Monaco madness

A bit late, but TK asked and I couldn't stop myself from posting:

Schumi was supposed to have finished pole from qualifying, but for some reason (and I wasn't able to see Saturday qualifying because of a power outage) he was penalized for "impeding" the track. He then had to start from the pit. Imagine that. The pit. After all the cars have whizzed past him.

Now, what I like most about Monaco, is the track. It's narrow, and there's this incredible hairpin turn, and overall it's quite impossible to overtake the cars ahead of you. Your qualifying position pretty much determines how you'll end the race.

Anyways...

Alonso was pole, followed by Webber, then Kimi, and Montoya. Barichello was somewhere lower, if I remember correctly. Schumi, of course, dead last. Fisichella was penalized in qualifying as well, he was supposed to have been on second.

It was boring for the most part...Alonso maintained pole, followed closely by Kimi (Webber was out long before), Montoya, Coulthard and Barichello. Schumi, as expected, whizzed past more than half the cars, and ended up with the fastest lap. At fifth, from dead last.

Now, the exciting part was...ta-daah...Kimi's engine overheating. At 20+ laps to go. It was heartbreaking. He had to walk the rest of the way to the pit. A few minutes later he was seen topless in a yacht. Ahhh...Monaco.

The other exciting part was Schumi very desperately trying to overtake Barichello. Haha...RB would have slowed down for him if he were still with Ferrari! But not now, not ever! I guess. Good for him.

Race ended with Alonso, Montoya, Coulthard (draped in a Superman cape), Barichello and Schumi, in that order.