MONACO GP - FREE PRACTICE #2 - RE-CAP & TIMES
Sebastian Vettel topped the times in the second Monaco free practice whilst Williams’ Lance Stroll became the first of the weekend to stick his car in the barriers.
Vettel showed dominance around the streets of Monte Carlo, with a time nearly half a second faster than his closest rival. The 1m12.720s was the fastest time of the day.
Stroll brought out the red flags with about 35 minutes left on the clock. The rookie lost the rear of the Williams at the top of the hill before hitting the barriers at Casino Square. Marshals quickly recovered the vehicle, allowing teams to continue their long runs, but it was the end of Stroll’s first Thursday in Monaco.
Marcus Ericsson also ran close to the barriers when he lost the rear end of his car. The Sauber driver touched the barrier, but managed to correct the mistake and keep his car on the track.
Esteban Ocon ran a little close to comfort too, hitting the barriers early, but managed to continue. He took the 15th fastest time
There was trouble for Renault as smoke poured out of Jolyon Palmer's car early in the session. The Brit was told to stop the car on track, and yellow flags were brought out to clear it. He wasn't able to get back out and ended the session 18th fastest, ahead of only the two Sauber drivers.
The French manufacturer had something to cheer as Daniel Ricciardo took the second fastest time. The Red Bull was still a way off Vettel’s time, but was seven hundredths of a second faster than Kimi Raikkonen in third.
The Toro Rosso drivers took fourth and fifth. Both briefly topped the timings early in the session, and finished the day just 0.6s slower than Vettel.
Max Verstappen could only take sixth fastest. The Red Bull man very almost beat Lance Stroll into the wall when he came out of shape at the swimming pool. Most of his session also saw him hindered by traffic, including team mate Ricciardo.
Sergio Perez took seventh fastest.
Oddly missing from the top of the times was Mercedes. The team could only manage eighth and 10th fastest, Lewis Hamilton ahead of Valtteri Bottas. It was suggested that the team had been expected better in the earlier session and was chasing the times in FP2 before starting the long runs.
TIMES:
1. Sebastian Vettel - 1:12.720 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
2. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:13.207 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia
3. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:13.283 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
4. Daniil Kvyat - 1:13.331 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia
5. Carlos Sainz - 1:13.400 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain
6. Max Verstappen - 1:13.986 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
7. Sergio Perez - 1:13.799 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
8. Lewis Hamilton - 1:13.873 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
9. Kevin Magnussen - 1:13.890 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
10. Valtteri Bottas - 1:13.902 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
11. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:13.946 / McLaren-Honda / Belgium
12. Jenson Button - 1:13.981 / McLaren-Honda / Great Britain*
13. Felipe Massa - 1:14.003 / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil
14. Romain Grosjean - 1:14.022 / Haas-Ferrari / France
15. Esteban Ocon - 1:14.093 / Force India-Mercedes / France
16. Lance Stroll - 1:14.474 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
17. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:14.870 / Renault-Renault / Germany
18. Jolyon Palmer - 1:15.616 / Renault-Renault / Great Britain
19. Marcus Ericsson - 1:15.691 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
20. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:15.695 / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany
* - Notes Jenson Button is replacing Fernando Alonso during the Monaco GP weekend.
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Article Written By: Bethonie Waring
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