Red Bull’s Max Verstappen breezed to his maiden Monaco Grand Prix win over the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and McLaren’s Lando Norris, with Ferrari polesitter and home hero Charles Leclerc failing to take the start after suffering a pre-race driveshaft issue.
Charles Leclerc delivered on Ferrari’s shock Monaco Grand Prix pace to take a brilliant pole position in his home race – but his delight was tempered slightly when he ended the session in the barriers.
Fans were back in the grandstands lining the sun-soaked Monte Carlo streets to witness Sergio Perez set the fastest lap in first practice for Sunday s Monaco Grand Prix, ahead of Ferrari s Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen – the top three split by just 0.161s.
Red Bull, hunting for their first victory in Monaco since 2018 – and first win since Imola – had soft tyre-shod Perez set the benchmark late in the session, improving to 1m12.487s with his final run. Medium-tyred Sainz was second by just 0.119s in an impressive showing for Ferrari, followed by Verstappen on the same compound, another four-hundredths of a second off.
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