Rosberg wins a cash-strewn F1 Monaco Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg won an incident-packed F1 Monaco Grand Prix, guiding his Mercedes home ahead of the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth position.

Adrian Sutil came home fifth to cap a very positive weekend for Force India, the German finishing ahead of Jenson Button in sixth and Fernando Alonso in seventh. Jean Eric Vergne secured eighth position ahead of Paul Di Resta, who will be incredibly satisfied to bring his car home in ninth place, having qualified 17th on the grid.

Kimi Raikkonen finished tenth despite developing a puncture late in the race.

The race lacked action in the opening stages, but it came alive after Felipe Massa crashed his Ferrari at Sainte Deote in a repeat of his accident in final practice on Saturday. This triggered a need for a safety car period, which allowed the Red Bulls of Vettel and Webber to sneak ahead of Hamilton, who pitted too slowly for new tyres.

Two more safety car periods followed. One, which resulted in a red flag and temporary race stoppage, was caused when Max Chilton sent Pastor Maldonado’s car airborne on lap 46. A third safety car period was caused when Roman Grosjean shunted into the back of Daniel Ricciardo’s Torro Rosso, putting both drivers out of the race.

Rosberg’s win sees him echo the result of his father, Keke Rosberg, who won a cash-strewn Monaco Grand Prix in 1983.

Full 2013 F1 Monaco Grand Prix Result

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	78	Winner	1	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	78	+3.8 secs	3	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	78	+6.3 secs	4	15
4	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	+13.8 secs	2	12
5	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	78	+21.4 secs	8	10
6	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	78	+23.1 secs	9	8
7	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	78	+26.7 secs	6	6
8	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	78	+27.2 secs	10	4
9	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	78	+27.6 secs	17	2
10	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	78	+36.5 secs	5	1
11	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	78	+42.5 secs	11
12	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	78	+42.6 secs	14
13	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	78	+43.2 secs	19
14	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	78	+49.8 secs	22
15	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	78	+62.5 secs	15
16	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+6 Laps	7
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	63	+15 Laps	13
Ret	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	61	+17 Laps	12
Ret	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	58	+20 Laps	20
Ret	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	44	+34 Laps	16
Ret	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	28	+50 Laps	21
Ret	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	7	+71 Laps	18