May 22 (GMM) McLaren's topsy-turvy garage allocations in 2008 has continued in Monaco, with the team slotting in between Red Bull and Williams in the Principality's pitlane.

Despite finishing the 2007 championship last, the Mercedes-powered team began the season in the fifth slot following an agreement with Bernie Ecclestone.

For Bahrain and beyond, however, FIA president Max Mosley ruled that McLaren should be returned to the last garages to properly reflect the team's exclusion from last year's constructors' championship.

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Fernando Alonso has rejected rumours that his Renault team is planning a very aggressive qualifying fuel strategy this weekend in a bid for a high grid position at Monaco, where overtaking is nearly impossible.

"According to what I was told last week, we will not do anything overly strange," the Spaniard told reporters on Wednesday.

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Michael Schumacher returned to the F1 drivers' football team earlier this week as they took on a celebrity team compiled by Monaco's Prince Albert.

Also playing at the Stade Louis II stadium on Tuesday evening for the 'Nazionale Piloti' were Felipe Massa, Jarno Trulli, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Giancarlo Fisichella.

The F1 drivers won.