Mon Best Of
Charles Leclerc beat his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz in practice 2; Red Bulls of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen unable to match the speed; Lewis Hamilton continues to struggle; Watch the third practice session live on Sky Sports F1 at 12pm on Saturday, with qualifying from 2pm
Last update: 05/27/22 5:23 p.m.
Charles Leclerc dominated both Friday practice sessions in Monaco
Charles Leclerc sealed a test double at the Monaco GP on Friday as a Ferrari one-two in the second session of the day seemed to give them a leg up on Red Bull.
After looking closely tied with Red Bull in the opening session, Ferrari parted ways with their title rivals in P2, as Leclerc trailed team-mate Carlos Sainz by less than half a tenth.
Sergio Perez beat world championship leader Max Verstappen to third place, with the two Red Bulls three or four tenths behind Ferrari.
Lewis Hamilton endured a nightmarish day as the seven-time world champion failed to capitalize on the progress he made in last weekend’s Spanish GP as he finished 12th, almost a full second behind his team-mate Mercedes George Russell, sixth behind the impressive McLaren of Lando Norris.
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Daniel Ricciardo lost control of his McLaren and crashed into the barriers during practice 2 of the Monaco Grand Prix
It wasn’t all good news for McLaren, with a heavy crash from Daniel Ricciardo in the Pool section ending his session after just 15 minutes and triggering a red flag that caused a brief delay.
Ricciardo’s incident seemed somewhat inevitable, as almost all of the drivers struggled to handle the new, bigger 2022 cars in the famous narrow streets of Monte Carlo for the first time.
Several drivers had to use the run-off zone at the first corner, Sainte Devote, Sebastian Vettel nearly crashed in the pool moments before the Ricciardo incident, while Norris and Russell reported contact with the barrier, with which they seemed to get away with it. .
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Monaco GP Timesheet
| Driver | Crew | Time |
| 1) Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:12.656 |
| 2) Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.044 |
| 3) Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.379 |
| 4) Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.447 |
| 5) Lando Norris | McLaren | +0.638 |
| 6) George Russell | mercedes | +0.750 |
| 7) Pierre Gasly | Alpha Tauri | +0.980 |
| 8) Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +1.256 |
| 9) Sebastien Vettel | Aston Martin | +1.403 |
| 10) Yuki Tsunoda | Alpha Tauri | +1.478 |
| 11) Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.583 |
| 12) Lewis Hamilton | mercedes | +1.611 |
| 13) Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +1.812 |
| 14) Alexander Albon | williams | +1.830 |
| 15) Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1.869 |
| 16) Start the Walk | Aston Martin | +1.967 |
| 17) Mick Schumacher | Haas | +2.238 |
| 18) Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +2.560 |
| 19) Nicholas Latifi | williams | +3.620 |
| 20) Daniel Ricardo | McLaren | no time |
