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2011 Finish
Finish	Driver	Start	Finish	Driver	Start
1	Sebastian Vettel	1	6	Lewis Hamilton	9
2	Fernando Alonso	4	7	Adrian Sutil	15
3	Jenson Button	2	8	Nick Heidfeld	16
4	Mark Webber	3	9	Rubens Barrichello	12
5	Kamui Kobayashi	10	10	Sebastien Buemi	17

2011 Monaco Grand Prix Facts and Figures
AVERAGE SPEED: 120.574 k.p.h.
TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 9 minutes, 38.373 seconds
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.138 seconds
CARS RUNNING AT FINISH: 18
CARS ON FINAL LAP: 6
FASTEST LAP: Mark Webber, 1:16.234, Lap 78
POLE WINNER: Sebastian Vettel (1:13.556)

Past Monaco Grand Prix Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed

2011 -- Sebastian Vettel (1st) -- Red Bull-Renault -- 120.574 kph/2:09:38.373

2010 -- Mark Webber (1st) -- Red Bull-Renault -- 141.814 k.p.h./1:50:13.555

2009 -- Jenson Button (1st) -- Brawn-Mercedes -- 154.857 k.p.h./1:40:44.282

2008 -- Lewis Hamilton (3rd) -- McLaren -- 126.171 k.p.h./2:00:42.742

2007 -- Fernando Alonso (1st) -- McLaren -- 155.551 k.p.h./1:40:29.329

2006 -- Fernando Alonso (1st) -- Renault -- 150.707 k.p.h./1:43:43.116

2005 -- Kimi Raikkonen (1st) -- McLaren -- 148.582 k.p.h./1:45:15.556

2004 -- Jarno Trulli (1st) -- Renault -- 145.880 k.p.h./1:45:46.601

2003 -- Juan Pablo Montoya (3rd) -- Williams-BMW -- 152.772 k.p.h./1:42:19.010

2002 -- David Coulthard (2nd) -- McLaren -- 1:45:39.055

2001 -- Michael Schumacher (2nd) -- Ferrari -- 1:47:22.561

2000 -- David Coulthard (3rd) -- McLaren -- 1:49:28.213

1999 -- Michael Schumacher (2nd) -- Ferrari -- 1:49:31.812

1998 -- Mika Hakkinen (1st) -- McLaren -- 1:51:23.595

1997 -- Michael Schumacher (2nd) -- Ferrari -- 2:00:05.654

1996 -- Olivier Panis (14th) -- Ligier -- 2:00:45.629

1995 -- Michael Schumacher (2nd) -- Benetton -- 1:53:11.258

1994 -- Michael Schumacher (1st) -- Benetton -- 1:49:55.372

1993 -- Ayrton Senna (3rd) -- McLaren -- 1:52:10.947

1992 -- Ayrton Senna (3rd) -- McLaren -- 1:50:59.372

1991 -- Ayrton Senna (1st) -- McLaren -- 1:53:02.334

1990 -- Ayrton Senna (1st) -- McLaren -- 1:52:46.982

1989 -- Ayrton Senna (1st) -- McLaren -- 1:53:33.251

1988 -- Alain Prost (2nd) -- McLaren -- 1:57:17.077

1987 -- Ayrton Senna (2nd) -- Lotus -- 1:57:54.085

1986 -- Alain Prost (1st) -- McLaren -- 1:55:41.060

1985 -- Alain Prost (5th) -- McLaren -- 1:51:58.034

1984 -- Alain Prost (1st) -- McLaren -- 1:01:07.740

1983 -- Keke Rosberg (5th) -- Williams -- 1:56:38.121

1982 -- Riccardo Patrese (2nd) -- Brabham -- 1:54:11.259

1981 -- Gilles Villeneuve (2nd) -- Ferrari -- 1:54:23.38

1980 -- Carlos Reutemann (2nd) -- Williams -- 1:55:34.365

1979 -- Jody Scheckter (1st) -- Ferrari -- 1:55:22.48

1978 -- Patrick Depailler (5th) -- Tyrrell -- 1:55:14.66

1977 -- Jody Scheckter (2nd) -- Wolf -- 1:57:52.77

1976 -- Niki Lauda (1st) -- Ferrari -- 1:59:51.47

1975 -- Niki Lauda (1st) -- Ferrari -- 2:01:21.31

1974 -- Ronnie Peterson (3rd) -- Lotus -- 1:58:03.7

1973 -- Jackie Stewart (1st) -- Tyrrell -- 1:57:44.3

1972 -- Jean-Pierre Beltoise (4th) -- BRM -- 2:26:54.7

1971 -- Jackie Stewart (1st) -- Tyrrell -- 1:52:21.3

1970 -- Jochen Rindt (8th) -- Lotus -- 1:54:36.6

1969 -- Graham Hill (4th) -- Lotus -- 1:56:59.4

1968 -- Graham Hill (1st) -- Lotus -- 2:00:32.3

1967 -- Denny Hulme (4th) -- Brabham -- 2:34:34.3

1966 -- Jackie Stewart (3rd) -- BRM -- 2:33:10.5

1965 -- Graham Hill (1st) -- BRM -- 2:37:39.6

1964 -- Graham Hill (3rd) -- BRM -- 2:41:19.5

1963 -- Graham Hill (2nd) -- BRM -- 2:41:49.7

1962 -- Bruce McLaren (3rd) -- Cooper -- 2:46:29.7

1961 -- Stirling Moss (1st) -- Lotus -- 2:45:50.1

1960 -- Stirling Moss (1st) -- Lotus -- 2:53:45.5

1959 -- Jack Brabham (3rd) -- Cooper -- 2:55:51.3

1958 -- Maurice Trinigant (5th) -- Cooper -- 2:52:27.9

1957 -- Juan Manuel Fangio (1st) -- Maserati -- 3:10:12.8

1956 -- Stirling Moss (2nd) -- Maserati -- 3:00:32.9

1955 -- Maurice Trinigant (9th) -- Ferrari -- 2:58:09.8

1954 -- Not Held

1953 -- Not Held

1952 -- Not Held

1951 -- Not Held

1950 -- Juan Manuel Fangio (1st) -- Alfa Romeo -- 3:13:16.7

NOTE: Changed from 100 to 80 laps in 1968. Races 1973-74, 76, 85-88, 90-95,

98-present were 78 laps. 1975, 1978, 1996 races were 75 laps. 1977,

1979-83 races were 76 laps. 1989 race was 77 laps. 1984 race was

shortened to 31 laps. The 1997 race was only 62 laps. Due to inclement

weather, the 2008 race, scheduled for 78 laps, was stopped at two hours

(76 laps).

Past Monaco Grand Prix Pole Winners (Finish)

2011 -- Sebastian Vettel -- 1st

2010 -- Mark Webber -- 1st

2009 -- Jenson Button -- 1st

2008 -- Felipe Massa -- 3rd

2007 -- Fernando Alonso -- 1st

2006 -- Fernando Alonso -- 1st

2005 -- Kimi Raikkonen -- 1st

2004 -- Jarno Trulli -- 1st

2003 -- Ralf Schumacher -- 4th

2002 -- Juan Pablo Montoya -- 17th

2001 -- David Coulthard -- 5th

2000 -- Michael Schumacher -- 12th

1999 -- Mika Hakkinen -- 3rd

1998 -- Mika Hakkinen -- 1st

1997 -- Heinz-Harald Frentzen -- 11th

1996 -- Michael Schumacher -- 17th

1995 -- Damon Hill -- 2nd

1994 -- Michael Schumacher -- 1st

1993 -- Alain Prost -- 4th

1992 -- Nigel Mansell -- 2nd

1991 -- Ayrton Senna -- 1st

1990 -- Ayrton Senna -- 1st

1989 -- Ayrton Senna -- 1st

1988 -- Ayrton Senna -- 11th

1987 -- Nigel Mansell -- 21st

1986 -- Alain Prost -- 1st

1985 -- Ayrton Senna -- 16th

1984 -- Alain Prost -- 1st

1983 -- Alain Prost -- 3rd

1982 -- Rene Arnoux -- 19th

1981 -- Nelson Piquet -- 8th

1980 -- Didier Pironi -- 11th

1979 -- Jody Scheckter -- 1st

1978 -- Carlos Reutemann -- 8th

1977 -- John Watson -- 14th

1976 -- Niki Lauda -- 1st

1975 -- Niki Lauda -- 1st

1974 -- Niki Lauda -- 12th

1973 -- Jackie Stewart -- 1st

1972 -- Emerson Fittipaldi -- 3rd

1971 -- Jackie Stewart -- 1st

1970 -- Jackie Stewart -- 11th

1969 -- Jackie Stewart -- 9th

1968 -- Graham Hill -- 1st

1967 -- Jack Brabham -- 16th

1966 -- Jim Clark -- 8th

1965 -- Graham Hill -- 1st

1964 -- Jim Clark -- 4th

1963 -- Jim Clark -- 8th

1962 -- Jim Clark -- 10th

1961 -- Stirling Moss -- 1st

1960 -- Stirling Moss -- 1st

1959 -- Stirling Moss -- 7th

1958 -- Tony Brooks -- 15th

1957 -- Juan Manuel Fangio -- 1st

1956 -- Juan Manuel Fangio -- 4th

1955 -- Juan Manuel Fangio -- 15th

1954 -- Not Held

1953 -- Not Held

1952 -- Not Held

1951 -- Not Held

1950 -- Juan Manuel Fangio -- 1st

Last Race Results
RACE: Spanish Grand Prix (May 13th)
SITE: Circuit de Catalunya -- Barcelona, Spain
LAPS: 66
MILES: 190.825 (307.104 km)
WINNER: Pastor Maldonado
RUNNER-UP: Fernando Alonso
THIRD: Kimi Raikkonen
FOURTH: Romain Grosjean
FIFTH: Kamui Kobayashi
POLE WINNER: Pastor Maldonado (Finished 1st)
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 39 minutes, 9.145 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 185.837 k.p.h.
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.195 seconds

Monaco Grand Prix Entry List
Car	Driver, Hometown	Car/Name
1 *	Sebastien Vettel (Heppenheim, Germ)	Renault/Red Bull
2	Mark Webber (Queanbeyan, Australia)	Renault/Red Bull
3	Jenson Button (Frome, England)	Mercedes/McLaren Vodafone
4	Lewis Hamilton (Stevenage, England)	Mercedes/McLaren Vodafone
5	Fernando Alonso (Oviedo, Spain)	Ferrari/Scuderia
6	Felipe Massa (Sao Paulo, Brazil)	Ferrari/Scuderia
7	Michael Schumacher (Germany)	Mercedes/AMG Petronas
8	Nico Rosberg (Wiesbaden, Germany)	Mercedes/AMG Petronas
9	Kimi Raikkonen (Espoo, Finland)	Renault/Lotus
10	Romain Grosjean (Geneva,Switzerland)	Renault/Lotus
11	Paul di Resta (Livingston, Scotland)	Mercedes/Force India
12	Nico Hulkenberg (Emmerich, Germany)	Mercedes/Force India
14	Kamui Kobayashi (Amagasaki, Japan)	Ferrari/Sauber
15	Sergio Perez (Guadalajara, Mexico)	Ferrari/Sauber
16	Daniel Ricciardo (Perth, Australia)	Ferrari/Scuderia Toro Rosso
17	Jean-Eric Vergne (Pontoise, France)	Ferrari/Scuderia Toro Rosso
18	Pastor Maldonado (Maracay,Venezuela)	Renault/Williams
19	Bruno Senna (Sao Paulo, Brazil)	Renault/Williams
20	Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)	Renault/Caterham
21	Vitaly Petrov (Vyborg, Russia)	Renault/Caterham
22	Pedro de la Rosa (Barcelona, Spain)	Cosworth/HRT
23	Narain Karthikeyan (Chennai, India)	Cosworth/HRT
24	Timo Glock (Lindenfels, Germany)	Cosworth/Marussia
25	Charles Pic (Montelimar, France)	Cosworth/Marussia

* - defending champion.

Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years)
Driver	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Sebastian Vettel	---	---	---	---	---	5th	13th	2nd	Won
Fernando Alonso	5th	12th	4th	Won	Won	10th	7th	6th	2nd
Jenson Button	---	2nd	---	11th	11th	11th	Won	23rd	3rd
Mark Webber	17th	16th	3rd	21st	21st	4th	5th	Won	4th
Kamui Kobayashi	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	19th	5th
Lewis Hamilton	---	---	---	---	2nd	Won	12th	5th	6th
Nico Rosberg	---	---	---	19th	12th	16th	6th	7th	11th
Pastor Maldonado	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	18th
Romain Grosjean	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

Mover of the Week

Lewis Hamilton - Started 24th on the grid and finished 8th

Sports Network Selections

Pick to Win - Fernando Alonso

Darkhorse - Heikki Kovalainen

Last Week's Pick to Win (Mark Webber) - Finished 11th

Last Week's Darkhorse (Bruno Senna) - Finished 23rd

NOTES:

The sixth race of the Formula One calendar makes its yearly stop in Monte Carlo for the 59th staging of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Last year, two-time defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel recorded the fifth of 11 2011 victories en route to the championship.

Currently tied for the top spot with Fernando Alonso, Vettel captured this race for the first time in four tries, as he held off Alonso and Jenson Button in a fierce battle during the closing laps on the famed Monte Carlo street circuit.

He overcame a pit-road blunder early in the race when his Red Bull Racing crew was not fully prepared for his stop. The young German only pitted once during the 78-lap race. He traveled the last 62 laps around the tricky 2.075-mile (3.34-kilometer) circuit on prime tires.

Formerly the opening event on the F1 schedule, the Monaco GP features a rich history of past champions, including Michael Schumacher, Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna.

In 2010, Mark Webber scored his second of four wins that year around the Circuit de Monaco, as he defeated Vettel by 0.448 of a second, leading all 78 laps.

Webber had to fend off Vettel on four restarts following the deployment of the safety car for various incidents, including a crash involving Jarno Trulli and Karun Chandhok four laps from the finish. Both drivers were not injured when Trulli's car went over Chandhok's vehicle. With the win, Webber became the second straight pole sitter to win in Monte Carlo.

Jenson Button dominated the 2009 race en route to his fifth win of that campaign. Button started on the pole and quickly broke away from the field on the opening lap. He gave up the lead briefly when he pitted twice during the 78-lap event. The Briton crossed the finish line 7.666 seconds ahead of his teammate, Rubens Barrichello, to give Brawn GP their third one-two finish of the year. Button, who won earlier this season, has 13 career F1 titles.

Starting third on the grid, Lewis Hamilton captured Formula One's most prestigious event in 2008, as he became the first Briton to win Monaco since Graham Hill in 1969. Hamilton, who posted his sixth career F1 title, crossed the finish line 3.064 seconds ahead of Robert Kubica.

Fernando Alonso became the first repeat champion in Monaco since Michael Schumacher in the mid 1990's, as he defeated Lewis Hamilton by four seconds. The win was the second of his 2007 campaign and 17th of his career. Alonso, who started on the pole for the second straight season, led the first 25 laps until his first pit spot. Hamilton inherited the lead, but when he stopped, Alonso was back in first. Once again, Alonso held the lead until lap 51 when he came in for the last time and Hamilton took the lead. Just two laps later Hamilton made his final pit spot and Alonso was back on top, a place he would not relinquish. With 10 laps remaining Alonso had his margin to over two seconds again. Hamilton was never able to pass his teammate though as Alonso crossed the finish line after a masterful performance.

When Alonso won in 2006, he posted a easy 14.5 seconds win over Juan Montoya for his fourth win of that season and the 12th of his career. Alonso's win total now stands at 28, including a victory this season in Malaysia.

Monaco is the most familiar two miles of race course in the world. The route that meanders through the streets of the European playground has changed little through a half century of racing. The Monaco Grand Prix brings the wealthiest people from all over the world together. It is set in the luxurious streets of Monte Carlo, and is one of the most traditional races on the calendar. The circuit winds its way through the streets, from Ste devote, it goes uphill to Casino square, then plunges back down to Mirabeau before heading into the Loews hairpin. The tunnel that leads to the harbor side chicane echoes with the roar of the V10 engines. This is one track where overtaking is virtually impossible.

The first race was run in 1929, and in 1950, it was second on the calendar, when 10 cars collided in a spectacular first lap accident, and Fangio raced on for the win. This track has so much history, it's hard to compress it in a few short sentences, but it goes without saying that this circuit is one that remains a favorite in many fans hearts, for many different reasons. It is a circuit based more on driver skill than the speed of the car.

In 2005, Kimi Raikkonen captured the Monaco Grand Prix, as he cruised to a 13.877 seconds win over Nick Heidfeld for his fourth career Formula One title. His 2005 triumph was one of seven titles that season. Starting on the pole, Raikkonen led from start to finish, as he won for the second straight race, having won in Spain the previous event.

Ayrton Senna was a six-time winner of this race, while Graham Hill and Michael Schumacher were five-time champions in Monaco. Schumacher was the last driver prior to Alonso to repeat as champion back in 1994-95.

The pole position is the place to be, as the front row spot has won the last three in Monaco and seven of the last eight. Since 1997, either starting first, second or third has won this race.

This is one of the shortest grand prix on the F1 calendar, but it features a total of more than 1000 corners in its 78-lap distance.

The 2012 Formula One season continues on June 10 with the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Jenson Button is the defending race winner.

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