Vettel breaks Monaco Grand Prix duck

The race had been stopped temporarily after a mass crash which saw Russian driver Vitaly Petrov taken to hospital.

Vettel’s victory,after claiming pole position in Monaco for the first time on Saturday,was the 15th of his career and his eighth in the last 10 races.

It stretched his golden run which has seen him finish on the podium at every race since the Singapore Grand Prix last year.

Two-times champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso,who had won twice at Monaco,finished second for Ferrari – their best result this season – ahead of luckless Briton Jenson Button of McLaren,who might have won but for the various Safety Car stops and other interventions.

Japanese Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber looked set to take fourth but was passed in a final flurry of drama by determined Australian Mark Webber of Red Bull and had to settle for fifth ahead of 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton,who finished the race sixth for McLaren.

Hamilton,however,faced an investigation for his passing move on Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado of Williams in the final laps.