Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel [ Images ] took his fifth victory in six races when he won a crash-hit Monaco Grand Prix [ Images ] thriller for Red Bull on Sunday.
With the safety car twice deployed and the race red-flagged after 71 of the 78 laps due to a pile-up at the Swimming Pool complex, the 23-year-old German held on from the re-start for his first win in the principality.
Vettel now has a 58-point lead over McLaren's [ Images ] Lewis Hamilton [ Images ], who scrambled to sixth place despite a drive-through penalty and numerous scrapes that triggered another stewards' investigation.
Ferrari's [ Images ] double world champion Fernando Alonso [ Images ] finished second and ahead of McLaren's 2009 winner Jenson Button [ Images ] in third, with the top three separated by just 2.3 seconds in a knife-edge chase to the line.
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