2019 Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo, 23, 25-26 May

[Notebook]

ewis Hamilton pipped Valtteri Bottas as Mercedes dominated second practice at the Monaco Grand Prix.
The world champion was just 0.081 seconds ahead of the Finn.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen, second behind Hamilton in first practice, missed much of the second as a result of a water leak and ended up sixth.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was third fastest - but a massive 0.763secs off the pace. Team-mate Charles Leclerc was 10th, struggling with car set-up.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/2019/monaco-grand-prix/results/practice

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[Evil_Onyx]

 

[Notebook]

Final practice,

Summary
Charles Leclerc finishes fastest in final practice
Sebastian Vettel crashes out early in the session
Qualifying gets under way at 14:00 BST
Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (online only)
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton was fastest in both sessions on Thursday

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/48352760

 

[Fabri91]

 

[Notebook]

Summary
Lewis Hamilton secures pole position
Bottas second, Verstappen third
OUT in Q2: Hulkenberg, Norris, Grosjean, Raikkonen, Giovinazzi
OUT in Q1: Leclerc, Perez, Stroll, Russell, Kubica
Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (online only)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/48352760

 

[Evil_Onyx]

 

[Notebook]

Just watching the highlights, usual Monaco.

Lewis Hamilton held off Max Verstappen, and survived a late collision with the Red Bull driver, to win a nail-biting Monaco Grand Prix.
The world champion was left struggling with the tyres on his Mercedes after fitting softer rubber than the Dutchman at pit stops during an early safety-car period.
Britain's Hamilton repeatedly complained that he was not going to be able to make the tyres last to the end but by careful management held on to take his fourth win of 2019.
Verstappen dropped from second on the road to fourth in the results because of a five-second penalty, promoting Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to second and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas to third.
Verstappen's punishment was for an unsafe release in the pits when all the leaders pitted on lap 12 as a safety car was deployed to clear up debris laid by Charles Leclerc's Ferrari.
Although Mercedes' run of consecutive victories at the start of this season continued, their sequence of one-twos is over as a result of Bottas' bad luck.
And Hamilton now holds a 17-point lead over his team-mate in the championship.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/2019/monaco-grand-prix/results

 

[Fabri91]

What a miserable week-end for Leclerc.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

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