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Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter
Sebastian Vettel has his tail up. He has confidence in the car and that is what you need more than anything at this circuit.
The Mercedes has such a small operating window on the tyres and Lewis Hamilton can't get comfortable.
Sebastian Vettel is a smidgen slower through the second and third sectors so doesn't improve but that's now three laps in the 1:12s for Ferrari.
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And now Sebastian Vettel is even quicker in the first sector!
He's just getting faster and faster with every lap.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's a 1:12.395 for Sebastian Vettel, putting him half a second clear of Kimi Raikkonen and eighth tenths quicker than Lewis Hamilton.
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Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
The Mercedes pivots very well but ultimately it is using that rear tyre a little bit more than the Ferrari.
Twenty minutes to go and Kimi Raikkonen makes it a Ferrari one-two at the top of the order once again as a 1:12.875 puts him P1. Sebastian Vettel cuts the timing beam seconds later and reclaims top spot as he does the fastest lap around Monaco so far with a 1:12.558 - three tenths of a second quicker than Raikkonen.
On. It.
Image source, Getty ImagesJosephat Okora: @redbullracing, external seems to be so close to @ScuderiaFerrari, external today. I am not missing Qualifying for anything in the world!
Jerimiah Kariuki: The Mercedes are still down on speed. This looks like a Ferrari fast weekend.
Image source, f1.comDrivers are exploring the absolute limits of the track. You cannot get much closer than this!
Max Verstappen's on a tasty lap... and he goes second quickest, just five hundreths of a second down on Sebastian Vettel's time. The Red Bulls are looking good here.
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Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in Monaco
Out on the track in Monaco, the cars are noticeably more spectacular this year than last. The daunting first Swimming Pool section is now flat-out - from the apex of Tabac, the next braking is into the second Swimming Pool chicane, where drivers kiss the inside barrier with their inside front wheel. At Rascasse, a picture of the qualities of cars emerges. The Ferrari looks very drivable and fast. The Mercedes pivots nicely mid-corner, but has a little too much wheel spin on exit. The Toro Rosso’s behaviour confirms their status as dark horses for a good result, and Stoffel Vandoorne in the McLaren, whose Honda engine still sounds mechanical and clattery, looks better than he has all year so far.
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Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
That Honda engine sounds like it has a bag of bones in it. It sounds so different to the Mercedes.
Allan McNish believes the Toro Rossos could be dark horses this weekend and they are certainly look good today. Daniil Kvyat is fifth quickest at the moment, having gone a tenth of a second quicker than Valtteri Bottas.
Jenson Button, meanwhile, has the 10th quickest time - a 1:14.058. He's two tenths down on his McLaren team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne, who is currently seventh quickest.
Max Verstappen splits the Mercedes by going fourth quickest courtesy of a 1:13.362. The top four are separated by half a second at the moment.
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Esteban Ocon gets held up by a Haas and throws his hand up into the air in frustration.
"They are all blocking on the last sector," he complains.
"That's Monaco, mate," says his engineer.
Lewis Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:13.230 but his stay at the top of brief as Kimi Raikkonen and then Sebastian Vettel then go quicker. Vettel dips into the 1:12s by clocking a 1:12.890.
Mercedes looking much more on it than Thursday but, at the moment, Ferrari appear that bit quicker.
Image source, Getty ImagesKimi Raikkonen improves with 1:13.379 and he's joined by his Ferrari team-mate at the top of the timesheet as a 1:13.414 puts Sebastian Vettel P2.