Felipe Massa

Ferrari thinks it’s vital to get its F-duct working better at the Turkish Grand Prix if it is going to close down the gap to Red Bull Racing.

With Mark Webber’s victory at Monaco on Sunday having helped his team move to the top of both championship tables, Ferrari has vowed to make a big development push to try and get itself on terms with F1′s pace-setters.

However, with those upgrades not likely for a few more races, team principal Stefano Domenicali thinks that the key to taking the fight to the RB6 in Turkey will be on improving the F-duct.

“A car that has had six pole positions is very strong,” said Domenicali about Red Bull Racing’s form.

“But on the other hand they did Read the rest of this entry »

Mark Webber moved into the championship lead by dominating the Monaco Grand Prix from pole position and scoring his second victory in a week.

The Australian led home team-mate Sebastian Vettel in a Red Bull one-two that put the duo equal at the head of the standings, but with Webber’s back to back wins edging him ahead on countback. Front row starter Robert Kubica (Renault) had to settle for third.

Pre-race championship leader Jenson Button was an early retirement, but Fernando Alonso kept himself in contention by coming through from last to seventh.

The Red Bulls moved into formation off the line as Read the rest of this entry »

The Monaco Grand Prix
Monte Carlo, Monaco, Monaco;
78 laps; 260.520km;
Weather: Sunny.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           1h50:00.000
 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     0.448
 3.  Kubica        Renault                    +     1.600
 4.  Massa         Ferrari                    +     2.600
 5.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +     4.300
 6.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     5.700
 7.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     6.300
 8.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     6.600
 9.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     6.900
10.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +     7.300
11.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     8.100
12.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     9.100
13.  Petrov        Renault                    +    4 laps

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:15.192

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth                 71
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               71
Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth               59
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 59
Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth            28
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               27
Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth              26
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              23
De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari               22
Button        McLaren-Mercedes             3
Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth            1

World Championship standings, round 6:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:
 1.  Webber        78        1.  Red Bull-Renault          156
 2.  Vettel        78        2.  Ferrari                   134
 3.  Alonso        73        3.  McLaren-Mercedes          129
 4.  Button        70        4.  Mercedes                   84
 5.  Massa         61        5.  Renault                    65
 6.  Hamilton      59        6.  Force India-Mercedes       27
 7.  Kubica        59        7.  Williams-Cosworth           8
 8.  Rosberg       54        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          3
 9.  Schumacher    30
10.  Sutil         18
11.  Liuzzi         9
12.  Barrichello    7
13.  Petrov         6
14.  Alguersuari    3
15.  Hulkenberg     1       

All timing unofficial

Felipe Massa has denied blocking Jenson Button on purpose during qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday.

The McLaren driver was angry at the Brazilian after he slowed down right in front of Button just as the Briton was about to complete a flying lap in Q3.

“Very annoying. I don’t know what the lap time would have been but very annoying that he got in the way because it was blatantly slowing me down,” said Button after qualifying.

Massa said he slowed down in order to get a clean lap, but denied blocking Button on purpose.

“There was a car in front of me, he slowed down and Read the rest of this entry »

Pos  Driver         Team                    Q1        Q2        Q3
 1.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:15.035   1:14.462  1:13.826
 2.  Kubica         Renault                1:15.045   1:14.549  1:14.120
 3.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:15.110   1:14.568  1:14.227
 4.  Massa          Ferrari                1:14.757   1:14.405  1:14.283
 5.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:15.676   1:14.527  1:14.432
 6.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:15.188   1:14.375  1:14.544
 7.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:15.649   1:14.691  1:14.590
 8.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:15.623   1:15.150  1:14.637
 9.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:15.590   1:15.083  1:14.901
10.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:15.397   1:15:061  1:15.170
11.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:16.030   1:15.317
12.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:15.445   1:15.318
13.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:15.961   1:15.413
14.  Petrov         Renault                1:15.482   1:15.576
15.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari         1:15.908   1:15.692
16.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:16.175   1:15.992
17.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:16.021   1:16.176
18.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:17.094
19.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:17.134
20.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:17.377
21.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:17.864
22.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:18.509
23.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth           1:19.559
24.  Alonso         Ferrari                No time

All Timing Unofficial