Rosberg in Monaco F1 hat-trick after Hamilton's pit-stop fiasco

Monaco

NICO Rosberg took full advantage of one of Formula One's (F1) greatest tactical errors on Sunday to land an unexpected victory and become only the fourth man to claim a hat-trick of consecutive wins in the Monaco Grand Prix.

The 29-year-old German trailed championship-leading Mercedes team-mate defending champion Lewis Hamilton for 63 laps until an accident prompted a Safety Car intervention that, in turn, led the team to call the Briton in for an unexpected and unnecessary pit-stop.