs / 2 pts
8. Sebastien Bourdais (STR-Ferrari) 78 laps / +63.1 secs / 1 pts
9. Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) 78 laps / +65.0 secs
10. Timo Glock (Toyota) 77 laps / +1 Lap
11. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) 77 laps / +1 Lap
12. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 77 laps / +1 Lap
13. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) 77 laps / +1 Lap
14. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 77 laps / +1 Lap
15. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) 76 laps / +2 laps
16. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) 51 laps / Accident Retired
17. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) 28 laps / +50 laps Retired
18. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 15 laps / Accident Retired
19. Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) 10 laps / Accident damage Retired
20. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) 10 laps / Accident Retired

Drivers Points

1. Jenson Button (British) Brawn-Mercedes / 51 pts
2. Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian) Brawn-Mercedes / 35 pts
3. Sebastian Vettel (German) RBR-Renault / 23 pts
4. Mark Webber (Australian) RBR-Renault / 19.5 pts
5. Jarno Trulli (Italian) Toyota / 14.5 pts
6. Timo Glock (German) Toyota / 12 pts
7. Fernando Alonso (Spanish) Renault / 11 pts
8. Kimi Räikkönen (Finnish) Ferrari / 9 pts
9. Lewis Hamilton (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 9 pts
10. Felipe Massa (Brazilian) Ferrari / 8 pts
11. Nico Rosberg (German) Williams-Toyota / 7.5 pts
12. Nick Heidfeld (German) BMW Sauber / 6 pts
13. Heikki Kovalainen (Finnish) McLaren-Mercedes / 4 pts
14. Sebastien Buemi (Swiss) STR-Ferrari / 3 pts
15. Sebastien Bourdais (French) STR-Ferrari / 2 pts
16. Adrian Sutil (German) Force India-Mercedes / 0 pts
17. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italian) Force India-Mercedes / 0 pts
18. Kazuki Nakajima (Japanese) Williams-Toyota / 0 pts
19. Robert Kubica (Polish) BMW Sauber / 0 pts
20. Nelsinho Piquet (Brazilian) Renault / 0 pts

Constructors Points

1. Brawn-Mercedes 86 pts
2. RBR-Renault 42.5 pts
3. Toyota 26.5 pts
4. Ferrari 17 pts
5. McLaren-Mercedes 13 pts
6. Renault 11 pts
7. Williams-Toyota 7.5 pts
8. BMW Sauber 6 pts
9. STR-Ferrari 5 pts
10. Force India-Mercedes 0 pts

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