Monaco Grand Prix Ends With Button In First Place… Again

Formula 1 | Dean | May 25, 2009 at 17:45

Jenson Button was so excited after he won the Monaco Grand Prix, he decided to run it. Well, kind of. The Brit by mistake parked in the wrong section after the race and this caused him to have to run down the pit lane so that he would not be late for the podium ceremony.

So far Button has won five out of six races in 2009, and when Ross Brawn compared him to Michael Schumacher, this is what was said, “I’m lost for words with him really,”

“He’s exceeding everything I thought possible.”

At the moment Button is 16 points ahead of teammate Rubens Barrichello who finished second.

There are still 11 races to go, and this means that Button can slow down a bit and still win the championship.

The Monaco GP also marked a spot on the podium for Ferrari as Kimi Raikkonen came third, with team mate Felipe Massa finishing in fourth place.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	78	1:40:44.282	1	10
2	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	78	+7.6 secs	3	8
3	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	78	+13.4 secs	2	6
4	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	78	+15.1 secs	5	5
5	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	78	+15.7 secs	8	4
6	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	78	+33.5 secs	6	3
7	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	78	+37.8 secs	9	2
8	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	78	+63.1 secs	14	1
9	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	78	+65.0 secs	13
10	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	77	+1 Lap	19
11	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	77	+1 Lap	16
12	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	77	+1 Lap	20
13	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	77	+1 Lap	18
14	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	77	+1 Lap	15
15	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	76	+2 Laps	10
Ret	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	51	Accident	7
Ret	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	28	Brakes	17
Ret	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	15	Accident	4
Ret	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	10	Accident damage	12
Ret	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	10	Accident	11