The sixth round of the 2014 Formula 1 season took place around the streets of Monte Carlo, at the Circuit de Monaco.
It was the 61st running of the most prestigious and glamorous event on the calendar, which first joined the F1 schedule in 1950.
The 2.075 mile track is the shortest layout of the year, but it is also one of the most demanding. It requires complete confidence in the car, concentration, commitment and precision. After five wins in a row, would the Mercedes domination continue? Read on to find out.
For a look at the goings-on from the circuit on Wednesday, go here. Also be sure check out my in-depth race preview and track guide. Take a look back at some of the most memorable Spanish Grand Prix moments with my F1 Flashback.
Here is my weekend report for the sixth round of the F1 season in Monaco, which will be updated after each session.
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As always around the Monte Carlo streets, first practice for the Monaco Grand Prix took place on Thursday morning. Lewis Hamilton topped the session for Mercedes, 0.032 seconds ahead of his team-mate Nico Rosberg.
It was a busy 90 minutes of running due to the threat of rain for practice two. Daniel Ricciardo was third fastest, with Sebastian Vettel fifth in the second RB10. Fernando Alonso split the Red Bull Racing duo in fourth.
The Spaniard had a late scare after going straight on at Mirabeau, but he managed to reverse and continue. Max Chilton spun and stalled at the same place, before Adrian Sutil hit the wall and damaged the left-rear of his Sauber. Kimi Raikkonen, Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez were next up on the timesheets.
The latter was almost hit by Kevin Magnussen, who finished ninth, at the final turn after the Mexican driver backed off to give himself some clean air. Nico Hulkenberg rounded out the top 10. Jenson Button and Esteban Gutierrez were 11th and 12th. Daniil Kvyat's first time driving around the Circuit de Monaco saw him finish 18th. Marcus Ericsson completed the most laps of anyone - 40 - in practice one.
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Following a short but heavy rain shower after first practice, conditions were wet and slippery for the start of the second session. There was very little running early on but it concluded in frantic fashion as drivers completed a handful of laps on slick tyres.
It was Alonso who eventually topped the timesheets for Ferrari with a best time of 1m18.482, following his final run on the super-soft Pirelli tyre compound. Hamilton was second, with Vettel, Jean-Eric Vergne and Bottas next up.
Perez and Hulkenberg finished sixth and seventh for Force India. Button was fastest on the intermediate tyres, but slipped to eighth. Ricciardo and Magnussen completed the top 10. Felipe Massa, Kvyat, Sutil and Pastor Maldonado were just behind.
Rosberg was down in 20th after deciding to focus on practice starts and pit stops, and Ericsson was 21st. The Swede had a brief brush with the barriers at Portier in the final minutes. Meanwhile Raikkonen propped up the timesheets after failing to complete any running on the dry tyres due to a gearbox failure.
FP3
Following Friday's "rest day", the on-track action resumed with third practice for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday morning. Hamilton was fastest for Mercedes, with Ricciardo and Rosberg completing the top three.
It was a busy session following the limited running in practice two. Ricciardo, Kvyat, Bianchi and Vettel were the first drivers to take to the track. The majority of teams followed a similar schedule, with early runs on the soft tyre before switching to lower fuel qualifying simulations on the super-soft Pirelli rubber.
Hamilton's quickest time of 1m16.758 was just 0.050 faster than Ricciardo's best effort, but he did suffer traffic on potentially faster laps. Rosberg lost time in the final sector but improved to third in the closing stages. Vettel and Alonso completed the top five, just ahead of Raikkonen in the second Ferrari.
Perez, Hulkenberg, Vergne and Kvyat rounded out the top 10. Magnussen was 11th, just ahead of his team-mate Button. Bottas was the busiest driver, completing 30 laps en route to 13th place. Massa was 14th, ahead of Sutil, Romain Grosjean, Jules Bianchi and Maldonado.
Qualifying
Q1
The first 18 minute qualifying session saw the slowest six drivers eliminated from the fight for pole position. It was a relatively busy start, with Hamilton, Rosberg and Kvyat being the first drivers to exit the pit lane and take to the circuit.
Vergne was fastest for Toro Rosso on the super-soft tyre with a best lap of 1m17.557. Rosberg and Hamilton were a few tenths further back on the prime tyre. Alonso and Button completed the top five. Ricciardo, Raikkonen and Magnussen - who had a late scare after a lock-up at Ste Devote - were next up.
Perez and Massa rounded out the top 10. The latter was involved in an odd incident with Ericsson in the final few minutes, after the Caterham driver outbraked himself at Mirabeau as the Brazilian attempted to let him through. Kvyat just managed to progress to Q2 despite an early crash at the entry to the Nouvelle chicane.
Due to the yellow flags in the closing stages, Gutierrez and Sutil were both unable to improve their lap times and escape the drop-zone. The two Sauber drivers were joined by Bianchi, Chilton, Kamui Kobayashi and Ericsson.
Q2
The second session saw 16 drivers battle for a place in the top 10 shoot-out, with the Mercedes duo being the first drivers to take to the Circuit de Monaco once again. Massa was unable to compete in Q2 following his earlier collision with Ericsson.
The rest of the field completed the session on the super-soft Pirelli compound tyre. Hamilton moved to the top of the timesheets in the final minute, beating Rosberg by one tenth of a second with a 1m16.354. Vettel was third despite reporting a MGU-K problem, just ahead of Alonso.
Ricciardo was next up in the second Red Bull RB10, with Raikkonen in sixth. Rookies Kvyat, and Magnussen made it through to the final qualifying session, as did Vergne and Perez.
The Mexican's Force India team-mate Hulkenberg found himself in the drop-zone, just ahead of Button. The Brit backed off on his final lap. Bottas also failed to make it into Q3, with the Lotus drivers of Grosjean and Maldonado in 14th and 15th. Massa failed to set a time.
Q3
The top 10 shoot-out got off to a rather quiet start under the scorching Monaco sun, but it soon picked up pace. Perez and Alonso were the first drivers to take to the circuit.
The Mexican put in the opening time of the session, but he was swiftly demoted by Raikkonen and Alonso. Rosberg and Hamilton then - unsurprisingly - hit the front, with the former leading the way by just 0.059 seconds after the first runs.
He managed to snatch pole position from his team-mate despite locking up and taking to the run-off area on his final lap at Mirabeau. With the yellow flags flying, Hamilton couldn't improve his time and backed off in the second sector.
It was another front-row lock-out for Mercedes and Rosberg's second consecutive Monaco pole, with Ricciardo proving to be best of the rest in third. Vettel was fourth in the second Red Bull, ahead of Alonso and Raikkonen. Vergne set the seventh fastest time in the Toro Rosso, with Magnussen qualifying in eighth place. Kvyat and Perez completed the top 10.
Results:
The Race
The 2014 Monaco Grand Prix was the 61st running of the event and followed a controversial qualifying session on Saturday.
Rosberg took pole position, ahead of Hamilton, but could the German driver hold on to the lead, and would anyone else take the challenge to the Mercedes duo? Read on to find out...
The revs rose, the lights went out and the sixth round of the season got under way. Off the line, Rosberg had a strong start and held the lead into turn one. It was a clean first corner, with Ricciardo falling to fifth behind Vettel and the fast-starting Raikkonen.
Maldonado joined Ericsson in starting from the pit lane after he failed to leave the grid on the formation lap, but an engine issue meant he was unable to compete. There was contact between Perez and Button at Mirabeau on lap one after the Mexican turned in on the Brit. The Force India driver hit the wall and the safety car was deployed.
Grosjean and Sutil pitted at the end of the opening tour. The safety car took to the pit lane at the end of lap three, with Rosberg putting the hammer down on the run to La Rascasse. Raikkonen moved up to third after Vettel began to slow at the exit of Ste Devote.
The Red Bull Racing driver reported to his team that there was "no power" as he coasted back to his garage. The four-time champion pitted and returned to the track but he was forced to retire shortly after. The gap between the leaders was just seven tenths by the end of lap six, with Hamilton putting pressure on his team-mate.
At the back of the pack, Sutil passed Grosjean at the Fairmont hairpin after a brave move on lap nine. Kvyat took to the pit lane and became the fourth retirement from the race a little while later after an exhaust issue.
Sutil was on the move once again and passed Chilton for a lowly 15th place on lap 17 at the Nouvelle chicane. The Brit was one of three drivers to be handed five second stop/go penalties for starting out of position, with Bianchi and Gutierrez being the other two.
Hamilton had closed to within 1.1 seconds of Rosberg by lap 21, with Ricciardo also edging closer to Raikkonen. The safety car was deployed on lap 26 after Sutil crashed at the entry to the Nouvelle chicane, after losing control of his Sauber C33 under braking.
Most of the field dived into the pit lane for a fresh set of Pirelli tyres. Vergne was released into the path of Magnussen's McLaren and narrowly avoided collecting a member of the Williams pit crew. Massa was the only driver not to stop and moved up to sixth, which became fifth when Raikkonen was forced to take to the Ferrari pit box for a second time with a puncture.
The safety car released the pack once again at the end of lap 30. Rosberg had a good restart, with Hamilton, Ricciardo and Alonso immediately pulling away from Massa. Magnussen passed Vergne at La Rascasse when the racing resumed, but had to give the place back as he completed the move before the second safety car line. The Danish driver was then overtaken by Hulkenberg after a fantastic move at Portier.
There was action further back with Bianchi barging his way past Kobayashi at the penultimate corner. The Caterham driver was not happy with the overtake, claiming it damaged his car. Bianchi was then promoted to 12th after Vergne served a drive-through penalty for his unsafe pit release. Massa's incredibly long opening stint on the supert-soft tyre came to an end on lap 46.
Vergne registered his fourth retirement of the season on lap 52 after smoke started to billow from his Toro Rosso STR9. At the front, Hamilton briefly dropped to just over one second behind Rosberg before closing the gap once again.
Bottas exited the race in dramatic style on lap 55. He parked his car at the hairpin after smoke began to pour from the back of his Mercedes-powered Williams FW36, with his run of consecutive top 10 results coming to an end.
The gap between the two leaders increased to two seconds for the first time in the race on lap 61. The yellow flags emerged at La Rascasse on the following tour after Gutierrez clipped the inside barrier and spun. He was unable to continue and retired from the race.
Hamilton dropped back from Rosberg with 10 laps to go after reporting that he had something in his eye. The Brit started to fall into the clutches of the fast-approaching Ricciardo, while Hulkenberg was holding up the McLaren drivers.
The gap between the Mercedes and the Red Bull was just five tenths by lap 74. Raikkonen attempted to dive up the inside of Magnussen, who had just lost a place to his team-mate, at the hairpin but he drifted wide and both had to stop to avoid hitting the wall. The two drivers managed to get going again, but the 'Iceman' had to pit for a new front wing.
Out front, it was Rosberg who took the chequered flag in first place, with Hamilton just holding on to second.
Rosberg wins the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix
The battle for the lead was close early on, but Rosberg eventually moved clear to take a stunning victory around the streets of Monte Carlo. He eventually won the race, his second of the season, by 9.2 seconds, reclaiming the top spot in the championship after a controlled and faultless drive. Hamilton had to settle for the runner-up spot, giving Mercedes its fifth one-two finish of the second.
He had to work hard for the position in the closing stages after Ricciardo closed in. The Aussie had a poor start but benefited from the troubles of Raikkonen and his team-mate Vettel to inherit third place. However, it was still a great drive from the Red Bull driver.
Alonso had a rather anonymous run to fourth, finishing 23 seconds behind Ricciardo, with Hulkenberg just holding on to fifth despite coming under huge amounts of pressure from Button in the final laps.
McLaren returned to the points in Monaco. Button was sixth, with Magnussen in 10th after he was delayed by Raikkonen's opportunistic overtake at the hairpin. Massa rose to seventh after an unusual strategy, with Grosjean in eighth. The Lotus driver actually took the chequered flag in ninth but moved up a position after Bianchi was given a five second penalty.
The Frenchman gave the Marussia team its first top 10 result in its history, following a long four seasons in the sport, as well as the first points of his career. Ericsson was 11th for Caterham, with Raikkonen dropping to 12th. Kobayashi and Chilton completed the finishers.
There were eight retirements. Gutierrez, Sutil and Perez found the unforgiving Monaco barriers, while Bottas, Vergne, Kvyat and Vettel suffered mechanical problems. Maldonado failed to start after an engine issue.
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The 2.075 mile track is the shortest layout of the year, but it is also one of the most demanding. It requires complete confidence in the car, concentration, commitment and precision. After five wins in a row, would the Mercedes domination continue? Read on to find out.
For a look at the goings-on from the circuit on Wednesday, go here. Also be sure check out my in-depth race preview and track guide. Take a look back at some of the most memorable Spanish Grand Prix moments with my F1 Flashback.
Here is my weekend report for the sixth round of the F1 season in Monaco, which will be updated after each session.
FP1
As always around the Monte Carlo streets, first practice for the Monaco Grand Prix took place on Thursday morning. Lewis Hamilton topped the session for Mercedes, 0.032 seconds ahead of his team-mate Nico Rosberg.
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It was a busy 90 minutes of running due to the threat of rain for practice two. Daniel Ricciardo was third fastest, with Sebastian Vettel fifth in the second RB10. Fernando Alonso split the Red Bull Racing duo in fourth.
The Spaniard had a late scare after going straight on at Mirabeau, but he managed to reverse and continue. Max Chilton spun and stalled at the same place, before Adrian Sutil hit the wall and damaged the left-rear of his Sauber. Kimi Raikkonen, Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez were next up on the timesheets.
The latter was almost hit by Kevin Magnussen, who finished ninth, at the final turn after the Mexican driver backed off to give himself some clean air. Nico Hulkenberg rounded out the top 10. Jenson Button and Esteban Gutierrez were 11th and 12th. Daniil Kvyat's first time driving around the Circuit de Monaco saw him finish 18th. Marcus Ericsson completed the most laps of anyone - 40 - in practice one.
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Following a short but heavy rain shower after first practice, conditions were wet and slippery for the start of the second session. There was very little running early on but it concluded in frantic fashion as drivers completed a handful of laps on slick tyres.
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It was Alonso who eventually topped the timesheets for Ferrari with a best time of 1m18.482, following his final run on the super-soft Pirelli tyre compound. Hamilton was second, with Vettel, Jean-Eric Vergne and Bottas next up.
Perez and Hulkenberg finished sixth and seventh for Force India. Button was fastest on the intermediate tyres, but slipped to eighth. Ricciardo and Magnussen completed the top 10. Felipe Massa, Kvyat, Sutil and Pastor Maldonado were just behind.
Rosberg was down in 20th after deciding to focus on practice starts and pit stops, and Ericsson was 21st. The Swede had a brief brush with the barriers at Portier in the final minutes. Meanwhile Raikkonen propped up the timesheets after failing to complete any running on the dry tyres due to a gearbox failure.
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Following Friday's "rest day", the on-track action resumed with third practice for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday morning. Hamilton was fastest for Mercedes, with Ricciardo and Rosberg completing the top three.
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It was a busy session following the limited running in practice two. Ricciardo, Kvyat, Bianchi and Vettel were the first drivers to take to the track. The majority of teams followed a similar schedule, with early runs on the soft tyre before switching to lower fuel qualifying simulations on the super-soft Pirelli rubber.
Hamilton's quickest time of 1m16.758 was just 0.050 faster than Ricciardo's best effort, but he did suffer traffic on potentially faster laps. Rosberg lost time in the final sector but improved to third in the closing stages. Vettel and Alonso completed the top five, just ahead of Raikkonen in the second Ferrari.
Perez, Hulkenberg, Vergne and Kvyat rounded out the top 10. Magnussen was 11th, just ahead of his team-mate Button. Bottas was the busiest driver, completing 30 laps en route to 13th place. Massa was 14th, ahead of Sutil, Romain Grosjean, Jules Bianchi and Maldonado.
Qualifying
Q1
The first 18 minute qualifying session saw the slowest six drivers eliminated from the fight for pole position. It was a relatively busy start, with Hamilton, Rosberg and Kvyat being the first drivers to exit the pit lane and take to the circuit.
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Vergne was fastest for Toro Rosso on the super-soft tyre with a best lap of 1m17.557. Rosberg and Hamilton were a few tenths further back on the prime tyre. Alonso and Button completed the top five. Ricciardo, Raikkonen and Magnussen - who had a late scare after a lock-up at Ste Devote - were next up.
Perez and Massa rounded out the top 10. The latter was involved in an odd incident with Ericsson in the final few minutes, after the Caterham driver outbraked himself at Mirabeau as the Brazilian attempted to let him through. Kvyat just managed to progress to Q2 despite an early crash at the entry to the Nouvelle chicane.
Due to the yellow flags in the closing stages, Gutierrez and Sutil were both unable to improve their lap times and escape the drop-zone. The two Sauber drivers were joined by Bianchi, Chilton, Kamui Kobayashi and Ericsson.
Q2
The second session saw 16 drivers battle for a place in the top 10 shoot-out, with the Mercedes duo being the first drivers to take to the Circuit de Monaco once again. Massa was unable to compete in Q2 following his earlier collision with Ericsson.
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The rest of the field completed the session on the super-soft Pirelli compound tyre. Hamilton moved to the top of the timesheets in the final minute, beating Rosberg by one tenth of a second with a 1m16.354. Vettel was third despite reporting a MGU-K problem, just ahead of Alonso.
Ricciardo was next up in the second Red Bull RB10, with Raikkonen in sixth. Rookies Kvyat, and Magnussen made it through to the final qualifying session, as did Vergne and Perez.
The Mexican's Force India team-mate Hulkenberg found himself in the drop-zone, just ahead of Button. The Brit backed off on his final lap. Bottas also failed to make it into Q3, with the Lotus drivers of Grosjean and Maldonado in 14th and 15th. Massa failed to set a time.
Q3
The top 10 shoot-out got off to a rather quiet start under the scorching Monaco sun, but it soon picked up pace. Perez and Alonso were the first drivers to take to the circuit.
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The Mexican put in the opening time of the session, but he was swiftly demoted by Raikkonen and Alonso. Rosberg and Hamilton then - unsurprisingly - hit the front, with the former leading the way by just 0.059 seconds after the first runs.
He managed to snatch pole position from his team-mate despite locking up and taking to the run-off area on his final lap at Mirabeau. With the yellow flags flying, Hamilton couldn't improve his time and backed off in the second sector.
It was another front-row lock-out for Mercedes and Rosberg's second consecutive Monaco pole, with Ricciardo proving to be best of the rest in third. Vettel was fourth in the second Red Bull, ahead of Alonso and Raikkonen. Vergne set the seventh fastest time in the Toro Rosso, with Magnussen qualifying in eighth place. Kvyat and Perez completed the top 10.
Results:
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m15.989s
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m16.048s +0.059s
3. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m16.384s +0.395s
4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m16.547s +0.558s
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m16.686s +0.697s
6. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m17.389s +1.400s
7. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1m17.540s +1.551s
8. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1m17.555s +1.566s
9. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m18.090s +2.101s
10. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m18.327s +2.338s
Q3 cut-off time: 1m17.755s **
11. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m17.846s +1.492s
12. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m17.988s +1.634s
13. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m18.082s +1.728s
14. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m18.196s +1.842s
15. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1m18.356s +2.002s
16. Felipe Massa Williams-Renault
Q2 cut-off time: 1m18.616s*
17. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m18.741s +1.184s
18. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1m18.745s +1.188s
19. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m19.332s +1.775s+
20. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m19.928s +2.371s
21. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1m20.133s +2.576s
22. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m21.732s +4.175s++
+5-place grid penalty for a gearbox change
++Pit-lane start for causing a collision in Q1
The Race
The 2014 Monaco Grand Prix was the 61st running of the event and followed a controversial qualifying session on Saturday.
Rosberg took pole position, ahead of Hamilton, but could the German driver hold on to the lead, and would anyone else take the challenge to the Mercedes duo? Read on to find out...
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The revs rose, the lights went out and the sixth round of the season got under way. Off the line, Rosberg had a strong start and held the lead into turn one. It was a clean first corner, with Ricciardo falling to fifth behind Vettel and the fast-starting Raikkonen.
Maldonado joined Ericsson in starting from the pit lane after he failed to leave the grid on the formation lap, but an engine issue meant he was unable to compete. There was contact between Perez and Button at Mirabeau on lap one after the Mexican turned in on the Brit. The Force India driver hit the wall and the safety car was deployed.
Grosjean and Sutil pitted at the end of the opening tour. The safety car took to the pit lane at the end of lap three, with Rosberg putting the hammer down on the run to La Rascasse. Raikkonen moved up to third after Vettel began to slow at the exit of Ste Devote.
The Red Bull Racing driver reported to his team that there was "no power" as he coasted back to his garage. The four-time champion pitted and returned to the track but he was forced to retire shortly after. The gap between the leaders was just seven tenths by the end of lap six, with Hamilton putting pressure on his team-mate.
At the back of the pack, Sutil passed Grosjean at the Fairmont hairpin after a brave move on lap nine. Kvyat took to the pit lane and became the fourth retirement from the race a little while later after an exhaust issue.
Sutil was on the move once again and passed Chilton for a lowly 15th place on lap 17 at the Nouvelle chicane. The Brit was one of three drivers to be handed five second stop/go penalties for starting out of position, with Bianchi and Gutierrez being the other two.
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Hamilton had closed to within 1.1 seconds of Rosberg by lap 21, with Ricciardo also edging closer to Raikkonen. The safety car was deployed on lap 26 after Sutil crashed at the entry to the Nouvelle chicane, after losing control of his Sauber C33 under braking.
Most of the field dived into the pit lane for a fresh set of Pirelli tyres. Vergne was released into the path of Magnussen's McLaren and narrowly avoided collecting a member of the Williams pit crew. Massa was the only driver not to stop and moved up to sixth, which became fifth when Raikkonen was forced to take to the Ferrari pit box for a second time with a puncture.
The safety car released the pack once again at the end of lap 30. Rosberg had a good restart, with Hamilton, Ricciardo and Alonso immediately pulling away from Massa. Magnussen passed Vergne at La Rascasse when the racing resumed, but had to give the place back as he completed the move before the second safety car line. The Danish driver was then overtaken by Hulkenberg after a fantastic move at Portier.
There was action further back with Bianchi barging his way past Kobayashi at the penultimate corner. The Caterham driver was not happy with the overtake, claiming it damaged his car. Bianchi was then promoted to 12th after Vergne served a drive-through penalty for his unsafe pit release. Massa's incredibly long opening stint on the supert-soft tyre came to an end on lap 46.
Vergne registered his fourth retirement of the season on lap 52 after smoke started to billow from his Toro Rosso STR9. At the front, Hamilton briefly dropped to just over one second behind Rosberg before closing the gap once again.
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Bottas exited the race in dramatic style on lap 55. He parked his car at the hairpin after smoke began to pour from the back of his Mercedes-powered Williams FW36, with his run of consecutive top 10 results coming to an end.
The gap between the two leaders increased to two seconds for the first time in the race on lap 61. The yellow flags emerged at La Rascasse on the following tour after Gutierrez clipped the inside barrier and spun. He was unable to continue and retired from the race.
Hamilton dropped back from Rosberg with 10 laps to go after reporting that he had something in his eye. The Brit started to fall into the clutches of the fast-approaching Ricciardo, while Hulkenberg was holding up the McLaren drivers.
The gap between the Mercedes and the Red Bull was just five tenths by lap 74. Raikkonen attempted to dive up the inside of Magnussen, who had just lost a place to his team-mate, at the hairpin but he drifted wide and both had to stop to avoid hitting the wall. The two drivers managed to get going again, but the 'Iceman' had to pit for a new front wing.
Out front, it was Rosberg who took the chequered flag in first place, with Hamilton just holding on to second.
Rosberg wins the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix
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The battle for the lead was close early on, but Rosberg eventually moved clear to take a stunning victory around the streets of Monte Carlo. He eventually won the race, his second of the season, by 9.2 seconds, reclaiming the top spot in the championship after a controlled and faultless drive. Hamilton had to settle for the runner-up spot, giving Mercedes its fifth one-two finish of the second.
He had to work hard for the position in the closing stages after Ricciardo closed in. The Aussie had a poor start but benefited from the troubles of Raikkonen and his team-mate Vettel to inherit third place. However, it was still a great drive from the Red Bull driver.
Alonso had a rather anonymous run to fourth, finishing 23 seconds behind Ricciardo, with Hulkenberg just holding on to fifth despite coming under huge amounts of pressure from Button in the final laps.
McLaren returned to the points in Monaco. Button was sixth, with Magnussen in 10th after he was delayed by Raikkonen's opportunistic overtake at the hairpin. Massa rose to seventh after an unusual strategy, with Grosjean in eighth. The Lotus driver actually took the chequered flag in ninth but moved up a position after Bianchi was given a five second penalty.
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There were eight retirements. Gutierrez, Sutil and Perez found the unforgiving Monaco barriers, while Bottas, Vergne, Kvyat and Vettel suffered mechanical problems. Maldonado failed to start after an engine issue.
Results - 78 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1h49m27.661s
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +9.210s
3. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull +9.614s
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +32.452s
5. Nico Hulkenberg Force India +1 lap
6. Jenson Button McLaren +1 lap
7. Felipe Massa Williams +1 lap
8. Romain Grosjean Lotus +1 lap
9. Jules Bianchi Marussia +1 lap
10. Kevin Magnussen McLaren +1 lap
11. Marcus Ericsson Caterham +1 lap
12. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari +1 lap
13. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham +3 laps
14. Max Chilton Marussia +3 laps
Retirements:
Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 59 laps
Valtteri Bottas Williams 55 laps
Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 50 laps
Adrian Sutil Sauber 23 laps
Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 10 laps
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 5 laps
Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 0 laps
Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 0 laps
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