Charles Leclerc completed quickest and Lewis Hamilton was third as Ferrari set an attention-grabbing tempo in Follow Two to cap a formidable Friday on the Monaco Grand Prix.
Regardless of Leclerc having careworn on Thursday that Ferrari’s 2025 automotive was unlikely to be as suited to the low-speed twists and turns of Monaco as final 12 months’s, when he claimed pole and received his house race, the Monegasque nonetheless topped each of Friday’s follow periods.
Leclerc set a greatest lap of 1:11.355 in a second session which featured two crimson flags for crashes to narrowly end forward of McLaren’s championship-leading Oscar Piastri and Ferrari team-mate Hamilton on the head of the timesheet.
“Ferrari are the large story,” stated Sky Sports activities F1’s Karun Chandhok.
“It is a very spectacular day contemplating the expectations coming in.”
A late quick lap noticed Piastri cut up the Ferraris, the Australian recovering properly after a uncommon mistake noticed him run straight into the limitations at Ste Dedicate, the long-lasting observe’s opening nook.
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri crashed into the wall because the crimson flag was issued for a second time throughout P2 in Monaco
The influence broke the entrance wing on Piastri’s automotive however he was in a position to make it again to the pit lane and, following repairs, steadily moved his method again up the timesheet to ultimately end simply 0.038s behind Leclerc.
Hamilton, a three-time winner in Monaco, was 0.105s behind Ferrari team-mate Leclerc in third to supply hope of his best weekend but on the Scuderia.
Lando Norris was fourth within the second McLaren, forward of the Racing Bulls of Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar who each completed within the high six. Hadjar was sixth regardless of twice hitting Monaco’s omnipresent limitations, first on the harbourside chicane after which Ste Dedicate.
David Croft and Karun Chandhok had been left surprised after the marshals did not flinch when Isack Hadjar slammed into the limitations proper subsequent to them throughout P2 of the Monaco GP
However the senior Purple Bull workforce skilled one other tough Friday, ending down the timesheet.
World champion and Imola victor Max Verstappen was solely tenth, only one place and one tenth forward of team-mate Yuki Tsunoda. The Dutchman was one among many drivers to be annoyed by site visitors round Monaco’s tight confines after a number of near-misses with slower-running vehicles, and had a late off-track second himself into the Ste Dedicate run-off.
Mercedes additionally appeared to battle, ending ninth and twelfth with Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, respectively.
Fernando Alonso was seventh for Aston Martin, with Alex Albon eighth within the lead Williams.
Extra to observe…
Sky Sports F1’s Monaco GP schedule
Saturday Might 24
9.40am: F3 Dash
11.15am: Monaco GP Follow Three (session begins at 11.30am)
1.10pm: F2 Dash
2.10pm: Monaco GP Qualifying build-up
3pm: MONACO GP QUALIFYING
5pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Look again at a number of the most dramatic moments to have taken place on the Monaco Grand Prix
Sunday Might 25
6.55am: F3 Function Race
8.35am: F2 Function Race
12.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Monaco GP build-up*
2pm: The MONACO GRAND PRIX*
4pm: Chequered Flag: Monaco GP response
5pm: Ted’s Pocket book
5.30pm: The Indy 500
*additionally reside on Sky Sports activities Most important Occasion
Subsequent up in F1’s European triple-header is the ‘Jewel within the Crown’, the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, with protection beginning on Friday reside on Sky Sports activities F1. Stream Sky Sports with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime
