Summary

  • Leclerc on pole; Piastri 2nd; Sainz 3rd; Verstappen 6th

  • Perez and Alonso out in first session

  • Gasly through to shootout in uncompetitive Alpine

  • Leclerc tops final practice, Verstappen 2nd, Hamilton 3rd

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Live Reporting

  1. The top three as we reach the red zone of third practice is Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

  2. Team radio - Tsunoda

    "That's so dangerous. In the tunnel I was going outside, and I nearly crashed into the wall."

  3. Verstappen moves up to P2

    Max Verstappen was convinced Ferrari are "miles ahead" after yesterday's practice running, so can the Dutchman claw back some pace and challenge the Scuderia of Charles Leclerc?

    The three-time world champion has clocked a 1:11.566 on the softs to go P2, but that time is still 0.197 seconds away from Monegasque Leclerc.

  4. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    This is the last chance to dial in your car and risk it all before qualifying and the fight for pole position.

    Round here in Monaco, qualifying will determine how good your race is.

  5. Five minutes to go

    The gap Charles Leclerc is holding at the top of the timesheets has been cut by a small amount to just over a half a second.

    The car sitting behind the Ferrari man in second? Oscar Piastri-Leclerc.

    A family affair.

  6. Norris now jumps to third

    Sorry, Lewis. Yuki Tsunoda in the RB and now Lando Norris have clocked better times.

    During his lap, Norris was not amused by the traffic situation on the Monaco streets, calling into his McLaren team say some of his fellow drivers are "idiots". But not all of them, he stresses, just some.

    Lando Norris at Monaco GP.Getty Images

  7. Hamilton goes P3

    Yesterday, Lewis Hamilton said Mercedes had their best day on track after he topped first practice and finished second to Charles Leclerc in second hour of running. The seven-time world champion is on those soft C5 tyres and shoots up to the dizzy heights of P3 on the timesheets.

  8. 10 minutes to go

    Can Carlos Sainz close that gap on team-mate Charles Leclerc? The Spaniard is out once again to try his luck on some softs but he pulls out of the lap halfway through and abandons his attempt.

  9. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This is where the drivers are really pushing, lap times are being improved and it's your last time to really experiment with how close you can run it to the walls.

  10. Just before the previous entry, Carlos Sainz was just 0.002 seconds away from Charles Leclerc's best time. And then the Monegasque pulled out that gem to go six-tenths quicker.

  11. Top five

    1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - 1:11.369

    2. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) +0.610

    3. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) +0.718

    4. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.726

    5. George Russell (Mercedes) +0.854

  12. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Monaco is so different, it provides a very different challenge and I think in a long 24 race season, you do need a bit of variety.

  13. Lewis Hamilton received some information from engineer Pete Bonnington a few moments ago to explain how is performing against practice leader Charles Leclerc.

    The seven-time world champion is back out on the softs and goes third fastest. But that time has now been beaten by the likes of Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, George Russell and the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso to place Hamilton sixth on the board.

    Lewis Hamilton at the Monaco GP.Getty Images

  14. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    We are seeing Lewis in the Mercedes this weekend a lot more comfortable in the car.

    He knows what he's doing and he hasn't lost his skill or his talent despite the results of this year.

  15. Leclerc improves

    Charles Leclerc is leading the field in this third practice and improves his lap time further to drop us down in the 1:11s. The Monegasque driver, who has been on pole position twice at his home race but has never won, has clocked a 1:11.977 on his latest run.

    Charles Leclerc at Monaco GP.Getty Images

  16. Leclerc top, Sainz now second

    Max Verstappen and his engineer Gianpiero Lambiase are having a cryptic conversation over the team radio as Carlos Sainz now moves to second on the board with a 1:12.279.

  17. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    It's all about having a nice clean wheeled weekend, building up all the way through, pushing yourself a little bit more, and that is what Leclerc has done.

  18. Verstappen goes up to P2

    Lando Norris has been shuffled down the bus, as both Aex Albon and now Carlos Saiz clock quicker times than the McLaren driver.

    While Norris regains a place on Albon, Max Verstappen jumps above all three cars to go second on the timesheets behind Charles Leclerc. The gap between the two rivals is 0.408 seconds.

  19. Top five

    1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - 1:12.521

    2. Yuki Tsunoda (RB) +0.284

    3. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.442

    4. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.521

    5. Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.593

  20. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The tunnel is a really difficult section because you are flat out, it's one of those places on the circuit that you are flat out at quite a high speed, and it bares round to the right-hand side so it's blind round that corner.