Kimi Räikkönen has put again in check to the Renault equipment, after winning forcefully, and of end to end, the Great Prize of Monaco version 2005.
The Finn, who took the race like favorite, dominated the 78 turns of the street complex drawn up of Montecar it, doing literally what wanted with its rivals, that they only saw the silhouette of his McLaren in grilla of released.
Kimi already had demonstrated to its power winning the first session of classification with more than half secondly of advantage on Fernando Alonso, but in the second round the Spanish made a return flying and he positioned himself like the best one of the session. But Räikkönen, by far more fuel than Alonso, also conserved pole by hardly 0,083 hundredth.

The race already leaved and Kimi took distance from entrance. As it happened in Barcelona, the victory of Kimi was demolishing

The released one as it comes happening in the last seasons, did not show incidents. Räikkönen moved perfectly, although Alonso made a little better and tried to exceed it without success in the first curve. Webber did a bad game, as already it is custom, losing two positions in few meters.
As it happened back in Barcelona two weeks ago, neither or Kimi doubled the first curve, began to escape returned to return. If some equipment had hopes of which the dominion of Kimi was because it took little combustible in his tank, after little more than 40 returns in track those hopes vanished. The McLaren was the fastest car, still with the tank to top …
With Kimi more and more distanced of the rest, the interest of the Monegasque competition concentrated in the squad who preceded to the Finn. The fight between several pilots has been exciting as they advanced the returns and arrived the end from the race.
The Renault de Alonso and Fisichella, located 2º and 4º in the first returns, began to fall to pieces after the entrance of the Safety Car in turn 23.

The Minardi was protagonists by their incidents. Friesacher was struck strong, but Albers managed to finish the race to five returns

The race was interrupted by I spin a top of Patrick Friesacher (Minardi) in the Mirabeau curve. Its car was cruzado blocking the way, causing an accumulation of several cars, among them the one of the champion Michael Schumacher, who broke the front nose after hitting to David Coulthard. This last one left product of the shock with the German of Ferrari.
Whereas the Renault de Alonso and Fisichella, and the Williams de Webber and Heidfeld took advantage of the occasion to load fuel, the Räikkönen leader chose to remain in trusting track in the speed of their McLaren.
The confidence of Kimi turned out to be certain, since when recommencing the test the Finn squashed to its rivals turning until almost three second faster than the Renault de Fernando Alonso. When Kimi paused in return 41, it accumulated more than 30 seconds of advantage on Alonso, that was its pursuer until before entering the Safety Car.

Alonso, Heidfeld and Webber in a single floor tile. The three fought by the put second until the pair of Williams exceeded the Spanish

But the delay of Alonso not only had to the greater speed of the McLaren de Räikkönen partly, but to that their Michelin tires, especially the buttocks, had been spent more of the account to the point to become almost smooth.
The dream of Alonso to arrive at podio began to crumble. The Williams de Heidfeld and Webber incessantly persecuted the Spanish. Just in the last seven turns exceeded it to Heidfeld to the entrance of chicane. His Webber companion later made a pair of turns, after Alonso went ahead cutting it chicane, when the Australian had exceeded already it loyally.
The attitude of Alonso was much of an aspiring to champion of the world, since taponeó to Webber throughout a turn, and tried to do the same play to him to the following return, but this time Webber prevailed. There are no doubts that the Spanish lost the composure by a pair of turns, squashed by the demolishing dominion of Räikkönen.

The amble of Heidfeld was clean, but to Webber it much more cost to him to surpass Fernando Alonso. This it was the best result of Williams

“It has been a really hard race for me. I have tried to preserve the tires in the beginning of the race, so it did not worry too much to me the fact that Räikkönen was abriendo hollow ahead, but in last the twenty returns the things are had much complicated: I have done everything what I have been able to try not to see me surpassed by the Williams, but have not been able to avoid it, since my back tires were in very poor conditions and they could restrain behind schedule much more that I when arriving at chicane. After a race thus, I believe that there are to take a reading positive: we have managed to score in a race in simplest which it would have been to remain without no point”, explained the leader of the world-wide one, Fernando Alonso.
Until the end of the race, the Renault de Alonso was threatened by another group of pursuers trained by the McLaren Mercedes of the Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, the Toyota of Ralf Schumacher and the Ferrari of the Brazilian Rubens Barrichello and of Michael Schumacher.
From 16º position of the grill, the options of Montoya today seemed little. Nevertheless, the Colombian pilot has followed a strategy of a unique shutdown in boxes maintaining a good rate in the first part of the test and gaining several positions in second. On Montoya end he reached to the debilitated Alonso, but he did not manage to surpass it.

Montoya released 16º and arrived 5º. In the end almost it surpasses to Alonso, but it chose not to risk and to add points for his equipment

“I believe that we removed the best thing from the situation, and added some important points for the equipment and me. It was closely together to happen to in the last even Fernando of returns, but I had myself to conform to the fifth position since it did not want to risk too much. My car was working very well, and if it had not released from the bottom of grilla it would have been possible a place in podio. I gained many places in the released one and had a pair of battles during the race with Massa, Rubens and Trulli, that to me maintained occupied enough. Congratulations to Kimi by its victory. I have gained this race once and I know the special thing that is gain the victory in Monaco”, commented the Colombian of McLaren.
Both pilots of the BMW equipment Williams F1 Team obtained their better result in the most prestigious race of the season, with Heidfeld 2º and Webber 3º, their better result since they compete in the world-wide one of F1.

Webber teaches the way. It persecutes it to Heidfeld until surpassing it in boxes. The Australian follows without being able to release of acceptable way

“It has been a great work of all the equipment and has been fantastic to be able to see together Nick and Mark in podio. We have run with tires that have adapted perfectly to the circuit of Monaco. This drawing up awards to the cars with much aerodynamic load and that have the quality of not punishing the tires. The today result demonstrates that we are much more near the McLaren that the rest”, showed Sam Michael, Technical Director of Williams.
Of Ferrari little it can be said. As much Barrichello as Schumacher never was a factor neither in the classification nor the race. Just in the last together turns and rolling, the red cars advanced a pair of positions until arriving 7º and 8º. The dispute between both companions was solved in the last air line, where the seven times champion of the world it advanced to his teammate while the others were able to maintain their place.

Schumi without tube goes to boxes. The red cars were very far, nevertheless the champion marked the return record

“Everything what could go badly, seemed to go at the outset badly. I was braking behind the Minardi that blocked the track and soon had to go to boxes to change the tube to the car. It is clear that, when seeing the times, we had a very competitive rate of race. Pain is one that we have not been able to remove the greater benefit to him. But, given everything what happened, I must be reasonably contented with my two points. With respect to moved my on Rubens, all we are here for running and I did not think that there was much risk in her”, ended up saying Schumi.
The fourth triumph of Räikkönen in its race, arrived from unquestionable way. The Finn was the best one of principle to aim. He divided from pole position by third consecutive time and one escaped in the end from the released one. Not even he lost the first position in the unique entrance that realized to boxes and crossed the picture flag to remain with the victory with a remarkable authority. The Finn now is located to 22 points of the Spanish, and already nobody doubt that difference can be drained more and more if Renault is not able to put its machine around the McLaren Mercedes.

Kimi does not want to hurry because still it is to 22 points of Alonso. But no longer doubts fit that its car is the machine to beat

“This is huge. To always win is fantastic, but Monaco is a special challenge. We have been strong throughout the weekend and I could control the race enough. I could go to the maximum in the beginning and establish a considerable advantage, and when it was the correct moment simply I entered boxes, resposté and I returned to the track like leader. After that I could take it with more calm and take care of the car and the Michelin tires. Once again I am thankful to him to all the equipment and all in Michelin. We have worked it last and I believe that we have the best present package. Our battle by the world-wide championship has gained a great moment today. We will take a race per time and we will continue giving the best thing.”
The circus of Formula 1 is directed now towards Nurburgring, where the next Friday will take the free training of the GP of Europe and where to the 18 pilots who this weekend have rolled in Montecar it they will unite BAR to them Honda of Jenson Button and Takuma fulfilled Sato both his sanction of two races.