Monaco Grand Prix

There was magic in Monaco as Jenson Button scored his fifth win of the year. The English ace dominated from lights to flag leading a Brawn GP one-two ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonnen.

Button put on a stunning display around the tight and twisty street circuit, comfortably controlling the race from the front.

However, Barrichello and Raikkonen pushed Button hard early in the stages, before the Brazilian's super soft tyre's started to lose grip and the Briton was able to pull out a 15 second gap at the first round of pit stops.

Behind the leading trio Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel held up the rest of the field as he also struggled with worn rubber. The young German pitted on lap 11 for more effective harder compound tyres, but crashed out soon afterwards, hitting the wall at the first corner.

Further down the field, Lewis Hamilton suffered a torrid afternoon. The McLaren star was forced to start from the back of the grid after he crashed out of qualifying. With overtaking virtually impossible at Monaco, the reigning champion could only manage a twelfth place finish. To add insult to injury Jenson Button lapped him for the second race in succession.

However, there was better news for arch-rival Ferrari. The Italian squad was much more competitive, with Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa finishing third and fourth respectively.

There were also smiles in the Toro Rosso garage after Sebastien Bourdais finished eighth, securing a single point in the process. Sadly his team-mate Serbastien Buemi had less success, retiring after running into the back of Renault's Nelson Piquet early in the race.

Fortunately the on-track chaos failed to slow an on-form Button. In fact, his only error was to stop his car in the pits at the end of the race, meaning he had to run 400 metres up the track to the podium.

"Wow! Winning the Monaco Grand Prix is something that you dream about as a child", exclaimed Button. As a racing driver the reality of taking that victory just feels awesome. To win in Monaco is truly a special feeling. With Rubens taking a superb second place, a one-two finish for the Brawn-Mercedes team in Monaco is fantastic. This victory is massive for us at this point of the season."

Next up the teams travel to Istanbul for the Turkish grand prix on 7 June.

Results

1. Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes
2. Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes
3. Raikkonen     Ferrari
4. Massa         Ferrari
5. Webber        Red Bull-Renault
6. Rosberg       Williams-Toyota
7. Alonso        Renault
8. Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari
9. Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes
10. Glock         Toyota
11. Heidfeld      BMW Sauber
12. Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes
13. Trulli        Toyota
14. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes
15. Nakajima      Williams-Toyota

Drivers championship

1 Jenson Button      51
2 Rubens Barrichello     35
3 Sebastian Vettel     23
4 Mark Webber     19.5
5 Jarno Trulli     14.5
6 Timo Glock     12
7 Fernando Alonso     11
8 Kimi Räikkönen     9

Constructor championship

01 Brawn-Mercedes      86
02 RBR-Renault     42.5
03 Toyota     26.5
04 Ferrari     17
05 McLaren-Mercedes     13
06 Renault     11
07 Williams-Toyota     7.5
08 BMW Sauber     6
09 STR-Ferrari     5
09 Lewis Hamilton     9
10 Felipe Massa     8