From GMM
Jenson Button had so much energy after winning the Monaco grand prix that he managed to run the entire distance of the pit straight to get to the podium ceremony in time.
After winning the prestigious race, his fifth from six starts so far in 2009, the Brawn driver mistakenly parked into the pits, not further down the road on the straight where the top three runners assemble for the festivities.
"I'm lost for words with him really," Ross Brawn told the BBC. "He's exceeding everything I thought possible."
Button wasn't lost for words on the radio after crossing the chequered flag: "Monaco baby, yeah!" the resident of the Principality screamed.
His lead over teammate Rubens Barrichello, squarely beaten and second on Sunday, is now 16 points, while the closest non-Brawn challenger Sebastian Vettel crashed into the barriers at Ste Devote after burning up his soft tyres.
The German is now an increasingly distant 28 points behind Button with 11 races to go, meaning Button can now afford to lose a couple of points to the Red Bull at every remaining grand prix on the calendar and still win the title.
Kimi Raikkonen ended Ferrari's podium drought with third place, followed closely by teammate Felipe Massa.
Force India, with Giancarlo Fisichella in ninth, missed scoring a point by less than two seconds, amid a spate of retirements and crashes and the awful form this weekend of the BMWs and Toyotas.
Sebastian Buemi punted Nelson Piquet off, while Heikki Kovalainen and Kazuki Nakajima shunted alone, the latter Williams while negotiating the last lap.
Piquet, just a season ahead of rookie Swiss Buemi, was scathing: "These young drivers need to calm down."
Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton finished twelfth and a lap down.
MONACO GP - Results:
1 - Jenson Button (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 78 laps
2 - Rubens Barrichello (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 7"666
3 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F60) - 13"443
4 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F60) - 15"110
5 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB5-Renault) - 15"730
6 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 33"586
7 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R29) - 37"839
8 - Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1'03"142
9 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 1'05"040
10 - Timo Glock (Toyota TF109) - 1 lap
11 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW F1.09) - 1 lap
12 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 1 lap
13 - Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF109) - 1 lap
14 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 1 lap
15 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 2 laps
Best Lap: Felipe Massa 1'15"154
DNF
52° lap - Heikki Kovalainen
31° lap - Robert Kubica
16° lap - Sebastian Vettel
11° lap - Nelson Piquet
11° lap - Sebastien Buemi
Drivers' Championship Standing:
1.Button 51; 2.Barrichello 35; 3.Vettel 23; 4.Webber 19,5; 5.Trulli 14,5; 6.Glock 12; 7.Alonso 11; 8.Raikkonen, Hamilton 9; 10.Massa 8; 11.Rosberg 7,5; 12.Heidfeld 6; 13.Kovalainen 4; 14.Buemi 3; 15.Bourdais 2.
Manufacturers' Championship Standing :
1.Brawn-Mercedes 86; 2.Red Bull-Renault 42,5; 3.Toyota 26,5; 4.Ferrari 17; 5.McLaren-Mercedes 15; 6.Renault 11; 7.Williams-Toyota 7,5; 8.BMW 6; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5.
** Unofficial Results**
Jenson Button had so much energy after winning the Monaco grand prix that he managed to run the entire distance of the pit straight to get to the podium ceremony in time.
After winning the prestigious race, his fifth from six starts so far in 2009, the Brawn driver mistakenly parked into the pits, not further down the road on the straight where the top three runners assemble for the festivities.
"I'm lost for words with him really," Ross Brawn told the BBC. "He's exceeding everything I thought possible."
Button wasn't lost for words on the radio after crossing the chequered flag: "Monaco baby, yeah!" the resident of the Principality screamed.
His lead over teammate Rubens Barrichello, squarely beaten and second on Sunday, is now 16 points, while the closest non-Brawn challenger Sebastian Vettel crashed into the barriers at Ste Devote after burning up his soft tyres.
The German is now an increasingly distant 28 points behind Button with 11 races to go, meaning Button can now afford to lose a couple of points to the Red Bull at every remaining grand prix on the calendar and still win the title.
Kimi Raikkonen ended Ferrari's podium drought with third place, followed closely by teammate Felipe Massa.
Force India, with Giancarlo Fisichella in ninth, missed scoring a point by less than two seconds, amid a spate of retirements and crashes and the awful form this weekend of the BMWs and Toyotas.
Sebastian Buemi punted Nelson Piquet off, while Heikki Kovalainen and Kazuki Nakajima shunted alone, the latter Williams while negotiating the last lap.
Piquet, just a season ahead of rookie Swiss Buemi, was scathing: "These young drivers need to calm down."
Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton finished twelfth and a lap down.
MONACO GP - Results:
1 - Jenson Button (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 78 laps
2 - Rubens Barrichello (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 7"666
3 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F60) - 13"443
4 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F60) - 15"110
5 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB5-Renault) - 15"730
6 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 33"586
7 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R29) - 37"839
8 - Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1'03"142
9 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 1'05"040
10 - Timo Glock (Toyota TF109) - 1 lap
11 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW F1.09) - 1 lap
12 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 1 lap
13 - Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF109) - 1 lap
14 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 1 lap
15 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 2 laps
Best Lap: Felipe Massa 1'15"154
DNF
52° lap - Heikki Kovalainen
31° lap - Robert Kubica
16° lap - Sebastian Vettel
11° lap - Nelson Piquet
11° lap - Sebastien Buemi
Drivers' Championship Standing:
1.Button 51; 2.Barrichello 35; 3.Vettel 23; 4.Webber 19,5; 5.Trulli 14,5; 6.Glock 12; 7.Alonso 11; 8.Raikkonen, Hamilton 9; 10.Massa 8; 11.Rosberg 7,5; 12.Heidfeld 6; 13.Kovalainen 4; 14.Buemi 3; 15.Bourdais 2.
Manufacturers' Championship Standing :
1.Brawn-Mercedes 86; 2.Red Bull-Renault 42,5; 3.Toyota 26,5; 4.Ferrari 17; 5.McLaren-Mercedes 15; 6.Renault 11; 7.Williams-Toyota 7,5; 8.BMW 6; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5.
** Unofficial Results**