F1 Monaco GP: Max Verstappen heads Charles Leclerc in second practice as Carlos Sainz crashes
The early F1 championship leader bounced back from a tricky first session, which he spent unhappy with the set-up of his Red Bull, to pip Ferrari’ꦇs Leclerc to the fastest time by just 0.065s.
FP1 pacesetter Sainz wound up 0.107s adrift in third 🐼but crashed at the exit of the swimming poolไ to bring out a brief red flag.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was fourth, 0.202s off the pace🗹, ahead of Lando Norris, who posted the standout time of the session in his McLaren to take fifth.
Lewis Hamilton was just under half a second down as he ended up sixth in his upgraded Mercedes, with the seven-ti꧑me world champion able to outpace Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.&♓nbsp;
Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas was an impressive eighth, ah﷽ead of the Alpine duo of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, who ಞcompleted the rest of the top-10 order.
George Russell once again struggled to match the pace of Mercedes teammate Hamilton a꧟s he finished 12th.
After bringing first practice to an early end with a heavy crash at Sainte Devote, Alex Albon’s Williams was fixed✅ in time to get out for the fina🌃l 20 minutes of FP2.
The British-born Thai pipped teammate and F1 rookie Logan Sargeant, who propped up the order at 🍬the end of Friday’s running.
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