Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix - in pictures

Bernie Ecclestone hobbles from a yacht moored in the bay adjacent to the race track Photograph: Valdrin Xhemaj/EPA

He's not the only one bobbing up and down in the harbour. Nicole Scherzinger, the on-off girlfriend of Lewis Hamilton, is there too Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

Michael Schumacher was the fastest man in qualifying, but he's been handed a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race - therefore the Australian Mark Webber starts on pole for Red Bull. Nico Rosberg is second for Merceds and Lewis Hamilton third for McLaren Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

Webber makes a flying start, but in the background Romain Grosjean of Lotus pins Michael Schumacher against the wall with an ill-judged manouevre Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Grosjean pays for his reckless driving and spins wildly amid the field of drivers Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters

His Lotus smashes into the car of Kamui Kobayashi, sending the Sauber flying into the air. Meanwhile Jenson Button is forced wide Photograph: VALDRIN XHEMAJ/EPA

... but the Williams driver Pastor Maldonado, who won the previous grand prix in Barcelona, can't avoid the carnage and slams into the back of Pedro de la Rosa. Cue the safety car Photograph: Antonio Calanni/AP

As the action resumes, Webber retains the lead ahead of Rosberg. Hamilton lies third and Fernando Alonso fourth, while Button is down to 14th Photograph: Tom Gandolfini/AFP/Getty Images

Crowds watch from yachts and from grandstands as Webber surges through the marina section Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images

The lead switches hands through the middle of the race, with Felipe Massa taking charge as his rivals pit, but Sebastian Vettel still hasn't dived in for a change of tyres so he's now the front runner Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

It begins to drizzle, but Webber, who has reclaimed the lead, is honing in on the chequred flag ... Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

The top six are separated by just six seconds going into the final lap ... Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters

Webber wins the Monaco grand prix, while Rosberg finishes second and Alonso third. Webber is therefore the sixth different race winner this season - a remarkable statistic Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

As the celebrations begin, the thunderous rain that was forecast finally descends on Monte Carlo Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images

Things turn raucuos as Webber sprays his pit crew and everyone else in the vicinity with champagne Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images