Red Bulls run 1-2 in opening practice for the Monaco GP

Daniel Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo (1m12.126s) and Max Verstappen (+0.154s) led a Red Bull 1-2 Thursday morning in opening practice for Sunday's Monaco GP. Normally this session would be held on Friday but at Monaco, Friday is left free to allow fans to get into Monaco.

Lewis Hamilton (+0.354s) had the third best time for Mercedes ahead of the two Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel (+0.915s) and Kimi Raikkonen (+0.940s).

This session was largely a track cleaning session and a long run test. Outright speeds won't be turned until Saturday.

However, ï»¿Ricciardo produced a new track record using the new Hypersoft tire, beating Kimi Raikkonen’s benchmark from Q3 last year of 1m12.178s.

Results

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	TIME	GAP	LAPS
1	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:12.126	+0.000s	35
2	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:12.280	+0.154s	24
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:12.480	+0.354s	33
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:13.041	+0.915s	39
5	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:13.066	+0.940s	37
6	55	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:13.456	+1.330s	39
7	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:13.502	+1.376s	38
8	11	Sergio Perez	Force India Mercedes	1:13.717	+1.591s	38
9	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	1:13.943	+1.817s	23
10	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams Mercedes	1:13.962	+1.836s	39
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India Mercedes	1:14.000	+1.874s	38
12	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso Honda	1:14.034	+1.908s	45
13	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:14.134	+2.008s	37
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso Honda	1:14.240	+2.114s	37
15	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mclaren Renault	1:14.291	+2.165s	36
16	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber Ferrari	1:14.521	+2.395s	38
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Mclaren Renault	1:14.637	+2.511s	15
18	18	Lance Stroll	Williams Mercedes	1:14.782	+2.656s	42
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber Ferrari	1:15.206	+3.080s	38
20	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	1:18.801	+6.675s	7