Monaco GP: Free Practice #2 - RE-CAP & TIMES

MONACO GP - FREE PRACTICE #2 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    Red Bull continued to dominate Thursday practice as Daniel Ricciardo topped the times in FP2.

    The Australian set the fastest time of the day in the afternoon session, his 1m11.841s lap time making him the only driver to lap the Monte Carlo circuit in under 1m12s.

    Max Verstappen made it a Red Bull 1-2, his best time 0.194s off that of his team-mate, though he could have gone faster were it not for a badly timed red flag.

    Verstappen was on a push lap in the first half hour of the session, having already jumped to the top of the times, when the red flag was flown for a loose man hole cover, meaning he had to abandon his lap. Though he later improved on the 1m12.071s he’d set in the first half hour, it wasn’t enough to challenge his team0mate.

    Sebastian Vettel was the next closest driver, but the Ferrari was half a second off Ricciardo’s pace. Lewis Hamilton was a further 0.123s back, with Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas P5 and P6.

    Nico Hulkenberg took best of the rest in the Renault, though it was a far from perfect session for the German. Hulkenberg locked up his tyres on multiple occasions, prompting Renault to change their planned running and give his team-mate Carlos Sainz more long running, much to the Spaniard’s frustration. Sainz ended the day 10th overall and 0.153s off the pace of his team-mate.

    Stoffel Vandoorne and Fernando Alonso complete the top 10 in eighth and ninth.

    Brendon Hartley, who was top of the times early in the session, dropped down to 11th overall, beating his team-mate for the second consecutive session; Pierre Gasly could only managed 14th.

    The Force India split the two Toro Rosso drivers, with Sergio Perez taking 12th ahead of Esteban Ocon.

    Sergey Sirotkin rounded out the top 15, ahead of Kevin Magnussen, Charles Leclerc, Romain Grosjean, Lance Stroll, and Marcus Ericsson.

TIMES:

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:11.841 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia
2. Max Verstappen - 1:12.035 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
3. Sebastian Vettel - 1:12.413 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
4. Lewis Hamilton - 1:12.536 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
5. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:12.543 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
6. Valtteri Bottas - 1:12.642 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
7. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:13.047 / Renault-Renault / Germany
8. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:13.077 / McLaren-Renault / Belgium
9. Fernando Alonso - 1:13.115 / McLaren-Renault / Spain
10. Carlos Sainz - 1:13.200 / Renault-Renault / Spain
11. Brendon Hartley - 1:13.222 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand
12. Sergio Perez - 1:13.370 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
13. Esteban Ocon - 1:13.382 / Force India-Mercedes / France
14. Pierre Gasly - 1:13.410 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France
15. Sergey Sirotkin - 1:13.547 / Williams-Mercedes / Russia
16. Kevin Magnussen - 1:13.572 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
17. Charles Leclerc - 1:13.575 / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco
18. Romain Grosjean - 1:13.763 / Haas-Ferrari / France
19. Lance Stroll - 1:14.011 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
20. Marcus Ericsson - 1:14.173 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

----
Article Written By: Bethonie Waring
No copyright infringement intended
Follow us on Twitter @bethonieboost & @F1Insider78