MONACO GP – THURSDAY PRACTICE RESULTS

PRACTICE TWO

There wasn’t much track action in the second free practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix. Just 15 minutes in, the red flags came out and later the rain arrived. The cars all had to pit following Roberto Mehri’s accident in the Manor, at the exit to the tunnel and after that, the cars returned to the track in the final minutes of the session, with the weather barely better. Both Ferrari men started out on Softs, setting the third and fourth fastest times, which would still be the case after the long break, after which they went out on intermediates. [ferrari.com]

FP2 Times:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1m17.192s	–	12
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m17.932s	0.740s	16
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1m18.295s	1.103s	14
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m18.543s	1.351s	15
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1m18.548s	1.356s	16
6	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m18.659s	1.467s	14
7	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m18.782s	1.590s	12
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1m18.906s	1.714s	18
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m19.151s	1.959s	13
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1m19.266s	2.074s	13
11	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m19.300s	2.108s	13
12	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m19.560s	2.368s	15
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m19.566s	2.374s	14
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m19.577s	2.385s	13
15	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1m19.606s	2.414s	14
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m19.639s	2.447s	13
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1m20.263s	3.071s	10
18	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	1m22.017s	4.825s	9
19	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	1m22.943s	5.751s	13

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QUOTES

From ferrari.com – Kimi: “The feeling with the car today was pretty ok, obviously there are some small issues but they are more related to the tyres: it’s difficult to make them warm up, especially the front tyres, but overall it’s not too bad. In order to get the tyres working, it would have been nice to see how the Supersofts work, anyway I think they are much easier. Due to the rain we couldn’t learn as much I wanted, but it was the same for everybody. We did the most that we could in these conditions. For Saturday we have to see how the weather will be, we still have some work to do on the car and make sure the tyres work well, then we’ll go from there and do the best in qualifying and in the race.”

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PRACTICE ONE

In the first free practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix, the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen set the fourth (1.19.134) and eighth (1.19.679) fastest times respectively. Lewis Hamilton was quickest with a 1.18.750 in the Mercedes. After completing the installation laps on intermediate tyres, because the circuit was damp from overnight rain, the two Ferraris took to the track running two sets of Softs, the other compound at this round of the championship being the Supersoft. Both SF15-Ts completed 31 laps, working on a programme aimed at finding the best set-up for this track. [ferrari.com]

FP1 Times:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1m18.750s	–	49
2	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m18.899s	0.149s	42
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m19.086s	0.336s	27
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1m19.134s	0.384s	31
5	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m19.245s	0.495s	40
6	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m19.454s	0.704s	35
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1m19.520s	0.770s	33
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m19.679s	0.929s	31
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m19.762s	1.012s	47
10	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m19.766s	1.016s	32
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1m19.791s	1.041s	28
12	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1m20.202s	1.452s	15
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1m20.274s	1.524s	34
14	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m20.619s	1.869s	35
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m20.784s	2.034s	34
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1m20.857s	2.107s	24
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m20.917s	2.167s	36
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1m21.219s	2.469s	25
19	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	1m23.234s	4.484s	28
20	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	1m23.404s	4.654s	31

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