Monaco Grand Prix: how the practice sessions unfolded

Summary

Daniel Ricciardo leads Red Bull one-two in both practice sessions
Lewis Hamilton P3 in FP1, P4 in FP2
Hamilton top of the drivers' standings, 17 points clear of Sebastian Vettel
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Do you love or hate the Monaco GP? Why? Also, your Monaco memories
Bobby: Don’t discount it straight away... last three years the winner hasn’t started on pole! And I’m not Monaco number 1 fan.
Craig: Nope not a fan of Monaco. Every year I see practice updates and think it’s a Friday.
Ginger: Monaco is out dated and dangerous If a modern course of the same design as it would never be allowed, why does F1 insist on using this one?
Craig, I hear you. Remember, everyone gets Friday off in Monaco. FP3 and qualifying take place as usual on Saturday.
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"It's traffic all the time," moans Kimi Raikkonen, although he is prepared to give it one more lap out there. Fifth quickest for him, half a second off the pace.
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Work to do for Valtteri Bottas. He was seventh earlier on, the only one of the big six to not be in the top six and he is now only ninth here. Another half hour for the Finn to sort things out.
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Session one was frustrating for McLaren and Fernando Alonso with a problem with his brake-by-wire system.
Session two is not going much better for the team with the two McLaren drivers being the two slowest out there.
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Do you love or hate the Monaco GP? Why? Also, your Monaco memories
David Barker: I can see why people think the race is dull because of the lack of overtaking. But for me it's the skill of the drivers to go at those speeds for two hours and keep it on the black stuff, it's just awesome.
Thomas Francis‏: Iconic and nostalgic but there are much better tests of a driver and a car than Monaco.
Euan‏: While Monaco has been an entertaining race in the past, it just doesn't suit modern F1 and provides no overtaking whatsoever other than through strategy. And even that doesn't look like it is happening this season.
Nervous moment for Verstappen and Grosjeanpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
Verstappen is the fastest, but nearly, so nearly ploughs, into Romain Grosjean, although both men were going slowly.
"He drove into my front wing," claims the Dutchman.
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Another Red Bull one-two so farpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
Daniel Ricciardo is now ahead of the Ferrari two so, just as we had this morning, we have a Red Bull one-two.
The only difference is Verstappen is now the quickest, whereas Ricciardo was fastest in session one.
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We asked Jacqui for a picture of the scene from Casino and she has come up with the goods.
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Fifty minutes to go.
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Break over and we are good to go again.
The best times so far..published at 14:40 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
The top 10...
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull, 1:12.071)
2. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari, 1:13.180)
3. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull, 1:13.200)
4. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes, 1:13.266)
5. Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso, 1:13.394)
6. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso, 1:13.410)
7. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, 1:13.720)
8. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari, 1:13.769)
9. Fernando Alonso (McLaren, 1:14.181)
10. Nico Hulkenberg (Renault, 1:14.258)
The offending manhole cover...published at 14:40 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
is fixed.
Back to it, chaps.
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Jacqui Baker-Stubbs‏: Well, this is fun. Someone forgot to cover the manhole at Casino Should I jump the fence and fix it, I’m at this turn! #BetterNot, external #bbcf1, external
Probably best to leave it, Jacqui, but feel free to send us some pictures if you can.
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This 15 minutes without any action will be lost time. The clock is still ticking and the session is only 90 minutes long so will come to an end at 15:30 BST no matter what.
Frustrating for everyone concerned.
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There's two marshals looking at something by the big bump on the run down from Casino Square to Mirabeau.
Break timepublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
Now might be a good time to put the kettle on.
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Apparently a dodgy drain / drainhole cover is the reason everyone is heading back to the garages.
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Red flagpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
Stop!
No cars seem to be in any bother, but the track at Casino Square needs fixing.
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Do you love or hate the Monaco GP? Why? Also, your Monaco memories
Peter O`Sullivan: I love Monaco...1982/83 there with Toleman Hart, watching Derek Warwick against some greats..... brilliant memories.
KW‏: I'm gonna get shot down in flames here but Monaco is my least favourite race of the year. All the hype and the result is pretty much decided in Saturday's qualifying.
Verstappen on toppublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull was quickest in session one, and now his team-mate Max Verstappen is the man to beat thanks to a lap of 1:12.267. that is nine tenths quicker than anyone else has managed in session two.
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