Webber inherited the pole position after the fastest man on track for qualifying, racing legend Michael Schumacher was docked a five place penalty as a result of his clash with Bruno Senna in the previous race in the Circuit de Catalunya.
From the front, it was a fairly straightforward win for Webber who never pulled away but was fast enough to be able to keep everyone else at bay in the notoriously difficult to overtake Monaco track.
Many drivers were praying for rain including the relegated Schumacher as well as Barcelona's race winner Pastor Maldonado who was docked a ten place penalty after a clash with Bruno Senna during the third practice session this weekend.
However, the rain did not come but instead, a few drops of rain fell on the track which was enough to ruin Kimi Raikkonen's race. The Lotus team kept him out on worn out tires for way too long in the hopes of taking advantage of the pit stop to get the intermediate or wet tires ahead of his opponents. Sadly, this only cost him loads of time and sent the flying Finn back several places which found him finishing 9th. The team made a terrible decision which allowed the front runners to pull away from the Finn who had been a strong championship contender prior to this race.
From pole and demoted to sixth, Schumacher's luck never returned and he was hit by Romain Grosjean's out of control Lotus in the first corner. He was able to continue but eventually had to retire.
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