Rosberg edges past Hamilton to win Monaco GP

Monaco: Nico Rosberg beat his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to win the Monaco Grand Prix here on Sunday. The result saw Rosberg take the lead in the drivers championship, with Hamilton dropping back to second.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo finished third.

“It was a tough race out there today but I am absolutely delighted to have won my second consecutive Monaco Grand Prix. It’s an amazing feeling and I am proud to have done it in front of my family,” said Rosberg after the race.

Meanwhile Ricciardo who finished third, said, “The race really came to life towards the end. It started off not so well and it’s a really short run to Turn 1, so that was frustrating. Then we got Seb due to his reliability and Kimi had a puncture and we sort of got back to where we were hoping to be. After the re-start we were just saving the tyres to the point that we could get to the end and then, with 20 laps to go, I thought they would be okay so I pushed. It was the first time in the whole race that I felt like I was really driving the car and we caught Lewis. It was fun but I couldn’t get him, so I have to say the race finished better than it started.”

Defending champion Sebastian Vettel, who could not finish the race, said, “It’s disappointing. I had a good start and then we lost boost pressure from the turbo, so I had no power and had to retire. The team did everything they could. I felt quite helpless in the car, so I was asking for an answer of what we could do, but there wasn’t anything at that stage. We fixed some problems yesterday with the ERS, but some more came today with the turbo, but we will move forwards and it will be good for us soon.”