Team by team analysis of Sunday's Monaco Formula One Grand Prix (listed in current championship order):-RED BULL (Mark Webber 1, Sebastian Vettel 2)Webber's second win in two races from pole position sent him to top of the championship, ahead of Vettel on race wins but level on points. He was the first Australian to win in Monaco since Jack Brabham in 1959, first to lead standings since Alan Jones in 1981. Red Bull soared to top of constructors' standings with second one-two of the season.-FERRARI (Felipe Massa 4, Fernando Alonso 6)Alonso started from the pitlane after crashing in final practice the day before. He lost sixth place to Schumacher at final corner but was reinstated after stewards punished the Mercedes driver. The Spaniard did all but the first lap on one set of tyres. Massa finished in same place as grid position.-MCLAREN (Lewis Hamilton 5, Jenson Button retired)Button retired at the start of the third lap with a blown engine, caused by the team leaving a cooling cover in the left sidepod. Hamilton felt fifth was the most he could have done, just looked after his car and banked points.-MERCEDES (Nico Rosberg 7, Michael Schumacher 12)Schumacher was demoted to 12th for overtaking Alonso illegally. Mercedes have appealed. Otherwise he would have finished ahead of Rosberg for the second successive race.-RENAULT (Robert Kubica 3, Vitaly Petrov 13)Kubica started on front row but lost out to Vettel at the start. Renault could also celebrate having three drivers in Renault-powered cars on the podium. Petrov stopped in the closing laps with a mechanical problem. He also suffered a right rear puncture.-FORCE INDIA (Adrian Sutil 8, Vitantonio Liuzzi 9)Force India's first double points finish of the season and best overall result since 2008. Sutil started 12th but made up two places on the first lap. Liuzzi felt he stopped too early for a tyre change, allowing Sutil to get ahead.-WILLIAMS (Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg retired)Hulkenberg started at the back after a clutch paddle failure on the formation lap and crashed in the tunnel on lap one due to a component failure on the front wing. Barrichello retired on lap 30 after crashing on approach to Casino square.-TORO ROSSO (Sebastien Buemi 10, Jaime Alguersuari 11)Buemi took his first point of the season after Schumacher was punished. Alguersuari qualified 17th and achieved his main aim of finishing the race.-SAUBER (Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi retired)Both retired early on with technical problems. De la Rosa had a hydraulic problem and stopped on lap 22, Kobayashi parked up five laps later with a gearbox issue.-LOTUS (Jarno Trulli 15, Heikki Kovalainen retired)Trulli crashed into Chandhok four laps from the end but was classified. He put it down as a racing incident. Kovalainen suffered a failed steering joint.-HRT (Karun Chandhok 14, Bruno Senna retired)Chandhok tangled with Trulli. Senna retired with a hydraulic problem on lap 58.-VIRGIN (Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi retired)Glock retired with a damaged right rear track rod after 22 laps. Di Grassi had a wheel problem.(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Kevin Fylan. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)News posted by www.newsinfoline.com
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