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Red Bull returned to the fore in Saturday s practice session as Max Verstappen finished in P1 while Mick Schumacher suffered a serious crash, casting doubts over his involvement in qualifying.
After Thursday s sunshine, the drivers were faced with very different conditions in Monaco on Saturday (22 May) with heavy clouds and the track temperature some 20 degrees cooler than it was in FP2.
Balancing going out when the track would be at its worst versus the threat of rain, Kimi Raikkonen broke the silence after three minutes.
The Alfa Romeo driver made a mistake at the chicane and backed out, a 1min24.9 getting the timesheet rolling. His next lap was a 1min14.3 and then a 1min13.4.
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FP2: Leclerc heads surprise Ferrari 1-2 in Monaco
Date published:
May 20 2021
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz topped the time sheets for Ferrari in second practice for the Monaco Grand Prix.
Title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were behind the two Ferraris in P3 and P4 respectively, in front of Valtteri Bottas and Lando Norris.
With only an hour for the teams to get through their run plans on a circuit where finding ideal track position can be difficult, all 20 drivers were out of the pits within two minutes of the lights going green.
While the first timed laps saw the drivers try to feel their way around as they built up confidence, Verstappen went a full nine tenths quicker than anyone else with a 1:13.961, as he seemed happy with his Red Bull from the start – backing that up even further by going 0.462s quicker on his second flying lap, before Hamilton matched his 1:13.499 to the millisecond on the medium tyres.
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