2009 MONACO GP: BRAWNS AS USSUAL, FERRARI WITH BEST POSITIONS

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Jenson Button continued his dream start to the 2009 season in Monaco by leading Brawn's second straight one-two sweep, beating his team-mate Rubens Barrichello again.

Ferrari enjoyed its best race of the year so far to take third and fourth with Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, but Mark Webber's fifth place was little consolation for Brawn's usual main rival Red Bull, which saw Sebastian Vettel crash out early on.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Monaco Grand Prix
Monte Carlo, Monaco, Monaco;
78 laps; 260.520km;
Weather: Sunny.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time
1.  Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes     (B)  1h40:44.282
2.  Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes     (B)  +     7.666
3.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  +    13.443
4.  Massa         Ferrari               (B)  +    15.110
5.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +    15.730
6.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    33.586
7.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    37.839
8.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +  1:03.142
9.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +  1:05.040
10. Glock         Toyota                (B)  +     1 lap
11. Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +     1 lap
12. Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     1 lap
13. Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +     1 lap
14. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +     1 lap
15. Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Massa, 1:15.154

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap
Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)    52
Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)    31
Vettel        Red Bull-Renault      (B)    16
Piquet        Renault               (B)    11
Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)    11