F1 Monaco GP: Carlos Sainz fastest in first practice as Mercedes debut long-awaited upgrades
Ferrari’s Sainz was 0.338s faster than Aston Martin’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso in the first of Friday’s two practice sessions, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton taking third in his upgraded W14.
Sev⛄en-time world champion Hamilton briefly topped the timesheets during FP1 but ended up 0.663s off the pace by the end of the session in his sidepod-sporting Mercedes.
Mercedes teammate George Russell endured a difficult session and ended up a lowly 15th, oveꦑr 1.6s oꦯff the pace.
Last year’s Monaco winner Sergio Perez was the fastest Red Bull driver in fourth, ahead of home favourite Charles Leclerc and💎 Max Verstappen, who was left unhappy with his RB19.&n𒆙bsp;
Verstappen was 0.872s adrift of Sainz and made multiple trips to the garage so Red Bull could carry out set☂🎉-up changes to the rear of his car.
The reigning world champion𒆙 described his RB19 as “unbelievably difficult to drive” in high-speed and even warned he would “shunt with the car ꦜset-up like this” at one stage.
Lan♓do Norris was an encouraging seventh for McLaren, ahead of Esteban Ocon’s Alpine and Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll.
Aleꦉx Alb♛on completed the top-10 order for Williams despite causing a late red flag when he crashed at Sainte Devote.
Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg, who was slowest of all, had a tap with the barriers which ripped off his left rear wheel and caused him to spin at the Nouvelle Cඣhicane.
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