Monaco 2006

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER UP TO HIS OLD TRICKS YET AGAIN! THE STEWARDS WERE BRAVE ENOUGH TO STRIP HIM OF HIS POLE POSITION AND DEMOTE HIM TO LAST PLACE ON THE GRID FOR DELIBERATELY BLOCKING THE TRACK IN THE LAST MINUTE OF QUALIFYING TO PREVENT ANYONE FROM TAKING POLE FROM HIM. MASSA HAD CRASHED OUT LONG AGO SO IT WAS NOW AN ALL-FERRARI BACK ROW - NOT WHAT THEY WANTED. FERNANDO ALONSO WON AN EXCITING, TYPICAL MONACO RACE FROM JUAN PABLO MONTOYA WHILST DAVID COULTHARD RETURNED TO THE PODIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2½ YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, MONACO 2006 WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED, AS WILL TOO MANY OTHERS, AS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SCHUMACHER'S LACK SPORTSMANSHIP

**STARTING GRID**

		1.	Fernando Alonso
2.	Mark Webber
		3.	Kimi Raikkonen
4.	Juan Pablo Montoya
		5.	Rubens Barrichello
6.	Jarno Trulli
		7.	David Coulthard
8.	Nico Rosberg
		9.	Giancarlo Fisichella
10.	Ralph Schumacher
		11.	Christian Klien
12.	Vitantonio Liuzzi
		13.	Jenson Button
14.	Jacques Villeneuve
		15.	Nick Heidfeld
16.	Christijan Albers
		17.	Tiago Monteiro
18.	Scott Speed
		19.	Takuma Sato
20.	Franck Montagny
		21.	Felipe Massa
22.	Michael Schumacher

**RESULT**

1.	Fernando Alonso
2.	Juan Pablo Montoya
3.	David Coulthard
4.	Rubens Barrichello
5.	Michael Schumacher
6.	Giancarlo Fisichella
7.	Nick Heidfeld
8.	Ralph Schumacher

**CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS**

**Drivers :**

Fernando Alonso	64
Michael Schumacher	43
Giancarlo Fisichella	27
=Kimi Raikkonen	27
Juan Pablo Montoya	23
Felipe Massa	20
Jenson Button	16
Rubens Barrichello	13

**Constructors :**


Renault	91
Ferrari	63
McLaren	50
Honda	29
BMW	14
Williams	10
Toyota	8
=Red Bull Racing	8
Scuderia Toro Rosso	0
Midland	0
Super Aguri	0

Race Results posted by
David Little
29th May 2006

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