MONACO (AP)—Felipe Massa was hardly in the mood to celebrate Ferrari’s best performance of the season at the Monaco Grand Prix after teammate Fernando Alonso finished behind Sebastian Vettel.
Massa was among five drivers who failed to complete the race. Moments after an incident with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, Massa got caught on the wrong side of the
tunnel with the marbles and debris and slid into the wall. He was unharmed.
Massa thinks he would otherwise have finished fourth.
“Now, we head for Canada, where we hope to have a car capable of fighting, as was the case here,” Massa said, looking ahead to Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in two weeks’ time.
WEBBER WEAVES THROUGH: Although Sebastian Vettel will get the plaudits again for clinching his fifth win of the season at the Monaco Grand Prix, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was equally impressed with Mark Webber.
Webber found himself bogged down in traffic and looked set to drop out of the points, but the Australian used all of his talent to finish a credible fourth behind McLaren’s Jenson Button and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.
“At one stage Mark was 15th after the first round of stops,” Horner said. “But he never gave up and kept on pushing through.”
Webber, who was third in the F1 championship last year, saved his best move until last to pip Japan’s Kamui Kobayashi.
“He pulled a great move on Kobayashi on the last couple of laps, who’s not an easy guy to pass,” Horner said. “It was a shame not to have (Webber) on the podium today as he deserved to be there.”
DAY OF CRASHES: Five drivers failed to finish Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix after several crashes.
Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Vitaly Petrov (Renault), Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), seven-time former champion Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), and Timo Glock (Virgin) all abandoned an incident-packed race where the safety car come on twice.
“I seemed to be in traffic all the time,” Alguersuari lamented.
The race was also suspended late on for a red flag so Petrov could be helped out of his car and the track cleared.
Sergio Perez did not even start the race. The Mexican driver had crashed his Sauber in Saturday’s qualifying and was to be taken to hospital after suffering a concussion and a sprained thigh. He was expected to fully recover.
The Russian driver Petrov also had a scan on his left ankle Sunday, but scans showed no serious damage to it.
Massa was among five drivers who failed to complete the race. Moments after an incident with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, Massa got caught on the wrong side of the
tunnel with the marbles and debris and slid into the wall. He was unharmed.
But it was the second straight Grand Prix the Brazilian has failed to finish, after he ground to a halt at last week’s Spanish Grand Prix.
“I am very disappointed with the way my race ended,” Massa said. “The car was no longer right and I could not drive it properly … that meant I missed out on the train that would have kept me up with the leaders.”
“There’s much regret for Felipe,” Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali added. “The collision with Hamilton pretty much put him out of the running.”Massa thinks he would otherwise have finished fourth.
“Now, we head for Canada, where we hope to have a car capable of fighting, as was the case here,” Massa said, looking ahead to Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in two weeks’ time.
WEBBER WEAVES THROUGH: Although Sebastian Vettel will get the plaudits again for clinching his fifth win of the season at the Monaco Grand Prix, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was equally impressed with Mark Webber.
Webber found himself bogged down in traffic and looked set to drop out of the points, but the Australian used all of his talent to finish a credible fourth behind McLaren’s Jenson Button and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.
“At one stage Mark was 15th after the first round of stops,” Horner said. “But he never gave up and kept on pushing through.”
Webber, who was third in the F1 championship last year, saved his best move until last to pip Japan’s Kamui Kobayashi.
“He pulled a great move on Kobayashi on the last couple of laps, who’s not an easy guy to pass,” Horner said. “It was a shame not to have (Webber) on the podium today as he deserved to be there.”
DAY OF CRASHES: Five drivers failed to finish Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix after several crashes.
Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Vitaly Petrov (Renault), Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), seven-time former champion Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), and Timo Glock (Virgin) all abandoned an incident-packed race where the safety car come on twice.
“I seemed to be in traffic all the time,” Alguersuari lamented.
The race was also suspended late on for a red flag so Petrov could be helped out of his car and the track cleared.
Sergio Perez did not even start the race. The Mexican driver had crashed his Sauber in Saturday’s qualifying and was to be taken to hospital after suffering a concussion and a sprained thigh. He was expected to fully recover.
The Russian driver Petrov also had a scan on his left ankle Sunday, but scans showed no serious damage to it.
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