F1, Monaco GP: Lewis Hamilton ahead of everyone in first free practice, Leclerc fifth
F1, Monaco GP: Lewis Hamilton ahead of everyone in first free practice, Leclerc fifth
It is Mercedes and McLaren that dominate the first free practice of the Monaco Grand Prix. In fact, in Monte Carlo, the seven-time world champion è was the fastest of all in the first session, beating the McLaren of Oscar Piastri by 29 thousandths and teammate George Russell by 126 thousandths.
Fourth place for the other McLaren of Lando Norris, ahead of an unfortunate Charles Leclerc. The Ferrari driver, in fact, hit some debris left on the road by Guanyu Zhou’s Kick Sauber, which forced him to slow down in the final, damaging part of the front bottom of his SF-24.
Sixth place and seventh place respectively for the Aston Martins of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, while the Racing Bulls of Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo placed eighth and ninth. Closing out the top 10 was the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz.
In trouble was Red Bull, with Max Verstappen only in 11th place and Sergio Perez in 12th.
F1, Monaco GP, the times of the first free practice:
1 L. Hamilton Mercedes 1:12.169
2 O. Piastri McLaren 1:12.198
3 G. Russell Mercedes 1:12.295
4 L. Norris McLaren 1:12.396
5 C. Leclerc Ferrari 1:12.397
6 F. Alonso Aston Martin 1:12.775
7 L. Stroll Aston Martin 1:12.789
8 Y. Tsunoda RB 1:12.875
9 D. Ricciardo RB 1:12.901
10 C. Sainz Ferrari 1:12.954
11 M. Verstappen Red Bull 1:12.984
12 S. Perez Red Bull 1:13.229
13 V. Bottas Kick Sauber 1:13.248
14 K. Magnussen Haas 1:13.390
15 A. Albon Williams 1:13.425
16 N. Hülkenberg Haas 1:13.576
17 L. SargeantWilliams 1:14.150
18 E. Ocon Alpine 1:14.159
19 G. Zhou Kick Sauber 1:14.570
20 P. Gasly Alpine 1:14.574
