Race – Vettel victorious in red-flagged Monaco thriller

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel rode his luck for all it was worth in Monaco this weekend. He got the pole on Saturday, then had it inadvertently safeguarded after Sergio Perez’s accident.

Then on Sunday, just as he was under massive pressure on worn tyres from Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and McLaren’s Jenson Button, a nail-biting race was brought to a temporary halt when Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari crashed in heavy traffic in the Swimming Pool, taking out Renault’s Vitaly Petrov in the process.