Carlos Sainz led Fernando Alonso in an opening practice session brought to an early end by a crash for Alex Albon. The best Red Bull driver was Sergio Perez in fourth. Full MonacoGP FP1 report and results: F1
Carlos Sainz topped FP1 at Formula 1’s 2023 Monaco Grand Prix ahead of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, while Max Verstappen finished sixth amid complaints about his Red Bull’s handling.Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas set the initial pace with a 1m26.993s, but that was rapidly bettered by a series of quicker times from Zhou Guanyu, Fernando Alonso, Hamilton and Lando Norris, as first place benchmark was 10s lower by the end of the opening five minutes of the one-hour session.
Leclerc’s next flier lowered the benchmark to a 1m14.562s before Sainz ended the session’s opening 20 minutes quickest on a 1m14.401s, which he then beat with a 1m14.245s before heading to the pits along with most of the pack. He was told he would likely have to live with the problem until more substantial changes could be made ahead of FP2, while George Russell complained that he could not get his tyres working properly on his updated Mercedes W14, leaving his rears sliding too much – the Briton languishing outside the top 10 heading into the final 25 minutes.
FP1 resumed with 20 minutes left to run, with Alonso moving into first place with a 1m13.907s on his first flier after the resumption, just after Perez had moved into third and heading Sainz’s early leading times on the mediums.
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