F1: Sainz puts Ferrari on top in first Moanco GP practice

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr. put up a fast lap of 1m13.372s to top opening practice for the Monaco GP in his #55 Ferrari.

Fernando Alonso was 2nd fastest for Aston Martin, 0.338 seconds behind on the still green 2-mile Mickey Mouse street circuit,

Lewis Hamilton was third for Mercedes, 0.663s back and just ahead of the #11 Red Bull of Sergio Perez.

Charles Leclerc rounded out the top-5 in the 2nd Ferrari, 0.721s behind.

Verstappen wasn’t happy – he had clutch issues, complained about the car bottoming out, said it was a handful and wound up down in sixth, 0.872s behind.

Russell was another who wasn’t too happy – his complaint was to do with the tires, which he was struggling to warm up and as such wound up down in P15.

The session ended 3 minutes early when Alex Albon plastered the Armco, taking off both the left front and left rear of his Williams.

Albon radioed to confirm that he banged his knees, but is fine other than that. Replays of the incident show that he just lost the rear as he got on the power midway through the corner, clocking the barrier first with the rear and then with the front for good measure.

Practice 1 Results

POS DRIVER NAT. TEAM TIME BEHIND LAPS
1 Carlos Sainz Jr. ESP Scuderia Ferrari 1m13.372s +0.000s 26
2 Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant 1m13.710s +0.338s 28
3 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1m14.035s +0.663s 27
4 Sergio Perez MEX Oracle Bull Racing 1m14.038s +0.666s 27
5 Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari 1m14.093s +0.721s 24
6 Max Verstappen NED Oracle Red Bull Racing 1m14.224s +0.872s 26
7 Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team 1m14.467s +1.095s 25
8 Esteban Ocon FRA BWT Alpine F1 Team 1m14.585s +1.213s 29
9 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant 1m14.653s +1.281s 28
10 Alex Albon THA Williams Racing 1m14.666s +1.294s 32
11 Valtteri Bottas FIN Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake 1m14.718s +1.346s 29
12 Kevin Magnussen DEN MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 1m14.725s +1.353s 29
13 Yuki Tsunoda JPN Scuderia AlphaTauri 1m14.820s +1.448s 29
14 Pierre Gasly FRA BWT Alpine F1 Team 1m14.866s +1.494s 30
15 George Russell GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1m15.066s +1.694s 24
16 Nyck de Vries NED Scuderia AlphaTauri 1m15.083s +1.711s 33
17 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren F1 Team 1m15.192s +1.820s 32
18 Logan Sargeant USA Williams Racing 1m15.557s +2.185s 30
19 Zhou Guanyu CHN Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake 1m15.684s +2.312s 25
20 Nico Hulkenberg GER MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 1m15.785s +2.413s 17

 

 

 

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