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Championship leader Mark Webber is one of 12 active F1 drivers on Twitter I’ve updated the F1 Twitter Directory which now boasts over 100 genuine F1-related Twitter accounts to follow. Teams and drivers As more drivers and team personnel have set up their own accounts I’ve split this section up by team to make it easier to navigate. So far Lotus appear to have the most official Twitter accounts with eight including one driver, team owner Tony Fernandes and technical director Mike Gascoyne
Pointer correctly named everyone in the top five – except the race winner Pointer won round six of the F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship by correctly guessing the second, third, fourth and fifth-place finishers.
Mercedes canned their appeal but called Schumacher’s penalty ‘disproportionate’ Mercedes have withdrawn their appeal against Michael Schumacher’s penalty in the Monaco Grand Prix. However they described Schumacher’s penalty as “disproportionate” and said the FIA has agreed to discuss the terms of article 40.13 under which Schumacher was punished. They added they were supportive of drivers having a role on the stewards’ panel
The field rounds the hairpin on lap one of the Monaco Grand Prix Find all the F1 Fanatic Monaco Grand Prix coverage in one place below – from Friday practice to the post-race review and our live comments on every session. Race Monaco Grand Prix in pictures Monaco Grand Prix report – Mark Webber dominated the Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix result – Full classification Schumacher courts controversy with last-gasp pass on Alonso after safety car – The big story after the race was whether Michael Schumacher would keep the sixth place he took from Fernando Alonso on the last lap Schumacher handed 20-second penalty, loses points finish, Mercedes to appeal – The stewards ruled the pass was illegal and dropped Schumacher to 12th The FIA’s badly-written rules leave Formula 1 looking stupid once again – Reaction to the Schumacher penalty Championship points in full after Monaco – The Red Bull drivers are tied at the top of the points table Should slower cars let the front runners pass when racing for position
Barrichello crashed after suffering suspension failure It was a disastrous race for Williams as both drivers crashed out. Rubens Barrichello suffered a rear suspension failure while Nico Hülkenberg had a front wing failure in the tunnel after colliding with one of the HRTs. Rubens Barrichello Nico Hülkenberg Qualifying position 9 11 Qualifying time comparison (Q2) 1′15.083 (-0.234) 1′15.317 Race position Average race lap 1′28.357 Laps 30/78 0/78 Pit stops 1 0 Monaco GP laptimes: Willams (click to enlarge) Rubens Barrichello Reached Q3 and got up to sixth at the start
Alonso found Trulli much easier to pass than di Grassi Lucas di Grassi gave Fernando Alonso plenty to think about when the Ferrari driver came up to pass the Virgin driver early in the Monaco Grand Prix.
The rules made Schumacher’s punishment inevitable – and excessively harsh It’s not hard to see why so many people are screaming ‘foul’ over Michael Schumacher being stripped of sixth place in the Monaco Grand Prix . At the end of a second processional race Schumacher’s pass on Alonso was, at first glance, a smart of piece opportunism – not unlike the one pulled off on the last lap at Monaco five years ago. But those feeling frustration with today’s outcome should direct their frustration not at the FIA’s stewards, but the confusing and contradictory rules they have to enforce
Michael Schumacher has been demoted from sixth to 12th place Michael Schumacher has been stripped of his sixth-placed finish by the Monaco Grand Prix stewards, who handed him a 20-second penalty for overtaking Fernando Alonso at the final corner of the race. The result drops Schumacher from sixth place in the original standings to 12th and out of the points
Mark Webber led every lap of the Monaco Grand Prix and led Red Bull to a one-two victory in the principality.
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