Nico Rosberg controlled a chaotic Monaco Grand Prix to take his first win of 2013 ahead of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
The Mercedes driver led throughout as the race was interrupted by a safety-car period and a red-flag stoppage following two heavy accidents. Rosberg’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton dropped from second to fourth after losing out through the safety car.
Force India’s Adrian Sutil took fifth from McLaren’s Jenson Button. The Englishman’s team-mate Sergio Perez was running fifth but retired with five laps to go following damage caused in a collision with Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen, which gave the Finn a puncture and forced him to stop for fresh tyres. In a chaotic final lap, Raikkonen moved up to 10th from 13th to take the final point.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was seventh after a poor afternoon in which he lost places in a series of passing moves by Perez, Sutil and Button. Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne was eighth from Force India’s Paul di Resta.
Pos Driver Team 1. Rosberg Mercedes 2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 3. Webber Red Bull-Renault 4. Hamilton Mercedes 5. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 6. Button McLaren-Mercedes 7. Alonso Ferrari 8. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 9. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes 10. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 11. Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 12. Bottas Williams-Renault 13. Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 14. Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 15. van der Garde Caterham-Renault DNF. Perez McLaren-Mercedes DNF. Grosjean Lotus-Renault DNF. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari DNF. Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth DNF. Maldonado Williams-Renault DNF. Massa Ferrari DNF. Pic Caterham-Renault