Marussia Finally Scores 1st Formula 1 Points at the Monaco Grand Prix

It took nearly four-and-a-half years, but Marussia finally scored their first world championship points this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix. Jules Bianchi finished ninth for the Banbury-based team, making them the first of the new teams who joined Formula One in 2010 to score any points. Earlier in the attrition-filled race, it seemed Marussia's rivals at the back of the grid, Caterham, would be the ones to snag a top-10 finish. On Lap 35, Kamui Kobayashi was running in 12th place when Kimi Raikkonen passed him on the run from Tabac to La Rascasse. As Raikkonen went through, Bianchi followed, pushing Kobayashi wide and damaging the Caterham car. That proved to be the decisive move, and Bianchi found himself eighth as engines gave out and...

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