David Coulthard wins the Monaco GP ahead of Michael Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher finishes third. All other cars were lapped!
Trulli finally scores points for Renault as he finishes 4th ahead of Fisichella and Frentzen. Barrichello, Heidfeld, Irvine, de la Rosa, Webber and Bernoldi make the rest of the finishers!

Final lap!: Coulthard still leads by 0.7 seconds!

Lap 77: Trulli in 4th lets the 2 leaders lap him too.

Lap 76: Fisichella in 5th lapped by the 2 leaders. He is looking good for his second 5th place in a row.

Lap 76: Michael Schumacher trying hard to pressure Coulthard.

Lap 75: Order - Coulthard, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Trulli, Fisichella, Frentzen, Barrichello, Heidfeld, Irvine, de la Rosa, Webber and Bernoldi. Retirements: McNish, Sato, Yoong. Raikkonen, Montoya, Villeneuve, Button, Panis, Massa, Salo.

Lap 74: Last 5 laps of the race and 12 cars remain in the running!

Lap 73: Coulthard remains under a second ahead of Michael with Ralf Schumacher over a minute behind. In fact Trulli is closing in on Ralf.

Lap 72: Barrichello in 7th is fighting with Frentzen in the Arrows for points!

Lap 71: And the experts crash too. Mika Salo is out after crashing into the barrier. He was in 8th!

Lap 71: At the front Michael still pushing Coulthard trying to make him commit a mistake. He is only 0.5 seconds behind.

Lap 70: Rubens Barrichello in 7th sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1:18.023!

Lap 69: Order - Coulthard, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Trulli, Fisichella, Frentzen, Barrichello, Salo, Heidfeld and Irvine. Retirements: McNish, Sato, Yoong. Raikkonen, Montoya, Villeneuve, Button, Panis, Massa.

Lap 68: Mark Webber is currently in 11th after having his second pit stop.

Lap 67: With the exception of Mark Webber, all the rookies are out of the race!

Lap 67: Felipe Massa gets out of the car. He is OK.

Lap 66: Felipe Massa crashes. He was in 14th. It was a big shunt as it seems he lost brakes.

Lap 65: Ralf Schumacher pits. His stop is 6.1 seconds and retains third.

Lap 65: Ralf Schumacher has a tyre problem. He is slowing and his pit crew are getting ready for him.

Lap 64: Bernoldi in 13th gets a drive through penalty for crossing the chicane!

Lap 63: Michael continues to apply the pressure on Coulthard. The gap remains just 0.6 seconds. Ralf Schumacher is over 24 seconds behind.

Lap 62: Order - Coulthard, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Trulli, Fisichella, Frentzen, Barrichello, Salo Webber and Heidfeld. Retirements: McNish, Sato, Yoong. Raikkonen, Montoya, Villeneuve, Button, Panis.

Lap 61: Mika Salo makes his second stop from 7th. 

Lap 60: Mark Webber is currently in 9th place ahead of Heidfeld and the 2 Jaguars. He may have to pit again though! 

Lap 59: 14 cars remain with 19 laps to go! 

Lap 58: Trulli seems to be fine again ? 

Lap 58: Coulthard leading Michael by 0.6 seconds. Michael continues to push. Ralf Schumacher is now 21 seconds behind the 2 leaders. 

Lap 57: Trulli seems to be having problems! 

Lap 56: Fisichella makes his pit stop and rejoins in 5th behind Trulli. 

Lap 55: Only 4 cars outside the top 10 remaining: Irvine, de la Rosa, Bernoldi and Massa. 

Lap 54: Order - Coulthard, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Fisichella, Trulli, Frentzen, Salo, Barrichello, Webber and Heidfeld. Retirements: McNish, Sato, Yoong. Raikkonen, Montoya, Villeneuve, Button, Panis. 

Lap 53: Button collides into Panis! Both are out.

Lap 53: Coulthard leads Michael by 1.2 seconds. Ralf in 3rd ahead of Fisichella who has yet to stop. 

Lap 52: Michael Schumacher puts in the fastest lap so far with a 1:18.652. 

Lap 51: Coulthard pits. He retains the lead ahead of Michael Schumacher. 

Lap 50: Ralf Schumacher pits and rejoins in 3rd behind his brother Michael who has stopped already. 

Lap 49: Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher, Fisichella and Panis are the only drivers yet to make their pit stop. 

Lap 48: Order - Coulthard, R Schumacher, M Schumacher, Fisichella, Trulli, Frentzen, Panis, Salo, de la Rosa and Barrichello. Retirements: McNish, Sato, Yoong. Raikkonen, Montoya, Villeneuve. 

Lap 47: Montoya retires with flames coming out of his car. Villeneuve retires as well!

Lap 47: Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap so far with a 1:19.203.

Lap 46: Juan Pablo Montoya slows!. Ralf Schumacher passes him.

Lap 45: Michael Schumacher will be trying to pass Montoya through pit stop strategy. Raikkonen retires.

Lap 44: Michael Schumacher pits. 8.5 seconds. He rejoins in 4th with a clear track. Barrichello gets a drive through penalty for speeding when he went in to take his stop - go penalty!

Lap 43: Stop - Go penalty for Barrichello for driving into Raikkonen. 

Lap 42: Order - Coulthard, Montoya, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Trulli, Frentzen, Fisichella, Barrichello, Heidfeld and Panis. Retirements: McNish, Sato, Yoong. 

Lap 41: Barrichello is under investigation by the stewards. Raikkonen is still in the pits. 

Lap 40: Rubens Barrichello loses his front wing. Both pit. Barrichello gets a new wing and rejoins in 8th. 

Lap 40: Rubens Barrichello hits Kimi Raikkonen!

Lap 40: Coulthard is now 4.6 seconds ahead of Montoya!

Lap 39: Michael Schumacher very close to Montoya while Coulthard is getting away.

Lap 38: Coulthard is increasing his gap to Montoya but Michael Schumacher is maintaining the pressure on Juan Pablo. Button pits.

Lap 37: The 3 retirements so far are 'first timers' on this track!

Lap 36: Barrichello in 7th is right behind Raikkonen.

Lap 35: David Coulthard goes fastest with a 1:19.743. Smoke problem gone ?

Lap 34: Felipe Massa gets a stop - go penalty for his incident with Bernoldi.

Lap 33: Michael Schumacher sets another fastest lap with a 1:20.325.

Lap 32: Webber pits and rejoins in 17th.

Lap 32: Order - Coulthard, Montoya, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Trulli, Raikkonen, Barrichello, Frentzen, Fisichella and Heidfeld. Retirements: McNish, Sato. Yoong.

Lap 31: Smoke out of Coulthard's car. He is still going but it could mean a problem for him ? Meanwhile Alex Yoong retires.

Lap 30: Now Bernoldi has dropped back to 15th while Massa is in 17th. 

Lap 29: At the front Coulthard leads Montoya by 2 seconds. Michael Schumacher is 0.4 seconds behind Montoya. 

Lap 28: Bernoldi gets past Massa but Massa locks up and hits Bernoldi. Both get going but Massa pits for a front wing. Massa is under investigation! 

Lap 27: Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1:20.464. 

Lap 26: Enrique Bernoldi is fighting with Felipe Massa for 10th. Only 0.5 seconds between them.

Lap 25: Coulthard leads Montoya by 1 second with Michael 0.5 seconds behind.

Lap 25: Behind the top 10 - Bernoldi, Heidfeld, Panis, Webber, de la Rosa, Irvine, Button, Salo, Yoong and Villeneuve.

Lap 24: Frentzen is catching Barrichello in 7th!

Lap 23: Order - Coulthard, Montoya, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Trulli, Raikkonen, Barrichello, Frentzen, Fisichella and Massa. Retirements: McNish, Sato.

Lap 22: Sato crashes in the tunnel!. Second retirement of the day.

Lap 21: Salo rejoins after changing tyres. He is now in 19th place.

Lap 21: Salo pits. Meanwhile Ralf Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1:20.483.

Lap 21: Salo seems to be having a problem. Now Sato and Fisichella have passed him.

Lap 20: Takuma Sato crossed the chicane and passed Fisichella for 10th. He may get penalised for it.

Lap 20: Villeneuve running in 21st and last is lapped by the 4 leaders.

Lap 19: Heinz Harald Frentzen takes 8th from Salo!

Lap 18: Jenson Button is trying hard to get past Irvine for 18th place without success.

Lap 18: Coulthard leads Montoya by 0.8 seconds with Michael 0.5 seconds behind.

Lap 17: Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race so far with a 1:21.263.

Lap 16: Order - Coulthard, Montoya, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Trulli, Raikkonen, Barrichello , Salo, Frentzen and Fisichella. Retirements: McNish.

Lap 16: Allan McNish is the first to crash into the barrier. He is out of the race.

Lap 15: Montoya almost touches the wall!

Lap 14: Coulthard now increases the lead to 1.6 seconds and sets the fastest lap of the race so far.

Lap 13: Ralf Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race so far with a 1:21.576.

Lap 12: Behind the top 10 - Fisichella, Sato, Massa, Bernoldi, Heidfeld, Panis, Webber, de la Rosa, Irvine, Button, Yoong and Villeneuve.

Lap 12: Coulthard increases the gap to 0.8 seconds.

Lap 11: Coulthard leads Montoya by 0.7 seconds. The top 4 are within 1.8 seconds.

Lap 10: Montoya trying to pass Coulthard at the hairpin but without success.

Lap 10: Montoya trying to pass Coulthard at the hairpin but without success.

Lap 9: Coulthard leads Montoya by 0.4 seconds with Michael a further 0.5 seconds behind

Lap 8: Montoya almost touches Coulthard but there is no place to overtake here unless the driver in front makes a mistake. 

Lap 7: The top 4 are separated by 1.6 seconds. Clearly Coulthard is holding them up. 

Lap 7: Order - Coulthard, Montoya, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Trulli, Raikkonen, Barrichello , Salo, McNish and Frentzen.

Lap 6: Drive through penalty for Button. Jump start.

Lap 6: Top 4 separated by just 2.2 seconds.

Lap 6: Ralf Schumacher is now catching up with the leaders as he sets the fastest lap of the race.

Lap 5: Jenson Button seems to have had a problem at the start. He dropped to 17th!

Lap 5: The top 3 are very close. Under 2 seconds separate them.

Lap 4: Michael Schumacher puts in the fastest lap of the race with a 1:21.967.

Lap 3: Jacques Villeneuve gets going. He is last. No retirements so far.

Lap 2: Montoya sets the fastest lap with a 1:22.551. He closes the gap to Coulthard.

Lap 2: Order - Coulthard, Montoya, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Trulli, Raikkonen, Barrichello, Salo, McNish and Frentzen.

Lap 1: David Coulthard leads Juan Pablo Montoya by 1.1 seconds. Rubens Barrichello had a bad start and dropped to 7th.

Lap 1: David Coulthard takes the lead from Montoya!. Michael Schumacher in 3rd ahead of Ralf Schumacher. Jacques Villeneuve stalled!

Race Start ... Lights ... And its GO

Formation lap underway. All the cars get away without problems.

Formation lap in 1 minute!.

Michael Schumacher has won 5 times here. ('94, '95, '97, '99, '01). If he wins today he will equal Ayrton Senna's record of 6 wins on this circuit. He is starting from 3rd on the grid which isn't the usual place he is used to start from. Formation lap in 5 minutes.

Last year David Coulthard grabbed pole but software gremlins with the launch control saw him stranded at the start of the formation lap forcing him to start from the back. Michael Schumacher starting alongside him went on to win the race. Formation lap in 8 minutes.

Since 1990, only 3 times did a driver win starting from Pole. Ayrton Senna in '90 and '91 and Michael Schumacher in '94. Can Juan Pablo Montoya join those two today ?. Formation lap in 10 minutes.

The pit lane has closed and all the cars have made it to the grid. Formation lap in 15 minutes.

This race is known for its high attrition rate and unpredictability. It is rare that more than 10 cars get classified at the end of the race. The majority of the retirements are due to driver errors.  Formation lap in 15 minutes.

Juan Pablo Montoya starts from Pole position with David Coutlhard next to him. Michael Schumacher is in 3rd and his brother Ralf in 4th. In 5th place it is Rubens Barrichello with Kimi Raikkonen alongside him. Formation lap in 20 minutes.

The pit lane has opened a few minutes ago and the cars have 15 minutes to form on the grid.

Formation lap  starting at 2:00 PM local time. It is mostly sunny with a temperature of 22 degrees.