F1 Monaco GP live commentary and updates - FP2
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Yes, Verstappen's reign is ended quickly by the two Ferraris – Leclerc quickest for now.
Verstappen goes quickest of these opening sallies with a 1m15.993s but it's very early days yet, of course.
Hadjar's car still not out on track but the F1 TV feed reveals it's undergoing final preparations. We can expect to see Isack shortly.
Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso both out on track, and running softs. We speculate that even thus equipped, they will not trouble the top 10.
...which reminds me of an old Bob Monkhouse quip about being like the man who slapped the cheerful old lady at the seance: you've got to strike a happy medium.
Hmm, probably best left in the 1970s that one...
All the cars so far are on new mediums.
AND WE'RE OFF
Appropriately enough, it's a Mercedes at the head of the queue to leave the pits. George Russell followed by Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly and Nico Hulkenberg.
Isack Hadjar's car still up on axle stands and in a state of disassembly with 10 minutes to go before the start of the session.
WELCOME BACK TO MONACO
And quite frankly we can't wait to see cars going around the circuit again after that rather peculiar team representatives' press conference in which Flavio Briatore was incomprehensible, Dan Towriss talked a lot without saying much, and Pedro de la Rosa seemed to be on a mission to commit Accidental Partridge with every response.
Phew!
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By: Stuart Codling
