Charles Leclerc sets searing pace from Lewis Hamilton in second Monaco practice
Charle💞s Leclerc lowers the pace in Monaco second practice, but Lewis Hamilton is not far behind...
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc set an electric pace from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton to lead Friday’s second practice session at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
Home favourite Leclerc, who has never won before in Monaco, posted several blistering lap times to put ☂his Ferrari top of the timesheets with a new benchmark of a 1m11.278 seconds.
At times the Monegasq𓆉ue was nearly a full second faster than anyone ⛦else on track, but Hamilton, who topped opening practice, eventually reduced Leclerc’s advantage down to just 0.188s.
Fernando Alonso put h🌜is Aston Martin an encouraging third, some 0.475s adrift.
Leclerc’s pace﷽ will be hugely promising for Ferrari in their hopes of taking the fight♑ to Red Bull this weekend. He also had a couple of hairy moments where he narrowly avoided the barriers as he pushed hard.
It was anot﷽her difficult session for reigning world champion Max Verstappen, who was fifth and over half a second slower than Leclerc.
Just like 🌠in FP1, Verstappen did not appear completely at ease with his Red Bull car and nudged the wall after a slide at Portier, but escaped damage.
Verstappen began the weekend playing down Red Bull’s cꦰhances in Monaco, suggesting the tight and twisty streets of Monte Carlo could expose some weaknesses of his car.
However, it is worth noting that Red Bull and Verstappen also had a tough start to last weekend’s race at ꧋Imola, before an impressive turnaround ultimately paved the way for another victory.
Lando Norris was fifth in his McLaren, ah⛎ead of Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari, Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and 🦩Sergio Perez, who was nearly a second off the pace in eighth.
The Mexican complained about ride o♑ver team radio as he struggled with his RB20.
Alex Albon and George Russell completed🌠 the top-10 for Williams and Merced🔥es.
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