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Leclerc Leads The Opening Monaco Grand Prix Practice Session.

Monaco Grand Prix Practice Session

Home favorite Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in opening practice for the Monaco Grand Prix.

The Monegasque Ferrari driver, who trails championship leader Max Verstappen by six points heading into this weekend, clocked a 1m14.531s on the medium tires to end up 0.039s clear of his Red Bull rival.

Sainz was 0.07s behind his teammate, Leclerc, in third around the streets of Monte Carlo, with Verstappen fourth, the top four drivers separated by just 0.181s.

Monaco Grand Prix Practice Session

On medical grounds, Lando Norris was excused from joining his fellow drivers at the first press conference of the weekend to ensure he could focus on recovering from tonsillitis.

The Briton delivered some strong pace from the off to end up best of the rest in fifth, a tenth clear of his teammate Daniel Ricciardo with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly in between for P6.

In eighth, George Russell was the leading Mercedes ahead of Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel, with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton closing out the top 10 as temperatures hit a sweltering 32C.

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2022 – PRACTICE 1

POS NO DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 1:14.531 29
2 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING RBPT 1:14.570 +0.039s 30
3 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 1:14.601 +0.070s 28
4 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING RBPT 1:14.712 +0.181s 26
5 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 1:15.056 +0.525s 31
6 10 Pierre Gasly ALPHATAURI RBPT 1:15.083 +0.552s 33
7 3 Daniel Ricciardo MCLAREN MERCEDES 1:15.157 +0.626s 33
8 63 George Russell MERCEDES 1:15.211 +0.680s 34
9 5 Sebastian Vettel ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 1:15.387 +0.856s 33
10 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 1:15.499 +0.968s 29
11 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI RBPT 1:15.536 +1.005s 36
12 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 1:15.539 +1.008s 26
13 14 Fernando Alonso ALPINE RENAULT 1:15.749 +1.218s 28
14 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 1:15.806 +1.275s 30
15 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1:16.110 +1.579s 39
16 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 1:16.315 +1.784s 24
17 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 1:16.417 +1.886s 27
18 6 Nicholas Latifi WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1:17.714 +3.183s 30
19 47 Mick Schumacher HAAS FERRARI 1:18.636 +4.105s 12
20 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 2

Yuki Tsunoda was 11th, a fraction ahead of Lance Stroll, with Fernando Alonso the top Alpine in P13, the French team anticipating a problematic weekend on this low-speed circuit.

Kevin Magnussen, 14th, was one of several drivers to have a moment at the Swimming Pool section, with his Haas teammate Mick Schumacher (P19) bringing out the red flag when he stopped and blocked the pit exit with a suspected gearbox issue.

Alex Albon was 15th, ahead of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu, and Nicholas Latifi in 18th for Williams.

Valtteri Bottas was the only driver not to set a lap time, the Finn spent most of the session in the garage after his Alfa Romeo team removed the rear end of the car to investigate a technical issue.

 

Written by John N

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