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Round six of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship takes place around the streets of Monte Carlo. It’s the shortest, yet most demanding track on the calendar, and the drivers love the challenge of F1’s original street race.
 

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Angry could be a polite way of describing Felipe Massa’s mood, on a day spent in Maranello to work in the simulator and to attend meetings with his engineers. Five days on from the Spanish GP, the Brazilian is still annoyed about the outcome of a race that could definitely have ended differently.
 

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Highly motivated and excited, the Sauber F1 Team heads to the most prestigious Grand Prix of the year. The Sauber C31-Ferrari’s performance has further improved since the introduction of the recent development package, and now it remains to be seen how this works on the narrow street circuit of Monaco.
 

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The Monaco Grand Prix, Round Six of the 2012 World Championship, is without doubt the most prestigious and unique race on the Formula One calendar. Taking place around the streets of the principality on Sunday 27 May, this year's race will mark the 70th anniversary of the event.
 

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Following his victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday at Barcelona, Williams Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado gives his thoughts on his spectacular first ever win in Formula One and the season so far.
 

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Russian Helicopters, one of the global leaders in the helicopter industry, is glad to announce an official partnership with Caterham F1 Team, one of the 12 participants in the FIA Formula One World Championship. From the Monaco Grand Prix, the Russian Helicopters logos will be seen on the Caterham F1 Team cars and in future the drivers’ overalls and the team’s race garages.
 

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In such a short span of time, the Circuit de Catalunya is already near completion with the repairs to the burnt garage that the Williams team occupied during last weekends GP. Reporting to our colleagues at GPUpdate, a spokesperson said, "It hasn't affected the building – only the electrical fittings in the garage," which has made the process so quick.
 

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The rumour mill around Felipe Massa's future with Ferrari has reached a high this weekend in the Spanish paddock. After yet another bad result (15th place while team mate Alonso finished 2nd), there are quite some rumours that the Brazilian will be replaced soon.
 

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Following yesterday’s fire which occurred in the team’s garage after the Spanish Grand Prix, Williams F1 confirms that a further two team members have now been released from hospital and have returned home having received treatment for smoke inhalation.
 

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After today’s Spanish Grand Prix a fire occurred in the Williams team’s garage which originated from the fuel area. While the exact cause is not yet clear, the quick spread and big plumes of smoke suggest at least one fuel cannister got fire and exploded in the incident.
 

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Pastor Maldonado sealed the first victory for the newly revived Williams-Renault partnership in today’s Spanish Grand Prix. It marks the 64th win for Williams with Renault engines, and the 114th in total for the English team.
 

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Nico Rosberg finished the Spanish Grand Prix in seventh place today with Michael Schumacher retiring on lap13. Schumacher unfortunately hit Senna in the braking zone for turn 1 and has been consequently handed a 5 place grid penalty for the next GP, to be held at Monaco.
 

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Another two sided afternoon for Scuderia Ferrari, with one driver on the podium and one out of the points. Fernando Alonso finished second at the end of a race in which he was in contention for the win from start to finish, while Felipe Massa finished fifteenth, having been given a penalty at a crucial point.
 

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Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean ensured that Lotus F1 Team were the strongest points scoring team in a fast-paced Spanish Grand Prix, finishing in third and fourth position to move the team within 14 points of second place in the Constructors’ Championship.
 

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McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button finished the Spanish GP in 8th and 9th positions respectively. Team principal Martin Whitmarsh however is adamant Lewis in particular drove a brilliant race after having to recover from 24th on the starting grid.
 

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It was a difficult Spanish Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing, but in the end Sebastian Vettel managed to bring home some points with P6 after passing several cars in the final stages of the race. Mark Webber meanwhile was baffled by his pace and ended 11th.
 

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The Sauber F1 Team has got ten more points to its tally thanks to Kamui Kobayashi finishing fifth at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Japanese had to start ninth after an hydraulic problem yesterday prevented him from driving in Q3. Team mate Sergio Pérez was unlucky at the start and later had to retire due to a transmission problem.
 

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HRT completed its home race with the best result of the season as Pedro de la Rosa completed a four stop strategy to finish in 19th place. The sour note of the day was Narain Karthikeyan’s retirement as a result of a problem with a screw in his second pit stop.
 

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Both Caterham drivers did the best they could buy were unable to compete with the midfield runners once both cars had to start allowing lapping cars past. As this is more of the same for Caterham, the team is already looking forward to the next weeks, with a straight line test and the departure to Monaco.
 

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Scuderia Toro Rosso will leave Circuit De Catalunya without points, even though Jean-Eric Vergne looked back and was convinced points could have been possible. Daniel Ricciardo meanwhile acknowledged some weaker moments in the race were too much to get points at the finish.
 

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