Monaco Grand Prix 2013 Results: Reaction, Leaders and Post-Race Analysis

While the beauty and splendor of visiting the Circuit de Monaco is a vacation for most people, Team Mercedes' Nico Rosberg was all business Sunday, stealing the show and walking out of the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix with a momentous victory. 

Team Mercedes immediately tweeted about its momentous win:

Not only did Rosberg qualify first, he lead wire-to-wire on Sunday, winning his first Monaco Grand Prix over second-place finisher Team Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

Auto racing insider Nick DeGroot breaks down just how impressive Rosberg’s victory really was:

All stats and standings via ESPNF1.com.

Full 2013 Monaco Grand Prix Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	78	Winner	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	78	+3.8 secs	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	78	+6.3 secs	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	+13.8 secs	12
5	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	78	+21.4 secs	10
6	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	78	+23.1 secs	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	78	+26.7 secs	6
8	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	78	+27.2 secs	4
9	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	78	+27.6 secs	2
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	78	+36.5 secs	1
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	78	+42.5 secs
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	78	+42.6 secs
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	78	+43.2 secs
14	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	78	+49.8 secs
15	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	78	+62.5 secs
16	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+6 Laps
Ret	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	63	+15 Laps
Ret	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	61	+17 Laps
Ret	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	58	+20 Laps
Ret	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	44	+34 Laps
Ret	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	28	+50 Laps
Ret	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	7	+71 Laps

With a field full of former world champions and Monaco winners, Rosberg's victory is made even more impressive with the incredible competition he faced Sunday. Not only was Rosberg the top qualifier (1:13.876), the son of a Monaco champion was able to hold off the hard-charging Vettel throughout the day.

Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton started in second place, but after a poor pit decision, fell to fourth overall. It was there that Hamilton battled Team Red Bull's Mark Webber engaged in an amazing battle that was highlighted throughout the day.

Team Force India's Adrian Sutil rounded out the top five. After Sutil's finish, his team took to Twitter to congratulate their drivers on another stellar finish for the underdog team:

"

So great to see so many #BestFans celebrating a double point finish with us here on Twitter! Hope you enjoyed this one! #FeelTheForce

— Sahara Force India (@clubforce) May 26, 2013"

Add in the madness that was the way Team McLaren's Sergio Perez raced at Monaco (made enough heart-stopping passes to satisfy every racing fans), and this was an exciting edition of the prestigious race.

In one of the more brutal incidents of the race, Brazil’s Felipe Massa from Team Ferrari crashed almost identically to the way he did during Saturday’s practice, causing the safety car to hit the track and slow the field.

ESPN’s F1 Twitter account updated the fans on just how injured Massa was after the accident:

That wasn’t the last crash of the race, though, as the red flag was brought out on Lap 46 when Max Chilton tried to pass Pastor Maldonado and ran him directly into the wall. The accident ripped the safety barrier away from the wall, forcing the track to red flag the action.

F1 insider Gary Hartstein talked about the safety of the track and the walls that allowed Maldonado to get out of his destroyed car unscathed.

There was another safety car period with just under 20 laps left in the race, and with the field bunched backed up, the remainder of the race was as intense as an Formula fan would have hoped.

With passes coming fast in furious throughout the field, this was an amazing Monaco Grand Prix.

2013 F1 Championship Standings

1.	Sebastian Vettel	107
2.	Kimi Räikkönen	86
3.	Fernando Alonso	78
4.	Lewis Hamilton	62
5.	Mark Webber	57
6.	Nico Rosberg	47
7.	Felipe Massa	45
8.	Paul di Resta	28
9.	Romain Grosjean	26
10.	Jenson Button	25
11.	Adrian Sutil	16
12.	Sergio Perez	12
13.	Daniel Ricciardo	7
14.	Nico Hülkenberg	5
15.	Jean-Éric Vergne	5

After another wild race on the streets on Monaco, the beauty and historical importance of Sunday’s event proves once again just how special the Formula 1’s visit to this track is to the auto-racing world.

The F1 series is back to work in two weeks when the 2013 Grand Prix Du Canada—Sunday, June 9—comes live from Montreal in another exciting event.

With so much hype around the Monaco race, the excitement around the next race has hardcore and casual Formula 1 fans ready for the on-and-off track action.