F1 2010 Monaco Grand Prix

[Kev]

F1 2010 Monaco Grand Prix








The 2010 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LXVIII Monaco Grand Prix) will be the sixth round of the 2010 Formula One season. It will be held in the streets of Monaco on May 16, 2010.

Drivers from both ends of the grid have pushed for a split Q1 session as they fear that having 24 cars out on the very narrow and short circuit would cause chaos. Jarno Trulli stating "I am slow, so I'm going to probably impede someone else.". However, his has been vetoed as all of the teams had to agree and many of the mid-grid ones voted against the split.



Drivers Championship
01 Jenson Button 70
02 Fernando Alonso 67
03 Sebastian Vettel 60
04 Mark Webber 53
05 Nico Rosberg 50
06 Lewis Hamilton 49
07 Felipe Massa 49
08 Robert Kubica 44
09 Michael Schumacher 22
10 Adrian Sutil 16

Constructors Championship
01 McLaren-Mercedes 119
02 Ferrari 116
03 RBR-Renault 113
04 Mercedes GP 72
05 Renault 50
06 Force India-Mercedes 24
07 Williams-Cosworth 8
08 STR-Ferrari 3
09 BMW Sauber-Ferrari 0
10 Lotus-Cosworth 0

Past winners:
2009 - Button
2008 - Hamilton
2007 - Alonso
2006 - Alonso
2005 - Raikkonen
2004 - Trulli
2003 - Montoya
2002 - Coulthard

Race Date: 16 May 2010
Circuit Name: Circuit de Monaco
Number of Laps: 78
Circuit Length: 3.340 km
Race Distance: 260.520 km
Lap Record: 1:14.439 - M Schumacher (2004)

Button Onboard from 2009
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Mansell First lap
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Senna onboard 1986 and 1987
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Jackie Stewart onboard
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[Kev]

[Kev]

Good win for Webber. I think he's turning in to a real title contender now.

[trix]

Schumacher demoted to 12th following steward enquiry

Schumacher was handed a drive-through penalty, which is converted after the race into a 20-second time penalty, dropping him from sixth to 12th in the results.

Schumacher passed Alonso just as the safety car pulled in at the end of Lap 78. The FIA stewards, which included his old sparring partner Damon Hill, have deemed the German breached Article 40.13 of the Sporting Regulations, which states that “if the race ends whilst the safety car is deployed it will enter the pit lane at the end of the last lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking."

& both Williams crashes due to car failures (Hulkenberg - front wing mounting component failure, Barichello - failure at rear of car unidentified as yet)

[wigit]

hope they appeal loved seeing schumacher get one over on alonso

[Kev]

They are going to appeal but the race result is set now the stewards have done it so the best they would get is just an acknowledgment that the decision is wrong, but the correct result will stand.

The rule says if the race is finished under the safety car, implying a full lights on lap where they all carry on across the line behind the car. But when the SC is coming in, the race is back on again once they cross the SC Line just before the last turn, proven by the fact they were given green flags to race again. I think MS was right tbh.

[wigit]

pretty good explanation on attached link explanation