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F1: Verstappen tops 2nd practice for Monaco GP

Posted by AR1 staff

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Defending World Driving Champion Max Verstappen turned the fastest lap in the 2nd practice session for the Monaco GP with a lap of 1m12.462s in his #1 Red Bull Honda.

The Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. were close behind, but Sainz his the barrier at the swimming pool late in the session to bring out the Red Flag.  He broke his right front suspension.

Verstappen struggled in FP1 but looked much more comfortable in the second session, going quicker and quicker with each lap on the soft compound tires. Leclerc couldn’t stitch a lap together early on but finally managed to get a decent time on the board late on

Fernando Alonso was 4th for Aston Martin, 0.220s behind, while Land Norris rounded out the top-5 for McLaren, 0.444s back.

As for Mercedes and those upgrades, well, Lewis Hamilton looked pretty decent in FP1 but dropped back on the soft tires in FP2, saying he can’t get anything else out of his package. George Russell was out of the top 10 in both sessions, so Mr Saturday will need to be at his very best tomorrow to get in the mix.

Practice 2 Results

POS NO DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 1:12.462 +0.000s 30
2 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:12.527 +0.065s 33
3 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:12.569 +0.107s 22
4 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 1:12.682 +0.220s 32
5 4 Lando Norris Mclaren Mercedes 1:12.906 +0.444s 18
6 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:12.960 +0.498s 29
7 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda 1:12.991 +0.529s 30
8 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo Ferrari 1:13.050 +0.588s 33
9 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault 1:13.089 +0.627s 28
10 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 1:13.162 +0.700s 30
11 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 1:13.185 +0.723s 31
12 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:13.191 +0.729s 32
13 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo Ferrari 1:13.354 +0.892s 32
14 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 1:13.457 +0.995s 28
15 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari 1:13.520 +1.058s 33
16 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri Honda 1:13.641 +1.179s 22
17 21 Nyck De Vries AlphaTauri Honda 1:13.663 +1.201s 34
18 81 Oscar Piastri Mclaren Mercedes 1:13.673 +1.211s 30
19 23 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes 1:14.217 +1.755s 10
20 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1:14.238 +1.776s 33