Jenson Button slowed down on the final two laps of the race to savour what he was about to achieve - winning the Monaco Grand Prix. "They were the most enjoyable two laps of my career," said Button, as he looked back on his perfect day.
He had led the race from pole position, managed his tyres better than his rivals, and won by a considerable margin. "I had dreamed of this since I was a kid," he beamed afterwards. "Before the race I said victory here means no more than anywhere else. I think I was trying to take the pressure off myself. We know what the truth is. As I crossed the line, I got on the radio to my engineers and shouted 'Monaco baby!'"
"I just let it all soak in as I drove past the boys on the pitwall, with my physio 'Muscles' shaking my pitboard."
He was so excited he forgot where to park his car! Rather than line up in front of the royal grandstand to receive his trophy from Prince Albert, he parked up in the pitlane and had to run down the start/finish straight, cheered on by his mechanics. "It's amazing how much energy you've got after coming first," he joked. Waving to the crowd as he ran, it was one of the great images of the weekend.
When he did get to the podium, Brawn CEO Nick Fry and his father was there to hug him. A grinning John Button turned to me with an arm out-stretched and said "We can give each other a high-five now!" It was Jenson's fifth win from six races this season.
Button's race was peerless. Barrichello made a terrific start from third to pass Kimi, but then the Brazilian's super-soft tyres grained faster than Button's. This was the fourth time Barrichello had finished second in Monaco, a fact he described as "frustrating."
Raikkonen took third place ahead of stable mate Felipe Massa - Ferrari's first double-points finish of the season. "I'm not happy with third," explained a typically emotionless Kimi, "but for the team it's not bad."
Button, who hails from England's westcountry, has been a Monaco resident throughout his F1 career, and tonight will have the honour of dining with the Prince at the palace, accompanied by his dad John, mum Simone, and his sister Samantha. "You want to win in Monaco and you want to win your home grand prix. In many ways this is both for me."
RACE RESULTS:
- Jenson Button - Brawn-Mercedes
- Rubens Barrichello - Brawn-Mercedes
- Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari
- Felipe Massa - Ferrari
- Mark Webber - Red Bull-Renault
- Nico Rosberg - Williams-Toyota
- Fernando Alonso - Renault
- Sebastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso-Ferrari
- Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India-Mercedes
- Timo Glock - Toyota
- Nick Heidfeld - BMW-Sauber
- Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes
- Jarno Trulli - Toyota
- Adrian Sutil - Force India-Mercedes
- Kazuki Nakajima - Williams-Toyota
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Heikki Kovalainen - McLaren-Mercedes
Robert Kubica - BMW-Sauber
Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull-Renault
Nelson Piquet - Renault
Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso-Ferrari
DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
- Button - 51
- Barrichello - 35
- Vettel - 23
- Webber - 19.5
- Trulli - 14.5
- Glock - 12
- Alonso - 11
- Raikkonen & Hamilton - 9
- Massa - 8
- Rosberg - 7.5
- Heidfeld - 6
- Kovalainen - 4
- Buemi - 3
- Bourdais - 2
CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP
- Brawn GP - 86
- Red Bull Racing - 42.5
- Toyota - 26.5
- Ferrari - 17
- McLaren - 13
- Renault - 11
- Williams - 7.5
- BMW-Sauber - 6
- Scuderia Toro Rosso - 5
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