The Monaco Grand Prix - Highlights Formula 1

Hello and welcome to the sunshine for the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, the

70th Grand Prix around the tight, twisting streets of the

principality. This is how things by just one race win. If we look at

the Constructors' Championship, it has a similar feel with Red Bull

being at the top. All the action from the race coming our way in

just a minute. First, it was a dramatic qualifying session and

here is what happened. Sergio Perez hit the barriers for

the second time in his Monaco qualifying Korea. Jenson Button was

left scratching his head after he was put out in Q2, blaming a lack

of pace from his McLaren car. Michael Schumacher claimed the

first pole position since his comeback. But the penalty from

Barcelona means he cannot take advantage of the clear road ahead

and starts from six. It was good news for his team-mate, Nico

Rosberg who moves up to the front row of the grid. Mark Webber

continues to outshine his team-mate Sebastian Vettel on Saturdays. So

He is at the back of the grid. is the dream of every racing driver

to win at Monaco. The most prestigious Grand Prix on the

calendar and the ultimate test of skill and concentration. Round six,

the 70th Grand Prix in Monaco is under way! Webber gets off the line

beautifully this time. We have got a shunned behind. Grosjean in the

pack got hit by somebody. He got hit by Michael Schumacher. He spun

around. The rest of the field had successfully negotiated their way

round. Let's see if they feel the need put the safety car out on that.

It looks like it can be recovered. Out front it is Mark Webber who

leads Rosberg in second, Hamilton third and then the two Ferraris.

Both Alonso getting away well and challenging Houghton as they come

down into the Loews Hairpin. -- challenging Hamilton. Jenson Button

his way down in 14th place. He is behind Kovalainen in the Caterham.

I think the confusion of the first corner, Jenson Button's poor

qualifying position has seen him drop further back than Mark Webber.

He will be breathing a sigh of relief. As we come to the end of

the first lap, this is a point where the drivers will start to

breed. Yes, Mark Webber has made the perfect getaway on the circuit

he loves so much. He leads this a horrible weekend. The start of

Barcelona is out of the race already, unless they can get the

card... That is Romain Grosjean. He is being manhandled out of the way.

The safety car is on the track. Everybody will have to back off.

Mark Webber has got the lead. Into the pits, Pedro de la Rosa. He was

the man that was hit by Pastor Maldonado. The safety car is for

that incident. The marshals were recovering Romain Grosjean. Mark

Webber got it hooked up. The sigh of relief. Romain Grosjean is

touching wheels with the Ferrari, as Michael Schumacher goes to the

left. He will touch wheels with the Ferrari. Michael goes across, and

he gets squeezed. Unfortunately, that is just one of those things in

Monte Carlo, because the barrier for laws the cars end. Romain

Grosjean moves across in front of Michael. That is the hazard. That

was Kamui Kobayashi jumping into the air. That was quite a bounce.

He bounced into Jenson Button. explains his poor start. The hit

had already happened between Pastor Maldonado and Pedro de la Rosa.

Pastor Maldonado getting twisted into the air. We can see the rain

that is supposed to come. Apparently, it is raining slightly.

Hamilton is defending from Fernando Alonso. An error from Lewis

Hamilton. The DRS is enabled, because they were running under the

safety car. I was caught out by the restart. I did not see the safety

car turning it slides off. Sebastian Vettel is up to sixth

place. He has the advantage of the more durable tyre. He has benefited

from the difficulties at the start. The other driver who has had a good

start, Paul di Resta, he is up to 11th place. Nico Hulkenberg is up

to ninth place. They are behind Michael Schumacher. This is

Fernando Alonso. He is chasing after Kimi Raikkonen. Apologies,

Lewis Hamilton. Kimi Raikkonen is behind her. Kimi Raikkonen has what

to do. Mark Webber leads. He is trying to stretch an advantage over

Nico Rosberg. Michael Schumacher is still in eighth place, then Nico

Hulkenberg and Bruno Senna, Bruno Senna also got through the debris

of the first corner, and he is running in tenth place. You

mentioned Heikki Kovalainen, a great start. If they were trying to

make two stops, they would have to make the tyres last and to lap 25.

-- until lap 25. If they are making one stop, we expect it to be around

lap 40. Daniel Ricciardo did not lose places this time. He came up

to 12th place. He is doing well. Kimi Raikkonen has a James Hunt

crash helmet this weekend. Sebastian Vettel is chasing after

the Ferrari cars just ahead, and keeping an eye on Kimi Raikkonen

behind. They get on well, but we saw them racing hard in Bahrain,

when Sebastian Vettel took the victory. Kimi Raikkonen will look

for any opportunity to get past. What a miserable weekend it has

been for Pastor Maldonado, he was the start of Barcelona. If a driver

has his helmet on, approach with caution! You take your life into

your hands if you interview him. We will try to get a word with them.

Romain Grosjean and Pedro de la Rosa are also out of the race. Mark

Webber leads. 1.4 seconds, the advantage over Nico Rosberg. Lewis

Hamilton is in third place. Looking down the running order, just

outside the top 10, Heikki Kovalainen in 13th, a great

performance. He is opening out a gap to Jenson Button. He has a one-

second gap. Jenson Button is on the Prime tyre. This is a replay of

Sergio Perez, looking for a way past Jean-Eric Vergne. He applies

the brakes late. Jean-Eric Vergne gave him just enough space, and he

cut the inside of the Chicane. In the case of Monza,... Car number 17

missed the apex, he will get a warning. But he cannot

systematically do that. If there was a barrier there, he would have

hit it. You have to use the track at all times. Mark Webber leading

up, where he wants to be, after that tremendous start. Chased by

Nico Rosberg. Mark Webber is control and this race. --

controlling it. We are expecting pit-stops in the next couple of

laps. Gary, any action in the pits? Obviously, Kimi Raikkonen... RADIO:

We could get some rain in 15 laps. Does that affect the strategy?

GARY: You have got to hold on and drive as far as you can. You do not

want to be pitting before the rain. Sebastian Vettel looks pretty

strong. The super soft tyres are good for 20, 25 laps, then they may

fall off. The soft tyre is good for 30, 35 laps. Sebastian Vettel is

looking after them well. He is leaving a gap to Felipe Massa.

Fernando Alonso is getting his tyres destroyed. As a driver, you

do not want it to rain, if you are out different especially. -- out

the front. But if it is in 15 laps, that would fall into the window of

when you could expect to comment on the super soft tyres. It does not

scare them too much in terms of holding on to the lap, but once

they get closer to that point, as we see the side wall movement on

the Ferrari, the high-speed she came, -- chicane, they will try to

go as far as they can if they do think rain is coming. The last

thing they want is to put a new set of slick tyres on, and then have to

put intermediate tyres on. RADIO: Race control is asking us to give

the position. Jean-Eric Vergne is editor said, but having given it up,

Sergio Perez has set the fastest lap of the race. He has got clear

air. He will get some traffic in one second's time. At the end of

that radio transmission, Jean-Eric Vergne said, what about the first

lap? He feels that he lost out in what happened, with some people

cutting the corner. But once you have opened the door, you cannot

decide to just drive straight. You have got to keep to the right of

the curbs. In the pits, Vitaly Petrov. But this is not looking

like a normal pit-stop. That is a great shame. Mark Webber is still

leading the race. Car number one missed the apex of turned 10, that

is at the chicane. That is Sebastian Vettel. We have already

heard, at least if you gain a place there, you are in trouble, but he

might just get a warning. What they have realised, as Michael

Schumacher gets underneath the rear window of Kimi Raikkonen... Michael

gets dropped a bit as they go through the tunnel. He is sizing up

Kimi Raikkonen. You can hear the echo of that other engine behind

you. You have to start driving a bit more defensively, which will

open the gap to Sebastian Vettel. Just coming back to the chicane, as

they have improved the run-off, it means that the drivers can get out

of jail free. It was brought up in the drivers' meeting, to keep an

eye on people deliberately missing bit. As the lap times drop away, as

we watch Sebastian Vettel,... Did he gain any lap time advantage? If

not, he is OK. The beautiful drift from Heikki Kovalainen. The tyre

bending on the side wall, almost place. Michael Schumacher is in

eighth, Hulkenberg is ninth. Bruno Senna quietly holding on to the top

10 at the moment. RADIO: Possible light rain in four minutes.

wonder nobody wants to come into the pits just yet. Even if the lap

times start to drop-off. You want to stay out there until the rain

comes down and presumably go for intermediate tyres. We have di

Resta 11th, Ricciardo 12. Button his 40th. Perez his 50th. -- Button

is in 14th. Perez is in 15th. Jean- Eric Vergne has just gone the

fastest over a lap. From second place, Nico Rosberg comes in and

away he goes. A reasonable stop. Perhaps not the best we have seen.

3.4 seconds, that was pretty good. Webber, still leaving -- leading

the race has not made a pit stop yet. Hamilton move that the second,

Alonso up to third and Massa for. Into the pits, Mark Webber. The

race leader is in the pits. He is looking to come out ahead of

Rosberg. The yellow sidewall tyre, the heart of the two compounds of

tyre going on. Webber rejoins in front of Rosberg so no change up

front. As long as he does not make a mistake on the exit. They all

have slick tyres on. If it does rain now, that will certainly

change things. They have reacted to what is happening right now for

thought this could be the one and only stopped for these guys.

Finally, Raikkonen comes in as well and gets going. Hulkenberg comes

out behind him, Senna rejoined behind him as well. All of them

coming clean the Out. -- tenia Out. Michael Schumacher has stayed out

there. He is beginning to set some personal best sector times. He will

be hoping he can get past Raikkonen. Look how close that was to catching

the tyre blanket of Force India. Brave, brave guys. There would not

be enough money in the world to make me fulfil that role. But they

do. Alonso is in for Ferrari. Alonso was in the lead because he

came in later than the other guys. Michael Schumacher is still out

there at the moment. Webber is on the track coming down past the

start-finish now. Alonso has gained a bit of time. Where is Hamilton?

He is well in front of Hamilton. Hamilton is still coming down now

in the background. Alonso has taken third place through the pit stops

and he was right behind Hamilton, remember. He obviously got a good

lap. Gary, give us your thoughts. But one that he did, he just went

purple, purple. He had that one lap of clean air and he used it.

amazing thing, Gary, is he can do that on tyres which have done so

many laps on a Ferrari which has seemed to use its tyres harder than

anyone else? Yes, when everybody start spitting and you are running

in a competitive position you have to be brave to do something

completely different and they were reacting to everyone else. He has

got a place out of it. Felipe Massa now in in the other Ferrari. Where

will this bring him out? I do not think he was as quick as Alonso on

the him up. Ferrari have been so slip this year with their pit stops.

Generally, there have been the team to beat. 3.3 seconds. It will be a

long-run down. Massa will come out behind Hamilton. He will not get

out in front of Schumacher. He comes at just in front of the rest

of. Schumacher get the place so he is ahead of Felipe Massa. It means

he is up ahead of Kimi Raikkonen who is further back. That has

worked very well for Michael Schumacher. Up front and leaving --

leading the race at the moment, Sebastian Vettel. He is on a

different higher strategy to the others. Michael Schumacher is going

very deep into this race without having made a pit stop. Michael is

in sixth place at the moment. Paul di Resta is in eighth, Daniel

Ricciardo in night, Sergio Perez, the next stop. RADIO: Rain could be

as soon as five minutes away. could work for them if it rains. In

comes Michael Schumacher. He has managed to go to lap 35 before

changing for the harder compound tyre. That is good time management

from driver and team to look after the tyres. It will bring him out

behind Button. Bottom was ninth last time round. It will also bring

him out into a nice, clear bit of track. Jean-Eric Vergne in the

background. So, that game that we thought he had made, not quite the

same. He would have got past Raikkonen which was his initial

target. If you remember, he was breathing more low the back of Kimi

Raikkonen. No longer is he up there with the Ferraris. Vettel leads

this race from his team-mate Mark Webber. As you have just heard,

teams are wondering whether Red Bull are going to work this one

together and effectively slow everyone else down. That gives

Vettel the chance to make a gap. I wonder if that would occur or is it

simply a question that those behind are looking after their tyres.

Karthikeyan getting out of the way there. It is certainly allowed. You

can play the team order situation. That is not against the rules. I

think at this early stage of the season, both Mark and Sebastian are

in the championships. We see a bit of squabbling for position.

Raikkonen was caught out completely. He was going to go past Perez.

RADIO: Starting to spit with rain. That is nice information from his

engineer but I can assure you Jenson would be aware of it before

the engineer sitting in comfort in the engineering office above the

pit lane. You see tiny little drops on your visor. You are super-

sensitive. Vettel locking up on the turn. Is that because of the rain?

And a drive-through penalty for Sergio Perez for impeding Kimi

Raikkonen. Perez has been penalised, no surprise. McLaren are out in the

pit lane. Presumably it will be for Jenson Button but what tyres will

they put on? If there is a bit of moisture in the air, do they send

him out on slicks or intermediates? He is putting the super softs on,

getting back phase-out of the way for a start they are softer tyre.

If it does get wet, you do not have to run both of the dry compound

tyres but clearly McLaren decided to get him out on those tyres now.

Even though that is the less durable tyre, if they think rain is

coming... Co the line and is in a cage from trying to get in front of

the McLaren, he has done it -- Kovalainen in the Caterham.

would never think we would be seeing a McLaren battling a

Caterham but that is exactly what is happening here. Jenson putting

on the super softs, if they do think there is rain and they will

have to stop for the intermediate later, there will only be short

window for those tyres. Heikki can cut across the line, Jenson is held

to being on the rider of the line in the interests of safety. He has

a view of the back of the Caterham. It has Renault power and KERS.

RADIO: From the pit board, they keep on dropping. It hit me in the

head. Oh, dear, that did not sound good at all. Did he do say things

were dropping him -- hitting him on the head? Lewis is not having a

good afternoon at the moment. one of the peculiarities of this

track is that the pit lane looks out to us on the commentary box and

the signalling boards are on the start-finish straight. Not the

normal arrangement here. It would be a brave man to hang back border

over in the wind in front of the cars. Sergio Perez will have to

give that position back. The director not the slow motion

through the high-speed chicane. Lewis Hamilton was in one of the

Cars movies. Having a three-and a- half year-old I watch a lot of

children's movies now. Vettel is still doing quick lap times. The

guys behind Mark Webber and Rosberg are picking up the pace now. Vettel

is still having to work at it. No doubt keeping an eye on the weather

as we are to see if it is going to rain. Jean-Eric Vergne is currently

in eighth place. That is an interesting one. Jean-Eric Vergne

made a very early pit stop, do you remember that? Gary, what are your

thoughts on the Toro Rosso running in eighth place. A very early pit-

stop, is there any chance he can keep it going? It would be

difficult. We are looking at Vettel having done 46 laps. Anything could

happen. These tyres do seem to have a bit of a mind of their own. We

will have to see what happens. You have to honestly react to when the

tyre forced off. No one knows when they are going to pick here. That

moment might be with us because we have just had several men deliver

their best laps of the race. Only Vettel will know if that is because

he has made a mistake or if he is hitting the cliff. He has done 45

laps here and he started on a full tank of fuel. Red Bull are coming

out. They are reacting. Vettel will be in this lap. He has reached the

cliff in terms of tyre performance. Sebastian Vettel will be coming

into the pits. Where will he come back out? Will he be behind

Hamilton and Massa or between them? Will he be fighting with Michael

Schumacher or? Forget Michael Schumacher. He is 22 seconds behind.

Hamilton and Alonso have just passed under hour commentary box.

There is Webber. Here comes Rosberg and Alonso and he gets out in front

of Hamilton. Let's just wait and see. Up the hill goes Hamilton and

he just gets cut off by Vettel. The McLaren is all over the back of the

Red Bull. Hamilton surely cannot find a way through in this section

of the track and by the time there is any space, Vettel will have

settled down. He is on the softer compound tyre. He has to use that

time at some point in the race and he will try to make it last until

the end. That was close. Will Lewis be able to position himself Alf --

as they come out of second Portier. That might give Sebastian a bit of

breathing space. He goes a bit defensive. Sebastian Vettel has got

himself up to third place. When you consider he started ninth on the

grid, the strategy has worked very effectively. They have made it work.

There is a huge game on a track like Monaco. Webber, Rosberg,

of 1.2 seconds the lead over Nico Rosberg. Felipe Massa is still in

there, in sixth place. A RADIO: Felipe Massa has been told to look

after his tyres to attack us at the end of the race. I will try to do

so as well. He did that very effectively last time, in Spain. He

did not set a quick lap time, but he ended up beating Jenson Button

and finishing in eighth place. Lewis Hamilton still managing to

his race, holding on to fifth place. Michael Schumacher is still some

way behind these guys. Jean-Eric Vergne is the one who might lose

out big time, because he made a very early pit-stop. Reliability

Wise, we have not had problems so far. Gary, this used to be such a

hard track on gearboxes and drive shaft, but nowadays, the teams

seemed to have that sorted? Yes, the regulations have changed, over

the gearbox. The gearboxes are bigger. You were not allowed to use

such exotic materials and such fine design. Reliability is everything.

It does not matter how quick your car is, you have got to get to the

chequered flag. If you could survive to the end, you would

probably pick up points in the past, but today, you have got to race.

still have 19 cars remained. Narain Karthikeyan is the last one still

remained. That is still pretty good run. There are five cars out, from

an early stage. Mark Webber, the Australian, commanding this race.

Not by a huge margin, he is still looking after his tyres. Nico

Rosberg is second. Mark Webber yet to win a Grand Prix this year. He

could become the sixth different winner in six races. If Nico

Rosberg wins, he will be the first repeat winner. It does not because

though he has got an answer. The closing stages will tell the story

of how each team has looked after the tyres. You have got to wonder

if Nico Rosberg will have an answer for Mark Webber. Michael sanded

sick as he passed by. Jean-Eric Vergne is chasing him. The Toro

Rosso is in eighth place at the moment. He is putting up no

resistance. He has acknowledged, I have a major problem. This is a

good run for Jean-Eric Vergne, but he stop on lap 17, it is a huge

number of laps if he is going to keep this going. Yes, but he is not

under that much pressure from Paul di Resta, he has got a ten-second

GAP. That can be eaten up quickly, once the tyres hit the cliffs. That

was a very compliant Michael, realising his issue. The Force

India cars have caught Michael Schumacher. Paul di Resta and Nico

Hulkenberg, ninth and 10th. They are right behind Michael Schumacher.

We saw him allowed the other car, Jean-Eric Vergne, go through. Will

he do the same? He is very slow on the straight indeed. He lets Nico

Hulkenberg through, the next one will be Kimi Raikkonen. It will put

Kimi Raikkonen into the points. This is a replay. The Mercedes

plates have titanium or something, and it sparked. Michael is cruising.

The battle up front, it is starting to rain at La Rascasse. Some of the

spectators are starting to move. Does that indicate they have had

enough?! Perhaps they are starting to get wet. The umbrellas are a

signal. Nico Rosberg is getting closer to the back. He has got the

gap down, 0.9 seconds. There was editor of contact with Romain

Grosjean and Michael Schumacher. -- there was a bit of contact. Michael

Schumacher looks slow in a straight line, they could be a mechanical

problem. Gary, what did you think? They were talking about an engine

problem of some sort. He has got to take away the fuel-saving it, but

that did not fix it. He has been told to use KERS at the end of the

tunnel, there seemed to be a higher rpm problem. It is raining now, the

heaviest it has been today. will he come out of the pits, or is

this the end? The fastest man in qualifying, he had to start with

the penalty, and it is not looking good. I would get him out of the

way quickly. We are seeing more and more people putting on raincoats.

If Nico Rosberg so it -- suddenly said, I am coming in, they are not

able to service the car. They are pushing it back. That will not

happen this lap. This is Jenson Button having a go at Heikki

Kovalainen. That was close. He goes to defend, which he is allowed to

do. He moves across at the braking zone. Perhaps he was not realising

that Jenson Button positioned his car there. You could sense Jenson

Button breathing again. Mark Webber, from Nico Rosberg. Things are

getting more difficult. Michael Schumacher is out of the Monaco

Grand Prix. Added to the list of retirements. Michael Schumacher,

the fastest on Saturday, but ending the race early on Sunday. Jenson

Button is going very slowly. Has he had an issue? Lewis Hamilton gets

closer to the back of Sebastian Vettel. Look at the train of cards

-- cars. Fernando Alonso taking the wider line. It that is a mistake by

Lewis Hamilton. It Felipe Massa closed the gap a touch. The track

conditions are changing. 1:26, six seconds slower on that lap. It is

getting very slippery in places. times like this, I wish we had a

son RIF, because we could experience the rain -- I wish we

had a sunroof. We are having to rely on what we can see on the

cameras. Gary, how what is it? is wet enough. One or two more laps,

you are into survival mode. One little mistake, you are after. We

will see activity in the pits, Forshaw. Dare you make a pit stop?

If you are in the leading bunch, you will go backwards. It is

raining quite a lot. That was lover, that lap, said you are keeping a

close eye on that -- that was slower. The top six are so far

ahead. Jean-Eric Vergne is gambling, he wants to get into the points.

The top six of 38 seconds ahead of Paul di Resta, so you will either

win or finish sixth, a worst-case scenario, provided you do not crash.

Jean-Eric Vergne was on for his best ever result, but the team have

decided that he might get an even better one. I wonder if that is

strategic. A yellow flag, an incident on the first corner.

can see debris. It must be somebody to the left. Meanwhile, back with

the battle at the front, Jean-Eric Vergne will tell the teams were

there the intermediates of the tyre to be on. They will get the

feedback straight away, can it be quicker than the slick tyre? Can

you regain the time you lose for a pit-stop? You will either win or be

sixth, that is the worst-case scenario, provided you do not make

a mistake. Jenson Button was trying to make a move on Heikki Kovalainen.

Jenson Button, going past very slowly. That is the contact of the

debris, Sergio Perez on the outside of Heikki Kovalainen. Heikki

Kovalainen locks up and has to go straight. The track is getting it

drippy again. Mark Webber has got this under control. They have all

had a fault must drive, world-class drivers, around the streets of

Monte Carlo, the biggest challenge in the calendar. Apart from the

court not wheel, I have not seen a mistake. It has been superb. We are

about to go on to the final lap. Mark Webber crosses the line, he

has got two miles to complete to record his second victory in Monaco.

He climbs up the hill. Nico Rosberg has not done wrong, but it was all

about the start and getting off the line effectively. This time, Mark

Webber did that. Fernando Alonso in third place, dropping back a

fraction. Sebastian Vettel in fourth place, the biggest gap

between them that we have seen in recent laps. Nico Rosberg getting

tight behind the Red Bull. Through the tunnel. Mark Webber, looking

for his second Monaco victory, and to add another winner to the

amazing list of winners that we have had so far in 2012. Along the

harbour he comes, everybody watching and cheering from the

grandstands. Just coming through the swimming pool, Nico Rosberg

will not give up. He has thrown everything at Mark Webber. He has

driven brilliantly. He won in China earlier this year, but he has not

seen any mistakes from Mark Webber. Mark Webber comes out of the final

corner, he becomes the sixth different when it in 2000 the 12th.

It is a new record, we have never had six winners at the beginning of

the year, and Mark Webber has achieved it. What a performance for

Red Bull. A hat-trick of victories in Monaco. Nobody can begrudge him,

that was a fantastic victory. It was well controlled. That is his

huge weight off his shoulders. RADIO: Fantastic, to have won again,

well done, a great run it. Thank you, guys. It was not a

straightforward, but we will take it. The 2012 season is one of the

most varied and competitive in Formula One history. Six world

champions, 6 unpredictable races, and six different winners. We are

in new territory. There are still for two races to go. -- 14 races.

Concerns about the weather, but no concerns about Mark Webber, his

second win around the streets of Monaco. A stronger second place for

Nico Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel in front of a frustrated Lewis

Hamilton. Bruno Senna will be happy to be back in the points. Mark

three newest teams. You have won the Monaco Grand Prix,

I do not imagine that you get bored of hearing that. No. An incredible

day, this place gives you amazing memories. There were lots of

different parts of the race where I had to be focused, to make sure

that we really capitalised on the positioning that we had. A good

friend of mine sent me a text message, he said, you are in for it,

you are in charge, and we were. But you can get bitten quickly. When

you have the experience thrown in, and a great team on the pit wall,

it is still a tough nut to crack, but I had both hands on it, and I

would not let go. At the start of the season, everybody said it was a

difficult Ferrari, but you are leading the championship. It is a

surprise for us, we never expected to begin now. Especially after

Australia. We seemed to improve the car after testing, improved it the

way of driving it. I am happy for Felipe Massa to show his skills on

a technical circuit, and hopefully we can move up in the championship,

to score more points. Consistency not frustrating but it was not the

best result. This is motor-racing. I really dislike going backwards.

Nonetheless, we still came away with some points. There are many

more races ahead of us so we have to keep our heads up and keep

pushing. Paul, congratulations, a strong performance for yourself and

Force India. You must be pleased. think we probably optimised it at

the end. We jumped a few cars. Fortunately, the rain stayed off at

the end. We were in a great position. We have a double points

score here. My car was definitely better in the race. We will go out

and have a great night. I imagine you're getting sicker of the site

of Heikki Kovalainen? It is so frustrating. I spun off and then

caught him within two laps. It is one of those things. It all comes

from bad qualifying. And being unlucky at the start. A tough

afternoon. I want to say congratulations to mark. He is a

good lad and sixth winner. It obviously livens up the

championship a bit. Red Bull are the sixth winner.

Eighth time the whole man has gone on to win a race. What an amazing

St Red Bull have found on the streets of Monte Carlo. An amazing

race. It is never ate easy around Monaco. It was a slippery track but

he held on. That is where his experience came through. He knew

where he could maintain the pace and avoid the use of Piara zones

and maintain the KERS. There is probably one of Mark's strongest

victories. He said it was his weakest car. Few men have won here

twice. You are one of those few. How will the second one feel for

Mark? I think there will be more satisfaction. The first one will

probably be a blur of focus, attention and celebration. This

time he has a good opportunity to reflect on that and use his

experience. P1 here in Formula 3,000 so he knows how to drive here.

The two men behind him, Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg have had a

good season. I think it is a remarkable season. I think this is

a golden era. I said it in commentary but I did not see any

mistakes from the drivers. A Trulli world-class performance from the

more. Thank you. A frustrating day for Lewis Hamilton. Jenson Button

well out of the points and retiring his car. All in all, an impressive

Grand Prix. History has been made. Six races to start 2012, six