Charles Leclerc unleashed the pace many had been expecting from Ferrari at the Monaco Grand Prix to top second practice at his home race.
Having opted not to use soft tyres as Lewis Hamilton led the opening session earlier on Friday, Leclerc was in a league of his own when finally given the chance to use the quickest compound at the street circuit. Hamilton completed an encouraging day for Mercedes by taking second, eventually closing the gap to Leclerc to within two tenths as the seven-time world champion took advantage of the constantly evolving surface.
After the let-off, he was able to do his first soft-tyre running of the day but was more than two tenths of a second off Leclerc's strongest lap on the medium tyre. Just moments later, with the track therefore at the same level of evolution, Leclerc used his first set of soft tyres to improve his best medium time by almost three further tenths, emphasising his advantage over Verstappen.
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