Hamilton tops practice 1 in Monaco

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

Championship rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel picked up where they left off in Spain during Thursday morning’s opening session in Monaco, as the former headed the latter by the smallest of margins. In a relatively drama-free session, Hamilton lapped his Mercedes 0.196s quicker than Vettel’s Ferrari, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen a further tenth and a half back in third place.

Valtteri Bottas was fourth in the second Silver Arrow, while the other Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo was fifth, and the only other driver within half a second of Hamilton’s benchmark.

Running supersoft tires rather than the more popular ultrasofts, Daniil Kvyat was an excellent sixth for Toro Rosso, three places ahead of team mate Carlos Sainz who also stuck to the red-marked rubber.

Between them were Kimi Raikkonen, whose Ferrari was spotted kissing the barriers several times at the Swimming Pool, and Sergio Perez’s Force India. The top ten was rounded out by the other VJM10 of Esteban Ocon.

Jenson Button finished 14th on his return to action with McLaren, focusing primarily on longer runs and getting acclimated with the MCL32.

But while Button racked up the laps, Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg and Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson managed just three apiece as both hit technical issues and failed to set a lap time.

Results

POS NO DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:13.425 +0.000s 40
2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:13.621 +0.196s 34
3 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer 1:13.771 +0.346s 32
4 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:13.791 +0.366s 40
5 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer 1:13.854 +0.429s 45
6 26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:14.111 +0.686s 42
7 7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:14.164 +0.739s 37
8 11 Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 1:14.201 +0.776s 32
9 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1:14.333 +0.908s 39
10 31 Esteban Ocon Force India Mercedes 1:14.425 +1.000s 39
11 19 Felipe Massa Williams Mercedes 1:14.617 +1.192s 37
12 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 1:14.813 +1.388s 38
13 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 1:14.870 +1.445s 34
14 22 Jenson Button McLaren Honda 1:14.954 +1.529s 35
15 8 Romain Grosjean Haas Ferrari 1:15.321 +1.896s 33
16 18 Lance Stroll Williams Mercedes 1:15.595 +2.170s 44
17 30 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1:15.949 +2.524s 42
18 94 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber Ferrari 1:16.258 +2.833s 33
19 27 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 3
20 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber Ferrari 3

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