It was a race they believed they could win, but Lotus leave Monaco this evening with just two points and a damaged chassis.
Dario Franchitti has won the 96th Indianapolis 500 to take his third victory at the prestigious speedway.
Heikki Kovalainen was ‘delighted’ after recording Caterham’s highest finish race finish of 2012 (so far) by taking P13 in today’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Force India were celebrating ten well-earned points this evening in Monte Carlo after Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg finished the Monaco Grand Prix in seventh and eighth places respectively.
Nico Rosberg said that he was ‘more than happy’ after taking second place in today’s Monaco Grand Prix, despite the fact that he was only 0.6 seconds behind leader Mark Webber at the end of the race.
Mark Webber said that claiming victory in Monte Carlo today was a tough challenge and said that composure and experience were needed to guide him to his second win at this prestigious venue.
Mark Webber of Red Bull took victory in Monaco by just 0.6 seconds from the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg
Juan Pablo Montoya may not have won a race since Watkins Glen 2010, but was this week crowned the All-Time Greatest Chip Ganassi Racing driver by fans.
Mark Webber beat Nico Rosberg to win the Monaco Grand Prix for the second time, and became the sixth different winner in six races in 2012.
Josh Brookes beat Michael Laverty to pole position to secure pole position for the opening British Superbike race of the weekend at Snetterton
Following the withdrawal of Hiroaki Ishiura earlier this month Stephane Sarrazin has been confirmed as the third driver in the no.8 Toyota TS030 Hybrid at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (June 16-17).
Michael Schumacher of Mercedes was fastest in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix with a lap of 1:14.301 but has a grid penalty that means he will start tomorrow’s race from sixth place. Mark Webber of Red Bull, who qualified second, will be on pole position.
Heikki Kovalainen said that he had high hopes before qualifying that he could get his Caterham into Q2 and, in the end, only missed out on seventeenth place by a few hundredths of a second.
The Toro Rosso duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne failed to impress during qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix, ending the session in sixteenth and seventeenth place respectively.
Sergio Perez has said that he was ‘disappointed’ after crashing out during the first part of qualifying today in Monaco, and said that his Sauber team are still checking to see whether there was something wrong with the car.
HRT had what they describe as their best qualifying session of 2012 today in Monaco as Pedro de la Rosa finished the session just a tenth of a second off the pace of lead Marussia driver Timo Glock and within 103.6% of the best time.
Michael Schumacher was delighted to top the timesheets in qualifying today for the Monaco Grand Prix, even though he will not be sitting on pole position for tomorrow’s race.
