An action-packed Monte-Carlo race saw Marussia achieve their biggest success to date, with Jules Bianchi claiming two points for ninth place.
But over at Mercedes the relationship between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg continued to deteriorate.
Here’s the day’s story from Twitter.
Build-up
Huge day of racing action coming up – 3.5s on the streets of Monaco, Monaco GP and of course the #Indy500. #F1 #bestsundayoftheyear
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) May 25, 2014
Holding her Father’s crash helmet bag, Nina is back where Ronnie won in 1974 @Ericsson_Marcus pic.twitter.com/JmOsL8r2lZ
— Caterham F1 Team (@CaterhamF1) May 25, 2014
On the grid tribute was paid to triple world champion Sir Jack Brabham, who had passed away a week earlier.
Tribute to Jack Brabham on Monaco grid pic.twitter.com/6W4uLjjIkJ
— Adam Hay-Nicholls (@AdamHayNicholls) May 25, 2014
Race
Poor start by Ricciardo, he slips to fifth behind Raikkonen and Vettel. #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 25, 2014
Sergio Perez’s race came to an early end after a collision with former team mate Jenson Button on lap one.
SC deployed, Perez around at Mirabeau #MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/FLH9KJU0vL
— Mattzel89 (@Mattzel89) May 25, 2014
Problems for Vettel – he’s in with power issues. “Come on guys I mean… I’m sure you tried everything.” Frustrated but a team man
— Daniel Johnson (@danielt_johnson) May 25, 2014
#Sutil #MonacoGP SC deployed pic.twitter.com/U9k5DkWSPR
— Mattzel89 (@Mattzel89) May 25, 2014
Scary moment in the pitlane. Vergne nearly collects a McLaren – and a Williams pit crew member. Careless release by Toro Rosso. Dangerous.
— F1 Paddock Pass (@F1PaddockPass) May 25, 2014
Ferrari were not pleased as Max Chilton ruined Kimi Raikkonen’s chance of a podium finish.
#FerrariMONGP Incredible. A lapped Marussia hit RAI!
— Scuderia Ferrari (@InsideFerrari) May 25, 2014
Hamilton looking very racey. Not going to settle for 2nd without pushing Rosberg into making a mistake or making an audacious overtake #F1
— Mark Gallagher (@_markgallagher) May 25, 2014
Meanwhile, Nico Hulkenberg opportunistically passed Kevin Magnussen into the Portier corner.
Hulkenberg has the trophy for move of the race so far. That was an epic move – he’s now closing on Jean Eric. #F1
— F1 Paddock Pass (@F1PaddockPass) May 25, 2014
Bianchi was similarly opportunistic, squeezing past Kamui Kobayashi in what was the beginning of something special for him and Marussia.
Fair play to @Jules_Bianchi showing his minerals to bump @kamui_kobayashi out of the way and into 13th
— Ben Hunt (@benjhunt) May 25, 2014
L56 Bottas was leading a four-car train of Gutierrez, Raikkonen and Massa but looks like his engine has gone. #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 25, 2014
Bianchi now up to 11th for Marussia and one place outside of the points! #F1
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) May 25, 2014
#Gutierrez clipped the inside of Rascasse pic.twitter.com/UgyVu3hTs1
— Mattzel89 (@Mattzel89) May 25, 2014
Lewis gap up to four seconds – apparently he can’t see out of his left eye, he’s got dirt in it…. #MonacoGP
— Daniel Johnson (@danielt_johnson) May 25, 2014
Magnussen and Raikkonen had an incident, not their first of the season. That allowed Bianchi to score his first points in Formula 1, his team achieving a first top ten finish in their fifth season in the sport.
Raikkonen and Magnussen collide at the hairpin! #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 25, 2014
Nico Rosberg wins the Monaco Grand Prix again! Hamilton holds off Ricciardo for second. #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 25, 2014
Yes!!!!!!!!!!
— Marussia F1 Team (@Marussia_F1Team) May 25, 2014
Congratulations to Bianchi who finishes eighth on the road, which will be ninth after his 5s penalty, for Marussia’s first points! #F1
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) May 25, 2014
After the chequered flag
Congrats to @Marussia_F1Team for P8 and there first points in F1! Well done to @Jules_Bianchi !!👍👍
— Timo Glock (@realTimoGlock) May 25, 2014
Points, ahead of Sauber AND it’s his home race! With all his family and friends here!
— Marussia F1 Team (@Marussia_F1Team) May 25, 2014
Massive well done to my teammate @Jules_Bianchi for getting our first points for @Marussia_F1Team 😃🏆
— Max Chilton (@maxchilton) May 25, 2014
Born down the road in Nice, this will mean everything to @Jules_Bianchi and his family. His Dad was in tears. Must admit I was pretty close.
— Will Buxton (@willbuxton) May 25, 2014
The Mercedes duo and their relationship was again a subject of much discussion.
Lewis Hamilton can’t cope with being beaten can he? He’s not happy. Will Nico Rosberg win the psychological battle between the pair? #f1
— James Roberts (@JRobertsF1) May 25, 2014
Well, there was no acknowledgement of the other on the podium between Hamilton and Rosberg. No love lost there then. Blimey.
— F1 Paddock Pass (@F1PaddockPass) May 25, 2014
Lewis not doing himself any favours this weekend. He needs to concentrate on his driving & leave the rest of it up to the team.
— Marc Priestley (@f1elvis) May 25, 2014
Mercedes drivers now seem completely at odds with each other over the state of their relationship. Good luck with managing that one. #F1
— Charles Bradley (@Autosport_Ed) May 25, 2014
LH left McL without many fans in the garage because of his attitude & arrogance, won’t take long for the same to happen at Merc I’m afraid.
— Marc Priestley (@f1elvis) May 25, 2014
@alo_oficial graciassss !!
— Jules_Bianchi (@Jules_Bianchi) May 25, 2014
Very happy with todays result! Feel that we got most out of it! #feeltheforce #GoHulk
— Nico Hülkenberg (@NicoHulkenberg) May 25, 2014
Deux Points! Hardly dared to dream in the closing stages of the race, but what a fantastic reward for everyone. pic.twitter.com/IyzG9MLp1R
— Marussia F1 Team (@Marussia_F1Team) May 25, 2014
Yess!!! #wediditagain @MercedesAMGF1 #MonacoGP https://t.co/Zrc7AmNFFS
— Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) May 25, 2014
Tough race and wasn’t thinking about points early in the race but nice rewards for all of us! Some good work before Canada to keep improving
— Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) May 25, 2014
Starting from the pitlane and finished P11!! Really happy after a difficult day yesterday. Equal the… http://t.co/Gwpa5BqLm7
— Marcus Ericsson (@Ericsson_Marcus) May 25, 2014
Didn’t go well for us today , don’t like to think what it could have been. We turn the page and go ahead , as strong as we are .
— Daniil Kvyat (@Dany_Kvyat) May 25, 2014
Cool to be on the podium in the principality. Race didnt start well but ended better so pretty content with 3rd. Thanks for everyones…
— Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo) May 25, 2014
So proud of the team and of what we have done today !! Now let’s keep pushing and enjoy a bit but back to work soon ! With @Marussia_F1Team
— Jules_Bianchi (@Jules_Bianchi) May 25, 2014
Got to say a massive well done to @Jules_Bianchi What a ballsy move on KOB and WHAT A DRIVE!!! #Marussia #Points #F1
— Richard Robertson (@robertson_rich) May 25, 2014
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BasCB (@bascb)
26th May 2014, 10:38
As for Hamilton’s antics, sadly his radio calls this weekend reminded me too much of his state of mind at Monaco in 2011. Lets hope he is reminded of that as well, pulls together and makes another step up instead of losing it. There lies a job for Lauda.
Trayambak Chakravarty (@major-dev)
26th May 2014, 10:57
His always insisting that Senna vs Prost has returned and that HE is Senna, is irritating.
GeeMac (@geemac)
26th May 2014, 10:49
Canada is Hamilton’s patch, I expect that he will take the win, and the championship lead back, there but his mental state left a lot to be desired in Monaco. He just didn’t seem to be at the races all weekend, right from the moment he trundled down the pitlane on his rather tasty MV Agusta. Oversleeping, evidence that you are missing that tiny bit of focus needed to prevail at Monaco, having a go at your team mate in front of the press, these things don’t win you world championships. He has to knuckle down and land a counterpunch quickly. This title battle is going all the way to Abu Double and the momentum will swing between the two of them all season, he can’t afford to dwell on mistakes or perceived ill treatment by Rosberg.
Rosberg on the other hand was on it from start to finish, bar the mistake into Mirabeau in Q3. I’ve watched the replays over and over and while there is some doubt, I’m giving him the benefit of it for now. From what we have seen of him this far in his career he just doesn’t seem to be that type of driver.
Jules Bianchi though, what a drive! Thoroughly well deserved points for him and the mighty Marussia squad. Take that Tony Fernandes!
Lewisiabamf (@lewisisabamf)
26th May 2014, 10:55
When did hamilton have a go at rosberg ?
GeeMac (@geemac)
26th May 2014, 11:43
“We’re not friends” is having a go in my book. Making cryptic statements post qualifying is another.
Mashiat (@mashiat)
26th May 2014, 13:30
According to Hamilton, he is more motivated for a cheeseburger than Rosberg!
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
26th May 2014, 12:23
@geemac,
I disagree with any “he wasn’t on it” proposition. His only mistake this weekend was being 0.059s slower on the first lap of Q3 than Rosberg. He was fast in practice, fast in qualifying, and fast in the race, putting pressure on Rosberg which might have yielded something at the first round of pit stops if Sutil had not crashed at that point.
Of course, his off track behaviour left a lot to be desired, but it did not affect his on track performances. I hope he picks himself up, patches thing up with his team, before this gets out of hand, and people start asking questions about his focus the moment he does actually make a mistake.
GeeMac (@geemac)
26th May 2014, 12:43
Agreed it was a bit harsh, but there is so little in it at the moment he really does need to be all over it every second of every weekend to prevail.
Patrick (@paeschli)
26th May 2014, 13:44
Most people here ignore that and it’s a shame, his driving was flawless all weekend, except he was 6 hundreds of a second too slow in Q3.
Fumbles (@)
26th May 2014, 16:49
@geemac
Pondering here of course, but what if Nico beats Hamilton at Canada? Imagine the reaction to that! Monaco was always claimed as a Hamilton circuit, but Webber was always good there too and he won twice in the Red Bull. But since Mercedes has got good it’s been Rosberg that’s been winning on a circuit that Hamilton hadn’t lost prior to coming into F1, and has been the favourite at for years. It’s all pondering, but with the contrasting states of Hamilton and Rosberg, a shift in Rosberg’s favour (like winning in Canada) could be REALLY damaging. Just pondering though :P
GeeMac (@geemac)
27th May 2014, 5:52
That’s true @turbotoaster, it would be a psychological blow. I suppose it would be commensurate with Hamilton winning in China, which is considered to be a bit of a Rosberg circuit.
Dan
26th May 2014, 11:30
From what Mark Priestley says, Hamilton must be the loneliest guy in F1. Possessor of an awesome amount of natural talent, he simply isn’t equipped to handle the inevitable consequences that his talent brings. We’ve seen it often with boxers, footballers and other sportsmen who become tragic, unfulfilled figures. It is very sad to see. And not something he can be blamed for because it’s not something you can learn. You either have that ability to cope or you don’t. It might be interesting if the bozos at Sky F1 interviewed Priestley to expand on his comments. Their coverage is becoming increasingly dire. Only Ant Davidson is worth listening to.
Funkyf1 (@funkyf1)
26th May 2014, 12:47
It seems talent has protected Hamilton from learning to grow up, despite what he says about his upbringing not many other people have grown up with a multi million dollar company watching their backs.
maarten.f1 (@)
28th May 2014, 14:06
Many talents are being brought up like that in various sports. We’ve seen it in Football (but what do you expect, when you’re barely 20 years old and earn like 100000 pounds a week), and we’ll see it more and more in Formula 1 as teams are now fully invested into a youth academy (or whatever you’d like to call it).
I suppose all good Formula 1 drivers have a bit of an egoistic streak, but there are only a few good ones who manage to build a team around them. I think Vettel is pretty good at it, Schumacher seemed to be pretty good at it too, and I suppose Alonso is pretty good too. Hamilton, sadly, doesn’t seem to be very good at it. As a driver it is important to appreciate the people who are working on your car, if you do, they’ll go the extra mile for you. If you don’t, they’d be less inclined I imagine.
I always find Marc Priestley’s stories about how things went about in the McLaren garage pretty interesting, after all, he experienced it first hand.
maxthecat
26th May 2014, 11:48
To my mind Hamilton has already lost the championship. He just can’t cope with a team mate who’s as quick as him. Alonso, Button and now Rosberg. The only championship he won was when he had a non threatening team-mate in Hekki. Lewis basically said he left McLaren because he felt they didn’t support him, what he actually meant was, he left because Button had the same chance of winning and he didn’t like it. Used to be a Lewis fan but i’m sick of his excuses, his moaning and his general attitude. I thought it would be tragic if he didn’t win at least 3 WDC’s, now i think he’s lucky he won one early because he doesn’t have the head for it anymore.
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
26th May 2014, 12:28
How quickly things can change. Before this race there a lot of comments along the lines of “The championship is already over, Hamilton is going to win 9 races in a row, Rosberg is the new Barrichello, etc.”
The championship is not over. Before this race, Lewis was three points ahead, now he is four points behind. Everything to play for.
lubhz (@lubhz)
26th May 2014, 14:06
Ha! Britney twitted the hashtag “#wediditagain” :-)