Michael Schumacher admits there's not a lot of positives that he can take from the Monaco GP after just about everything went wrong.
Schumacher, starting P5 on the grid, had an awful start, falling down to tenth place. And although he was quick to make up a position by overtaking Lewis Hamilton, the battle between the two resulted in the German's front wing being damaged.
As a result, Schumacher had to pit for a new nose, which dropped him down to 21st place. And his fight back proved to be not much of a fight as he retired on lap 34 due to a fire inside his W02's airbox.
"Unfortunately, there are not a lot of positives we will be able to take away from this race," said the six-time Monaco GP winner.
"At the end, there was a fire inside the airbox and the car simply stopped, but the beginning of the race was not satisfying either.
"At the start, the anti-stall system suddenly kicked in which meant I had to re-do the whole starting procedure.
"Then I had a rendezvous with Lewis at Turn One which left my front wing not working properly, so I lost downforce which also handicapped my tyres.
"That meant we had to stop much earlier than we had planned and, from then onwards, the race was obviously compromised.
"All in all though, the race was quite exciting, and I am happy that Vitaly Petrov seems to be well."
