Starting from pole position, Christian Montanari remained unopposed in the first World Series by Renault round to support
Formula One, clinching a comfortable victory on the mean streets of Monaco.
The Draco driver took full advantage of his pole position to lead into Ste-Dévote and, despite Adrian Valles hitting the brakes hard as he attempted to make up ground, the head of the field got through without any problems. Montanari's team-mate, Markus Winkelhock, however, veered off to the right of the corner and was out on the spot - a major blow after setting the pace in Thursday practice.
Montanari quickly built up a lead of almost three seconds on the first lap while, behind him, the order remained largely unchanged from that of the grid, with Jaap van Lagen, Valles,
Robert Kubica, Tristan Gommendy, Milos Pavlovic, Enrico Toccacelo, Damien Pasini and Daniel la Rosa following in line.
The inexperience of several drivers told even in the early stages, with errors delaying Tomas Kostka and Giovanni Tedeschi, who both spun, and removing Karun Chandhok and Frédéric Vervisch, who both ran into the barriers.
Despite the mayhem at the back of the field, Montanari gradually increased his lead, putting together a series of fastest laps to ease away from the chasing van Lagen, Valles and Kubica, who had, in turn, broken away from the rest of the field, led by Gommendy.
Felix Porteiro was the next to go, crashing out of twelfth position at Massenet, but not coming to rest until Casino Square. The stewards deemed the incident treatable without the safety car allowing the field to continue unabated even after the trouble of Thursday.
