Ferrari have confirmed that suspension failure was the cause of Felipe Massa's accident during the Monaco Grand Prix.

The Brazilian didn't have the best of weekends on the streets of Monte Carlo, as he was involved in two near-identical shunts. The first occurred during final practice on Saturday morning, when his car's tyres locked and he crashed into the barriers at approximately 170mph.

Unable to take part in qualifying as a result, Massa was forced to start the race from the back of the grid. However, he only made to lap 29 before hitting the barriers at Ste Devote once again.

The incident brought out the safety car and the 32-year-old was taken to hospital for a check-up, but was soon given the all-clear.

After Ferrari's engineers had a closer inspection of the wrecked F138, they have now confirmed that part of the left-front suspension broke .

'The findings validated the first impressions of the engineers, confirming that the accident was caused by an element of the front left suspension breaking,' the Scuderia said on their website.

'With all the required inspections completed to analyse what happened at the Monegasque circuit, the Car Assembly department can now start work in preparing the car for the Canadian Grand Prix.'

Source: Sky Sports 

I think RoGro really does need to have a think to himself, Kimi is fighting the championship in that car yet he is falling back very quickly.

That Lotus seat will look very nice for David Valsecchi or another driver very soon if he does not pull his weight and buck his ideas up.

Renault have confirmed they will supply engines to Toro Rosso from the start of the 2014 season.

The deal will see the Italian outfit join sister team Red Bull in being powered by the French manufacturer.

Since the drinks manufacturer bought the former Minardi squad ahead of the 2006 season, Toro Rosso have been powered by Ferrari for all but one of their F1 campaigns.

"We are very pleased to have reached an agreement to use Renault power units from the 2014 season onwards, when the new regulations will present interesting challenges," said Toro Rosso Team Principal Franz Tost.

"It is particularly important that we have managed to finalise our plans early, so that we can be as well prepared as possible for next year. While looking forward to working with Renault, I would also like to thank Ferrari, our engine supplier since 2007. They have provided us with an extremely effective and reliable engine and an excellent service."

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner added that the tie-up will strengthen their relationship with Renault, who have powered the Milton Keynes-based to both World Championships in each of the last three seasons.

"Strategically for Red Bull and Renault, it makes perfect sense for Scuderia Toro Rosso to use the same power unit as Infiniti Red Bull Racing from the 2014 season, which enables synergies between Red Bull and Renault to continue to grow," he said.

The announcement casts doubt over future engine supplies to Lotus and Williams after Renault announced earlier this year that it would look to reduce its number of customer teams. Currently the French manufacturer supplies Red Bull, Caterham, Lotus and Williams, and Toro Rosso joining in 2014 would mean supplying five teams. However, Renault F1 President Jean-Michel Jalinier said in February that supplying three or four teams would be the ideal number.

After qualifying in Monaco it emerged Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff had been in talks with his old team Williams, in which he still holds a stake, over a deal to supply then with engines during the new turbo-era. The German-marque are eager to find a new team to fill the void left by McLaren's defection to Honda in 2014.

Source: Sky Sports News 

TEAMS: Ferrari, Lotus, Toro Rosso, Marrusia 
DRIVERS: Alonso, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Bianchi

FASTEST PRACTICE LAP: Vettel

POLE POSITION: Hamilton
PODIUM: Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso
FASTEST RACE LAP: Rosberg
BEST CONSTRUCTOR: Red Bull
WORST CONSTRUCTOR: Caterham
FIRST RETIREMENT: Bottas

1. Tyres will pan out nicely this weekend as Monaco isnt so tough on tyres.

2. Quite possibly seeing as Monaco isn't so hard on the tyres.

3. If carnage ensues, quite possibly.

4. I'm utterly flaberghasted as to how Johnny was allowed to get away with a stunt like that, he should of had his racing licence ripped up for those sorts of moves the other guy was put off line hence he got rear ended... I'm just so so shocked he got nothing for such dangerous driving, stewards need to get a grip, I hope this set a precident for other drivers to drive in such a way that they think that is okay.

5. Johnny Herbert or Suzi Perry :P

[QUOTE="kipi19"]It definetly feels like we've gone too far down this road, but the fans have cried for overtaking, now we have it it's too much. The problem is, To have pure natural racing with these aero levels is nigh impossible, the cars are to fickle with it and because it produces all that 'dirty' air and no one can pass. Sooo what gets me is how this situation can be resolved. IMO Aero levels need to be reduced by 40-50%, the cars need to be able to fight in dirty air lap after lap.Redders1989

I'm glad they are only making safety changes, albeit I feel that the cars need to be able to push more, and with regards to the aero? Surely a complete car revision on aero, The old rear wings should be brought back, but all the winglets need to stay banned. These aero rules encourage far more aero toys with the diffusers, massivly complicated front wings etc. I dunno i'm just spitballing here :P