Lewis Finished 12th in Monaco
May 25th, 2009
Lewis Hamilton finished in 12th position in the Monaco F1 race after qualifying 20th.
Hamilton’s comments after the race:
It was an extremely tough race, I raced my heart out and feel satisfied with my performance today. I damaged a footplate on my front wing quite early on when I clipped one of the BMWs going into Ste Devote. It meant I had a lot of understeer throughout the race – putting a new wing on made it a bit better but it wasn’t enough.
In the closing laps, my tyres were going off just as much as Nick’s and it was a bit too dangerous to attempt a pass.
I was thinking about one of the Rocky films – in the first film, Rocky says, ‘I just want to see the end of the fight’ and I got to the flag, pushing as hard as I could throughout the race.
Looking forward to the Turkey race in 2 weeks time, it will be interesting to see how significant the new rear wing will be.
Monte Carlo Race Result:
1. BUTTON Brawn 1h40m44.28s 2. BARRICHELLO Brawn +7.7s 3. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +13.4s 4. MASSA Ferrari +15.1s 5. WEBBER Red Bull +15.7s 6. ROSBERG Williams +33.6s 7. ALONSO Renault +37.8s 8. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso +63.1s 9. FISICHELLA Force India +65.0s 10. GLOCK Toyota +1 lap 11. HEIDFELD BMW +1 lap 12. HAMILTON McLaren +1 lap 13. TRULLI Toyota +1 lap 14. SUTIL Force India +1 lap 15. NAKAJIMA Williams +2 laps R. KOVALAINEN McLaren +27 laps R. KUBICA BMW +50 laps R. VETTEL Red Bull +63 laps R. PIQUET Renault +68 laps R. BUEMI Toro Rosso +68 laps
