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Button masters Monaco for fifth win in six races
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-05-25 07:47
MONACO: Formula One championship leader Jenson Button mastered Monaco's treacherous streets yesterday to chalk up his fifth victory in six races and lead another Brawn one-two finish. The Briton's sixth career victory, in an untroubled drive from pole position on a sunny afternoon, stretched his lead over teammate Rubens Barrichello to 16 points with 11 races remaining. Button, who took the chequered flag 7.6 seconds clear of the Brazilian after a masterfully smooth performance around a tight and twisting track lined by metal barriers, has 51 while Barrichello has 35. The only mistake he made, after 78 laps at the wheel, was to park his car in the wrong place after taking the chequered flag. Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, who had started on the front row but lost out to Barrichello at the start, took third place for champions Ferrari in the Italian team's first podium finish since the last race of 2008. Mercedes-powered Brawn, heirs to departed Honda, have now finished one-two three times this year. Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa was fourth ahead of Australian Mark Webber in a Red Bull. Germany's Nico Rosberg finished sixth for Williams, with Spain's double world champion Fernando Alonso collecting two points for Renault. Reuters
(China Daily 05/25/2009 page11) |
