F1 results: Max Verstappen fastest in Monaco GP practice

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fastest in FP1 but he crashed out of FP2, which was topped by Verstappen.

Monaco Grand Prix FP1 results: Sainz fastest from Alonso

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Carlos Sainz		26	1'13.372			163.730
2	Fernando Alonso		28	1'13.710	0.338	0.338	162.979
3	Lewis Hamilton		27	1'14.035	0.663	0.325	162.263
4	Sergio Perez		27	1'14.038	0.666	0.003	162.257
5	Charles Leclerc		24	1'14.093	0.721	0.055	162.136
6	Max Verstappen		26	1'14.244	0.872	0.151	161.807
7	Lando Norris		25	1'14.467	1.095	0.223	161.322
8	Esteban Ocon		29	1'14.585	1.213	0.118	161.067
9	Lance Stroll		28	1'14.653	1.281	0.068	160.920
10	Alex Albon		32	1'14.666	1.294	0.013	160.892
11	Valtteri Bottas		29	1'14.718	1.346	0.052	160.780
12	Kevin Magnussen		29	1'14.725	1.353	0.007	160.765
13	Yuki Tsunoda		29	1'14.820	1.448	0.095	160.561
14	Pierre Gasly		30	1'14.866	1.494	0.046	160.462
15	George Russell		24	1'15.066	1.694	0.200	160.035
16	Nyck de Vries		33	1'15.083	1.711	0.017	159.998
17	Oscar Piastri		32	1'15.192	1.820	0.109	159.766
18	Logan Sargeant		30	1'15.557	2.185	0.365	158.995
19	Zhou Guanyu		25	1'15.684	2.312	0.127	158.728
20	Nico Hulkenberg		17	1'15.785	2.413	0.101	158.516
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What happened in Monaco GP Free Practice 1?

Sainz set the benchmark on medium tyres at 1m15.198s, sixth tenths ahead of Verstappen who was running hards and complaining of “severe” bottoming and poor handling early on.

Leclerc beat that with 1m15.037s on mediums after a front wing adjustment and carved down to 1m14.562s as the track rubbered-in.

Sainz lowered the bar to 1m14.245s, with Leclerc 0.287s off. Verstappen pitted, claiming he was “going to shunt” running this setup.

Just before the halfway point, Lewis Hamilton claimed P1 with his upgraded Mercedes at 1m14.035s on mediums.

Nico Hulkenberg spun at the Nouvelle Chicane after hitting his left-rear corner on the inside barrier, briefly red flagging the session even though he drove his Haas back to the pits on three wheels.

At the resumption, Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) claimed top spot with 1m13.907s having switched from hards to mediums, before Sainz reclaimed it with 1m13.690s.

Sainz improved to 1m13.372s just before Alex Albon smashed the wall on the exit of Sainte Devote, tearing both left-side corners from the car. That caused a red flag which ended the session.

Monaco Grand Prix FP2 results: Verstappen fastest from Leclerc

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		30	1'12.462			165.786
2	Charles Leclerc		33	1'12.527	0.065	0.065	165.637
3	Carlos Sainz		22	1'12.569	0.107	0.042	165.541
4	Fernando Alonso		32	1'12.682	0.220	0.113	165.284
5	Lando Norris		18	1'12.906	0.444	0.224	164.776
6	Lewis Hamilton		29	1'12.960	0.498	0.054	164.654
7	Sergio Perez		30	1'12.991	0.529	0.031	164.584
8	Valtteri Bottas		33	1'13.050	0.588	0.059	164.451
9	Pierre Gasly		28	1'13.089	0.627	0.039	164.363
10	Esteban Ocon		30	1'13.162	0.700	0.073	164.199
11	Lance Stroll		31	1'13.185	0.723	0.023	164.148
12	George Russell		32	1'13.191	0.729	0.006	164.134
13	Zhou Guanyu		32	1'13.354	0.892	0.163	163.770
14	Kevin Magnussen		28	1'13.457	0.995	0.103	163.540
15	Nico Hulkenberg		33	1'13.520	1.058	0.063	163.400
16	Yuki Tsunoda		22	1'13.641	1.179	0.121	163.131
17	Nyck de Vries		34	1'13.663	1.201	0.022	163.083
18	Oscar Piastri		30	1'13.673	1.211	0.010	163.061
19	Alex Albon		10	1'14.217	1.755	0.544	161.865
20	Logan Sargeant		33	1'14.238	1.776	0.021	161.820
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What happened in Monaco GP Free Practice 2?

Alonso set the early pace at 1m14.416s on mediums, 0.004s ahead of Hamilton, before Verstappen lowered the P1 time to 1m13.857s and then 1m13.312s. Team-mate Sergio Perez rose to P2, a third a second slower, ahead of the Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc, who set their times on hards.

Alonso was the first to switch to softs, unleashing 1m12.786s, before Sainz topped that with 1m12.569s.

Verstappen produced 1m12.462s on the soft tyres, 0.065s ahead of Leclerc. Sainz was a tenth off but crashed with 17 minutes remaining at the exit of the Swimming Pool chicane after clipped the wall on the inside, breaking his suspension, and then slamming the outside barrier.

No improvements were set after the red flag, with Alonso ending the day fourth, ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren) and Hamilton.