Rosberg denies Hamilton victory at Monaco

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG Petronas won the Monaco Grand Prix while his team mate Lewis Hamilton who had till the last race got a hat-trick win, finished 2^nd. Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing-Renault took the final podium place in a race filled with drama, brave overtakes and silly mistakes by many drivers.

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari finished 4^th followed by Nico Hulkenberg (Sahara Force India-Mercedes), Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) and Felipe Massa ( Williams-Mercedes).

Sahara Force India’s Sergio Perez crashed out on the first lap at the Mirabeau corner after colliding with Jenson Button’s McLaren which brought out the safety car. Defending Champion, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing-Renault faced problems with his power unit right after the safety car came in on lap 4 and eventually retired on lap 7 for the 2^nd time this season.

Adrian Sutil also retired after crashing his Sauber right after the exit of the tunnel bringing the safety car out for the 2^nd time closing the grid up again leading to chaos in the in the pitlane. Kimi Raikkonen’s race was yet again ruined after what Ferrari claim to be a collision with a Marussia as he was following the leading two silver arrows in 3rd and causing him to stop again under the same safety car. Kimi pitted a 3^rd time after almost colliding with Kevin Magnussen at the hairpin. Kimi finished a disappointing 12^th and Magnussen finishing 10^th.

Jules Bianchi after an amazing drive scored the first points for Marussia finishing 8^th, best of his career and the team.

Photograph: Picture of Nico Rosberg during the Qualifying rounds at Monaco. Courtesy Daimler