Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc’s gearbox was changed ahead of the second session for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix after that early stoppage inside four laps, as Charles tried to recover the time lost in FP1. Never a race finisher at his home event in two attempts of F2 and, so far, two attempts in F1, his luck surely has to change.
And it was a clearly standout performance from Ferrari in the second free practice session on the streets of Monte Carlo: a Ferrari one-two at the end of second practice with Charles Leclerc leading the way, and with a 0.4s advantage to Lewis Hamilton in third. Quite a sizeable gap on such a small lap.
Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas finish the day just behind Hamilton in fourth and fifth.
Charles Leclerc put himself top of the times with a 1:11.684 to form a Ferrari one-two on the leaderboard, with both cars showing an impressive turn of speed around the streets of Monte Carlo.
Where Schumacher had a lucky escape by not running into Perez, his Haas slipped off-line and collided with the barrier at Massenet – dislodging his left-rear tyre, but the young German managed to get to the run-off area at the Nouvelle Chicane and get his car out of harm’s way.
However, the red flag came out and running for the session halted, with both Ferrari drivers sitting right at the head of the field.
You don’t get points on a Thursday, but what a start this seems to be for Ferrari in Monaco.
Plenty of work for teams before Saturday’s crucial qualifying day, certainly.
Times
(All fastest times set on soft tyres, except Yuki Tsunoda)
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:11.684 30 laps
2 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 0.112s 32 laps
3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0.390s 28 laps
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.397s 27 laps
5 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.423s 32 laps
6 Lando Norris McLaren 0.695s 23 laps
7 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 0.814s 28 laps
8 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1.024s 24 laps
9 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 1.062s 28 laps
10 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1.298s 26 laps
11 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 1.381s 31 laps
12 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1.491s 27 laps
13 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1.511s 26 laps
14 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1.515s 28 laps
15 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1.573s 26 laps
16 George Russell Williams 1.825s 32 laps
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1.909s 31 laps
18 Nikita Mazepin Haas 2.723s 26 laps
19 Mick Schumacher Haas 2.732s 25 laps
20 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 3.145s 11 laps
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