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F1 Monaco GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP1 & FP2
Updates from F1 Friday practice at Monte Carlo
Fresh from the Spanish GP, the F1 action continues with the Monaco GP.
In a format change to the traditional race weekend at the principality, practice has been moved to Friday to come into line with the regular schedule of other races, instead of practice being held on Thursday ahead of a rest day.
Max Verstappen is the new Formula 1 world championship leader after winning the Spanish GP, as Charles Leclerc was forced to retire from a dominant lead in the race due to a MGU-H and turbo failure with his Ferrari.
Second practice for the Monaco GP gets underway at 4.00pm BST (5.00pm local time).
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- Leclerc tops FP2 for the Monaco GP
- Sainz completes a Ferrari 1-2 with Perez in third for Red Bull
- Session red-flagged after Ricciardo crashes at Turn 13
- Leclerc also led FP1, with Perez in second
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- Leclerc, Ferrari - 1m12.656s
- Sainz, Ferrari - 1m12.700s
- Perez, Red Bull - 1m13.035s
- Verstappen, Red Bull - 1m13.103s
- Norris, McLaren - 1m13.294s
- Russell, Mercedes - 1m13.406s
- Gasly, AlphaTauri - 1m13.636s
- Alonso, Alpine - 1m13.912s
- Vettel, Aston Martin - 1m14.059s
- Tsunoda, AlphaTauri - 1m14.134s
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With that we'll wrap up the fun for today, but be sure to return tomorrow ahead of final practice which gets underway at 12pm BST. Until then, have a wonderful Friday night - go well!
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A penny for the thoughts of Ricciardo, mind. That could be a costly FP2 crash given he effectively missed the entire session with just one-and-a-bit laps before his off.
It is super tight between the Ferraris in truth, with Leclerc topping FP2 by 0.044s from Sainz, the closest margin between team-mates across the grid.
Leclerc gives a big wave to his home fans on his way to the grid for his practice start. A flawless day for the Monegasque by topping both practice sessions, and he'll be home in time for his tea.
Both McLarens are missing the opportunity for a practice start on the grid with the rest of the drivers. Ricciardo's reasoning is clear but Norris has parked up in the garage and is already out of his car.
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The chequered flag is out so that's your lot. Leclerc leads a Ferrari 1-2, with Perez heading a Red Bull 3-4.
Into the final minute of FP2, this session has flown by! Sad to see it end, if we're honest.
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Stroll becomes the latest driver to lock up at Sainte Devote, but he also gets away without too much fuss in the run off.
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"Power unit feels poor at the moment," Russell reports over Mercedes team radio. He's asked for more detail and replies with "low power".
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Norris locks up at Sainte Devote and takes to the run off area which brings out a brief yellow flag.
Panic over, Leclerc is back on the track for Ferrari. So it wasn't a huge absence.
The TV replays have shown what happened between Magnussen and Tsunoda, the Dane, on a quick lap, came up behind Tsunoda and had no room at the chicane so he ran on and slowed down and rejoined in front of the AlphaTauri.
Long runs are underway now, but no sign of Leclerc following the fresh soft tyre laps. Still 11 minutes to go in FP2 but that's not a common run plan given how vital track time is.
The Tsunoda vs Magnussen incident will be investigated after this session. Go hug it out, guys.
Hamilton clearly didn't get the lap that he wanted in those quali-style runs as he is down in 12th and almost a full second off the pace of Russell. But there have been plenty of set-up changes to Hamilton's car today.
An incident at the Nouvelle chicane between Tsunoda and Magnussen has been noted by race control for an unsafe rejoining to the track.
Despite the big shake-up to the pecking order with these new cars, so far this weekend has closely resembled last year's running at Monaco. Ferrari holds the edge, Red Bull close in behind and Norris stars for McLaren.
Sainz restores the Ferrari 1-2, as he goes second 0.221s off Leclerc's leading effort. Meanwhile Russell reports he's biffed the wall at Tabac and pits.
Norris reports he's banged the wall at Turn 1 and he is told to pit so McLaren can assess the damage to his car.
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Perez pops up to second place with a 1m13.035s which puts him 0.379s off Leclerc.
Hamilton locks up and runs on at Mirabeau which wrecks his run.
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Leclerc goes even faster on the softs with a 1m12.656s, taking off a tenth from his previous best.
Leclerc holds the best times in sectors one and three, while Verstappen holds the honour in the sector two.
So after the soft tyre runs it is advantage Ferrari and home hero Leclerc by three-tenths of a second. Red Bull is in the fight but lacking a few tenths, then it is a mix of Mercedes, McLaren and Alpine drivers further back.
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And Leclerc replies instantly with a 1m12.764s, with Sainz completing a Ferrari 1-2 with a lap 0.302s off his team-mate.
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Verstappen responds to Leclerc's lap with a 1m13.103s to go top.
Tsunoda, who brought the phrase "traffic paradise" into popularity in F1, vents his anger at being held up around the track. He won't be the first nor the last struggling with that.
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Leclerc goes quickest with a 1m13.125s, 0.199s quicker than Perez's earlier effort.
Hamilton, fastest in sector one, loses a lot of time over the rest of the lap and can only manage sixth fastest.
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Alonso, on the softs, briefly goes fastest before being toppled by Perez with a 1m13.324s.
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"There's still debris in the braking line," Latifi reports of team radio. Not ideal, but the F1 cars will clean that up very quickly.
With a truncated FP2 due to the red flag, plenty of drivers on the softs now for the quali-style runs.
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Off we go again! Bottas leads the field from team-mate Zhou.
FP2 will get back underway in 60 seconds time. Double quick.
Ricciardo is back in the McLaren garage to explain what happened. It looks like, with the car bouncing badly, Ricciardo loses the rear going into the corner and in his over-correction sends himself into the wall.
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Ricciardo's busted McLaren is quickly recovered by the Monaco track marshals, they've had plenty of practice with this sort of thing, so FP2 should get underway again pretty quickly.
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