Monaco Grand Prix (2012) RESULT

Mark Webber starts on pole for Red Bull with Rosberg’s Mercedes alongside. It should stay much the same at the Monaco Grand Prix, but did it?

It may have taken a mistake in Barcelona by Schumacher to see Mark Webber on pole at the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, but with a tight street circuit like Monaco that gives the Australian decent odds of taking the win and becoming the sixth different winner in the first six races of a topsy turvy 2012 season.

And that’s exactly what happened, with Webber silencing his critics with a perfect start and a perfect drive to take his first win of 2012 – and well-deserved it was too.

Webber left the grid followed by Rosberg, Hamilton and Alonso in order and managed the race from the front. Behind, Alonso fell back a little but was saving his tyres for a quick lap when Hamilton and Alonso pitted before him, managing to come out ahead of Hamilton.

Vettel, meanwhile, had started on soft tyres and briefly went in to the lead as the leaders pitted, eventually emerging in front of Hamilton and behind Alonso after the pit stops worked through.

Mind you, he had managed to leapfrog in to sixth at the start by taking a shortcut on the escape road at the first corner to avoid Romain Grosjean as he spun after hitting Schumacher. But as several drivers did the same the stewards imposed no penalties.

Despite splashes of rain and the closeness of the top six in the last laps, Monaco’s magic kept them all on track, and all in place, for a cracking win by Webber – a Red Bull hat trick of Monaco wins.

By Cars UK