Starting from pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix, where overtaking is difficult, it would only be a mistake that could lose Nico Rosberg the grand prix. But driving an almost flawless race, he cruised to the finish line staying in front for the entire race.

The win came exactly 30 years after his father, Keke, scored the second win of his own career in 1983 – and much like Nico, his first win at Monaco. 

Despite two safety cars and one red flag disrupting the race, Nico Rosberg led every lap of the 20134 Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish. 

He said: “Monaco is such a special place to win and it just feels amazing today. It was my childhood dream to win this race and to do it in a Silver Arrow on the streets where I have lived all of my life is fantastic. I can’t quite believe it has happened yet and it will probably take a while to sink in. Thank you to the team for the car that we had this weekend and it’s good to have been able to show the same level of performance on Sunday and convert our pole position. 

“The whole weekend went pretty much to plan, even though qualifying was tough with the weather conditions. I didn’t have the best start today which meant Lewis and Seb got pretty close but after the first corner, I was able to set my own pace. Then it was just a case of keeping a cool head through all the incidents and the team did a great job of keeping me in touch with what was happening. 

“Thank you to everyone here today and back at the factories in Brackley and Brixworth. I hope this win today is the first of many more to come for us.”

And while Lewis Hamilton started on the front row alongside his more experienced teammate, the Brit was unlucky and only managed to finish fourth. He said: “It’s been a great weekend for the team and I’m really happy for everyone. Big congratulations to Nico, he’s been awesome all weekend here and really deserves that victory. From my side, this weekend hasn’t really been the best and we didn’t make the most of the opportunity for a one-two finish today. 

“When the safety car came out, I needed to maintain a gap so we didn’t get delayed with the double pit stop but unfortunately the gap was too big and we lost out to the two Red Bulls. That’s motor racing and these things happen sometimes. 

“It’s the tightest track in the world here and virtually impossible to overtake unless you are much quicker than the car in front so there was nothing I could do to improve my position. But it’s great for the team to have achieved our first victory of the season and I hope we can carry through the performance we showed here to Montreal.”

Here, we show the best pictures of Nico Rosberg’s magical Monaco Grand Prix weekend.