Monaco GP: Free Practice 1 - Re-Cap & Times

MONACO GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE #1

It was an eventful first practice session in the beautiful city of Monte Carlo. One of the main talking points has been the new Ultra-Soft compound tyres that are being used this weekend. The purple-banded tyres could apparently go up to 30 laps and the times being set on them are much faster than with the super-soft compound.

    Felipe Massa was the first car to have a slight mishap and end up crashing into the barriers. His crash happened at the Sainte Devote corner, an area where he crashed in 2013, when he was racing for Ferrari. Jolyon Palmer also crashed and his car had to be craned away, like Massa's. Felipe Nasr had a slight brush with the barriers as well, but avoided doing too much damage.

    Gutierrez had some car troubles when his Haas stopped on track under the bridge area. However, he still had a decent session, finishing with the 14th fastest time. Team-mate, Grosjean, finished in 12th.

    Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button both suffered car damage after Rosberg drove over a loose drain cover, which got sucked up under his car before ricocheting into Button's car, damaging his front wing. Rosberg ended up with a rear tyre puncture. No one was hurt but it was a dangerous and unfortunate incident. Despite the car damage, it was Mercedes who topped the time sheets in this session with Hamilton finishing in 1st and Rosberg in 2nd, while Sebastian Vettel rounded up the top three.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:15.537 / Mercedes-Mercedes

2. Nico Rosberg - 1:15.638 / Mercedes-Mercedes

3. Sebastian Vettel - 1:15.956 / Ferrari-Ferrari

4. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:16.308 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

5. Max Verstappen - 1:16.371 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

6. Daniil Kvyat - 1:16.426 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

7. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:16.560 / Force India-Mercedes

8. Sergio Perez - 1:16.697 / Force India-Mercedes

9. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:16.912 / Ferrari-Ferrari

10. Carlos Sainz - 1:17.130 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

11. Valtteri Bottas - 1:17.562 / Williams-Mercedes

12. Romain Grosjean - 1:17.599 / Haas-Ferrari

13. Fernando Alonso - 1:17.838 / McLaren-Honda

14. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:17.909 / Haas-Ferrari

15. Jenson Button - 1:17.920 / McLaren-Honda

16. Felipe Nasr - 1:18.187 / Sauber-Ferrari

17. Kevin Magnussen - 1:18.274 / Renault-Renault

18. Marcus Ericsson - 1:18.301 / Sauber-Ferrari

19. Felipe Massa - 1:18.746 / Williams-Mercedes

20. Jolyon Palmer - 1:18.871 / Renault-Renault

21. Rio Haryanto - 1:20.528 / Manor-Mercedes

22. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:20.868 / Manor-Mercedes

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