Latest Sport News from Monaco, France: Sebastian Vettel has won the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monaco, France after an action packed race which had to be stopped just 6 laps from the end. Adrian Sutil hit the barriers on Lap 71 and suffered a puncture, Jaime Alguersuari hit the back of Lewis Hamilton and Vitaly Petrov tried to avoid the incident and hit the barriers. It’s believed that he was briefly knocked unconscious during this accident but came round shortly afterwards and has since complained of leg injuries. Doctors have confirmed that nothing was broken and he seems to be suffering from bruising but he has been taken to hospital for a full body scan and at present remains there under observation. Despite the race being over ¾ of the way through, it was decided to continue to run the last few laps once the track had been cleared following the incident.
Fernando Alonso finished in 2nd place and Jensen Button finished in 3rd place.
It was not such a good weekend for Lewis Hamilton who was given a penalty during qualifying and 2 penalties during the race for 2 separate incidents involving him.
During the qualifying session on Saturday, 21 year old Mexican,Sergio Perez, had a horrendous high speed crash as he hit the barriers following his exit from the tunnel. He suffered concussion and a sprained thigh and he was taken to hospital. He underwent a scan and was kept in overnight under observation. A spokesman for the Sauber team (who he races for) confirmed that he is to have another scan today and is to remain in hospital overnight tonight under further observation and will undergo a further scan tomorrow.
His accident happened just a short time after Nico Rosberg hit the barrier at the same spot but fortunately for Rosberg, his accident was not serious and he was able to take part in today’s race.
Sebastian Vettel is now leading the Drivers Championship with 143 points, Lewis Hamilton is 2nd with 85 points and Mark Webber is 3rd with 79 points.
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