Button on top as rain interferes with FP2
F1 Grand Prix, GP Monaco, Monte Carlo Circuit
Jenson Button topped the timesheet when rain started to fall at Monaco, and predictibly kept the fastest time. As rain increased and running was limited, Romain Grosjean went second fastest, ahead of Felipe Massa. Fernando Alonso, who topped FP1 dropped back to 4th.
With the track difficult to drive due to the conditions and the yet unknown super soft Pirelli tyres, 5 cars got damaged as they overshot the Mirabeau corner.
Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.746 | 17 | |
| 2 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:16.138 | 0.392 | 19 |
| 3 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.602 | 0.856 | 21 |
| 4 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.661 | 0.915 | 23 |
| 5 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:16.820 | 1.074 | 20 |
| 6 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:17.021 | 1.275 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:17.148 | 1.402 | 23 |
| 8 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:17.153 | 1.407 | 22 |
| 9 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:17.293 | 1.547 | 11 |
| 10 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:17.303 | 1.557 | 21 |
| 11 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.375 | 1.629 | 19 |
| 12 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:17.395 | 1.649 | 21 |
| 13 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:17.655 | 1.909 | 18 |
| 14 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:17.800 | 2.054 | 25 |
| 15 | 15 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:18.251 | 2.505 | 24 |
| 16 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:18.440 | 2.694 | 25 |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Str-Ferrari | 1:18.522 | 2.776 | 22 |
| 18 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Str-Ferrari | 1:18.808 | 3.062 | 26 |
| 19 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:19.267 | 3.521 | 25 |
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:19.309 | 3.563 | 29 |
| 21 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:20.029 | 4.283 | 13 |
| 22 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:20.240 | 4.494 | 21 |
| 23 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | Hrt-Cosworth | 1:20.631 | 4.885 | 12 |
| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | Hrt-Cosworth | 1:20.886 | 5.140 | 10 |
