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Honda duo disappointed The Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button finished today's Monaco Grand Prix in 10th and 11th positions. Rubens made the most of the first corner mêlée at Ste Devote to gain two places, easing his way into seventh place from ninth for the opening stint of the race. On a heavier fuel load, Button lost out at turn one and dropped a place to 11th. After the first round of pitstops, the two Honda Racing F1 Team drivers ran nose-to-tail, and the gap between them was rarely more than a second for the next 40 laps. Rubens crossed the line 1.1 secs ahead of Jenson. Rubens Barrichello said: "I'm disappointed with 10th because I thought we had a shot at the points today but the opportunities did not materialise. After my first pitstop I was held up by Wurz and that was that really. I was a little bit faster than him and if I could have got past then there was a chance to close the gap and get closer to the points, but there was no possibility to overtake. Overall I think we have had a slightly better weekend and we just have to keep pushing now and continue to move in the right direction. I hope for better things in Canada." Jenson Button commented: "A difficult race today. I was stuck in traffic in all three stints and never got a clear run, so I couldn't make the most of the strategy. After yesterday's qualifying it is disappointing but we have to take some encouragement from the signs of improvement we saw here earlier in the weekend, keep our heads down and focus on what we are doing to move us forward."

Race 1 F. Alonso 1:40:29.329 2 L. Hamilton + 4.095 3 F. Massa + 1:09.114 4 G. Fisichella + 1 laps 5 R. Kubica + 1 laps 6 N. Heidfeld + 1 laps 7 A. Wurz + 1 laps 8 K. Räikkönen + 1 laps 9 S. Speed + 1 laps 10 R. Barrichello + 1 laps 11 J. Button + 1 laps 12 N. Rosberg + 1 laps 13 H. Kovalainen + 1 laps 14 D. Coulthard + 2 laps 15 J. Trulli + 2 laps 16 R. Schumacher + 2 laps 17 T. Sato + 2 laps 18 A. Davidson + 2 laps Did not finish 19 C. Albers + 7 laps 20 A. Sutil + 25 laps 21 M. Webber + 59 laps 22 V. Liuzzi + 77 laps

Qualifying 1 F. Alonso 1:15.726 2 L. Hamilton 1:15.905 3 F. Massa 1:15.967 4 G. Fisichella 1:16.285 5 N. Rosberg 1:16.439 6 M. Webber 1:16.784 7 N. Heidfeld 1:16.832 8 R. Kubica 1:16.955 9 R. Barrichello 1:17.498 10 J. Button 1:17.939 11 A. Wurz 1:16.662 12 V. Liuzzi 1:16.703 13 D. Coulthard no time 14 J. Trulli 1:16.988 15 H. Kovalainen 1:17.125 16 K. Räikkönen no time 17 A. Davidson 1:18.250 18 S. Speed 1:18.390 19 A. Sutil 1:18.418 20 R. Schumacher 1:18.539 21 T. Sato 1:18.554 22 C. Albers no time

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