Mark Webber after his greatest victory to date (Photo: AFP)

Mark Webber kept his cool in a thrilling race and became the first Aussie to win in Monaco since Sir Jack Brabham in 1959.

“Absolutely incredible, for sure this is the greatest day of my life today,” He said shortly after the race.

Mark had a good start and was the first man into turn1 and up the hill. From here he built up a very impressive lead until the first of what would be four safety cars periods where he lost all the ground and hard work he had put in building a buffer to his team mate.

Mark kept his cool through safety car period after safety car period and each time was able to get a good break and build up his lead again. Mark was able to stay out of trouble right up til the dying stages of the race when Trulli and Chandhook took each other out just meters infront of Marks car. This crash brought out the fourth and final safety car period of the race and Mark was faced with the potential of having to endure a last lap dash under green to the finish. The safety car however stayed out till the final lap and pulled into the pits as Mark cruised over the finish line.

Sebastian Vettel made a crutial move on Robert Kubica off the start to take 2nd place into turn 2. This move was the turning point of the race for both drivers and ultimately they remained in those positions across the line.

The win was a critical one for RedBull. The team is nowleading the constructors championship and Mark and Sebastian Vetel are now equal first on 78 points each in the drivers championship.

A complete race wrap-up of Monaco will be online soon. In the meantime below is the final standings from the race:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           1h50:00.000
 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     0.448
 3.  Kubica        Renault                    +     1.600
 4.  Massa         Ferrari                    +     2.600
 5.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +     4.300
 6.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     5.700
 7.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     6.300
 8.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     6.600
 9.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     6.900
10.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +     7.300
11.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     8.100
12.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     9.100
13.  Petrov        Renault                    +    4 laps

retirements:
Driver        Team                         On lap
Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth                 71
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               71
Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth               59
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 59
Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth            28
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               27
Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth              26
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              23
De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari               22
Button        McLaren-Mercedes             3
Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth            1