Lewis Hamilton won De Monaco Grand Prix in McLaren
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton registered 2nd win of the season by winning an action packed 2008 De Monaco Grand Prix, on Sunday, 25th May, at Monte Carlo. After an early run into the barriers on a wet circuit as the rain fell, Hamilton managed to hold his nerve, becoming only the fifth Briton to take the chequered flag.
The race was full of accidents due to early rain but Hamilton , so superb in the wet, won the race in style, BMW Sauber's Kubica finished 2nd followed by Felipe Massa in his Ferrari.
Mark Webber finished fourth for Red Bull ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who finally got a break to bring his new Toro Rosso STR3 home fifth in front of Rubens Barrichello’s Honda, who finished sixth. The Williams of Kazuki Nakajima was seventh, with Kovalainen a resolute eighth.
Raikkonen was unable to slot back into a points-scoring position, finishing ninth overall. Force India had a good chance of scoring 1st points of the season as Adrian Sutil, who had driven superbly to hold fourth but accident with Raikkonen forced him out of the race.
Race Summary:
Top 3 Drivers at 2008 De Monaco Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton - McLaren
Robert Kubica - BMW
Felipe Massa - Ferrari
Standing after 6th Race in 2008
Driver's Championship
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 38 points
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 35 points
Felipe Massa (Ferrari)- 34 points
Constructor's Championship
Ferrari - 69 points
McLaren-Mercedese - 53 points
BMW - 52 points
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