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Monaco GP

2011 Formula 1 Monaco GP

Monaco
May 24, 2011 to May 27, 2011
Monte Carlo, MC
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Formula 1 Monaco GP

2011 Monaco Grand Prix The Monaco Grand Prix

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Lap 15: Button pits, as Hamilton dives past Rosberg into the chicane.
Lap 15: Maldonado snuck past Rosberg as well, leaving Petrov now chasing after the Mercedes.
Lap 15: Schumacher in 21st is 6.6 seconds behind Jerome d'Ambrosio, with Glock a further five seconds up the road.
Lap 15: Massa sends a remarkable move at Tabac and he is through!
Lap 14: Barrichello is 10th and after Schumacher's stop di Resta is up to 11th with Kobayashi 12th, Sutil 13th, Heidfeld 14th and Buemi 15th.
Lap 14: Massa clips the Mercedes with his front wing heading up the hill from Ste Devote, but there was no chance of a move there.
Lap 14: Massa is virtually pushing Rosberg around the circuit but is yet to find a way past the German's Mercedes.
Lap 13: Schumacher rejoins in 21st position and will face a very hard afternoon from there.
Lap 13: Hamilton is charging up to that train behind Rosberg and is now just over a second behind them.
Lap 13: Schumacher pits from 11th and the team is replacing the front wing.
Lap 13: The lead gap is down slightly to 4.1 seconds, with Alonso a further 1.3s behind Button in third.
Lap 12: Barrichello doesn't give up and makes a move up the inside of the Mirabeau ... it sticks and the Williams is up to 10th.
Lap 12: Barrichello is on Schumacher's gearbox through Rascasse but the German is able to pull away in the early part of the pit straight.
Lap 12: Rosberg also seems to be struggling for speed on his tyres at this stage, with Massa, Maldonado and Petrov all forming a train behind.
Lap 11: Meantime, Schumacher is now left to fend off the advances of Rubens Barrichello - that could be interesting.
Lap 11: So Hamilton now has a 5.9s deficit to Petrov and he should close that down fairly quickly.
Lap 11: A great move from the McLaren driver. Schumacher began to turn in and the pair made very light contact, but both got through and continue.
Lap 10: Hamilton sends one up the inside of Schumacher at Ste. Devote and sheer belief and commitment takes him through and into ninth position.
Lap 9: Button's pace has been good in recent laps, matching leader Vettel in the mid 1m19s bracket.
Lap 9: Alonso takes away the fastest lap from Vettel but remains over a second behind Button's McLaren.
Lap 9: Schumacher reports on the team radio that he can feel his rear tyres graining up.
Lap 9: Hamilton gets another chance on the pit straight, but he is not close enough this time round.
Lap 9: No change up front as Vettel leads strongly in the early stages from Button, Alonso, Webber, Rosberg, Massa, Maldonado and Petrov.
Lap 8: A gap is developing as Petrov in eighth pulls away from these two. Hamilton again has good speed on the start-finish straight but the wily Schumacher just eases over a touch to maintain track position.
Lap 7: Vettel's lead remains a comfortable 4.4 seconds as the battle between Hamilton and Schumacher rages on, increasingly further behind.
Lap 7: Hamilton gets a great drive out of Ste. Devote and pulls right up to the gearbox of Schumacher, but there is no way through.
Lap 6: Barrichello is 1.3s behind them in 11th, with di Resta 12th, Kobayashi 13th, Sutil 14th, Heidfeld 15th, Buemi 16th and Trulli 17th.
Lap 6: Hamilton is staying under the rear wing of Schumacher's Mercedes, as they continue to battle for ninth.
Lap 5: Massa is also harrying the car in front - Rosberg - who was lucky to clear his slow-starting team-mate off the line.
Lap 5: Hamilton is chasing Schumacher with his harder tyres, but he is losing two seconds per lap to the leaders at the moment.
Lap 5: But the Spaniard is still boxed up behind the McLaren, while Vettel is streaking off to a 4.3 second lead.
Lap 4: Replays show another storming start from Alonso in the Ferrari, who easily cleared Webber and was even looking to challenge Button.
Lap 4: Down the field, Alguersuari has passed Kovalainen but Trulli has done well to stay ahead of the Toro Rosso.
Lap 4: DRS is now available to the drivers, but there isn't likely to be much successful use of the rear wing system down into the first corner.
Lap 2: A remarkable move there from Schumacher. Hamilton is down in 10th with Barrichello 11th, di Resta 12th and Kobayashi 13th.
Lap 2: Alonso is right on the gearbox of Button's McLaren, with Vettel comfortably clearing off up front.
Lap 2: Vettel has a 2.4 second lead as he flashes past the line for the first time.
Lap 2: Schumacher made a shocking start but nails Hamilton into the old Loews hairpin to take ninth place on the opening lap.
Lap 1: Down to the harbourside for the first time, it is Vettel from Button, Alonso, Webber and Rosberg.
Lap 1: Vettel drops the hammer ... Button is alongside but doesn't make it. Vettel leads from Button and Alonso into Ste. Devote.

By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton

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