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Article: F1 world champion Alonso wins Monaco Grand Prix
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 28, 2006
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F1 world champion Alonso wins Monaco Grand Prix
PARIS, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Formula One world champion Fernando
Alonso won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to hand Renault their
fifth victory in seven races.
The win, with Ferrari's Michael Schumacher starting in the pit
lane after being stripped of pole for deliberately obstructing rivals
in qualifying, stretched the Spaniard's overall lead to 21 points.
It was the 12th win of the 24-year-old's career, his first in
Monaco and fourth of the season. He has 64 points to Schumacher's 43,
with the German fighting back from last place to fifth.
Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, the 2003 ...