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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 519310" data-attributes="member: 185281"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2008/792/" target="_blank">Official Race Classification</a>| <a href="http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/5/7838.html" target="_blank">Full Story</a>The rain soaked streets of Monte Carlo prompted an action packed grand prix, with Lewis Hamilton not only winning but also seeing main rival Kimi Raikkonen failing to score a single point.Hamilton’s afternoon started well, overtaking Raikkonen at the start, before a brush with disaster, and a barrier on lap 6, proved to be the turning point which would ironically hand Lewis victory.Early leader Felipe Massa misjudged a braking point, and allowed Robert Kubica to take the lead in the early stages, but Kubica pitted earlier and Massa was back in the lead by lap 26. Following was a resurgent Hamilton, who took the lead when Massa visited the pit 13 laps later.And Raikkonen? A stop-and-go penalty and a replaced nosecone after going askew at St Devote already meant the Finn would do extremely well to get on to the podium. Further misfortune would befall the Finn.Hamilton built a considerable lead as the race went on. The early visit to the pits had allowed the Brit to refuel heavily and take advantage of the need for others to pit later. Hamilton had a hand on the trophy now, and only a mistake would deny him.Felipe Massa, who started the race on pole, ended in 3rd as the 2-stop strategy allowed Kubica to go ahead for 2nd during the Brazilian’s second visit to the pits.Raikkonen’s race had a much more dramatic, yet fruitless end. The retirement of Nico Rosberg towards the closing stages of the race, which saw Rosberg’s Williams scatter debris across the circuit after a collision with the barriers, meant that Raikkonen was racing Force India driver Adrian Sutil for 4th.Sutil, through luck and incredible racing, was on to score big for Force India. But no. BANG! Raikkonen, exiting the tunnel, braked far too late and slammed into the back of the German. No points for Kimi, and a boulevard of broken dreams for Sutil. The sport, perhaps, is at moments too cruel.Webber, Vettel, Barrichello and Nakajima scored points from 4th in that order, while the final points paying position went to Heikki Kovalainen. Kova, like fellow Finn Kimi, had a rather too eventful afternoon – stalling before the start and so forced to start in the pits, and surviving a coming together with Jenson Button.<a href="http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/" target="_blank">Drivers’ Championship</a> | <a href="http://www.formula1.com/results/team/" target="_blank">Constructors’ Championship</a>Lewis is back in the driving seat with a 3pt advantage over Kimi, but Massa and Kubica are also both within 6pts of the leader. Ferrari still lead the rest, but McLaren are closing in with the Hamilton win and BMW fall to 3rd but only trail the McL by a point.<a href="http://www.purefantasyf1.net/MyPFF1sat.asp?MYD=41&LA=En" target="_blank">SupaLiga 2008</a><img src="http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9403/f1slmonacoshorttablenm2.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(Full table available in attachment)Plenty of movement below Team Oily, but the top 4 remain as they were, and F1 Aberdeen increase the margin over Dynamo.Scoring big are Linhas with 93, moving up a massive 4 places to 12th. Having started 2 races late, it would not be too much of a compliment to suggest that Linhas would have been a challenger for the league had he started on time. And with two-thirds of the season to go, he can not be discounted entirely either.Also hitting the 90’s are Tom34 and the Creatures, now 7th and 8th respectively.Rolfw’s Rubbers hit a new low with 24pts and bottom of SupaLiga.Norm in the Pure FF1 Cup > 18th now in the Cup, the play-offs look like a real possibility if this form continues.NEXT RACE > CANADA GP @ MONTREAL > JUNE 8</blockquote>

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