Three out of three in the Principality: Charles also takes home the third free session in front of Verstappen and Norris. Lewis, Quinto, went against the barriers and ran into time to fix his Ferrari for qualifying
In Monaco in front of everyone there is still Leclerc. A blow was enough, a few minutes from the end of the free practice, to review the Ferrari driver again in front of everyone in 1’10”953. It was the confirmation that it served, after a Friday as a protagonist, even if it will be only the qualification, the most important of the year. Behind the Monegasco there is Verstappen, never gave his Red Bull to beat, which however is almost three tenths away from the red number sixteen. The McLaren of Norris, third, and piastri, fourth, followed by Leclerc. Fifth the other Ferrari of Hamilton, protagonist of an accident at the end of the session.
The Ferrari
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Three out of three. Ferrari is once again the fastest, a good sign in view of the qualification of the Munich GP, where Leclerc proves more and more comfortable among the curbs of the Principality. To make the Men of the Cavallino smile is the simplicity with which the two pilots have found time since the first passages launched, a novelty in a season where Saturday has often put the team in difficulty. Neo negative the accident involving Lewis Hamilton a few minutes from the end of the session, probably distracted by a slower car while traveling the Massenet curve.
The simulation of qualification
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A few hours after the most important qualification of the year, the pilots focused on the preparation of the dry lap. And then nothing frills and immediately repeatedly turned with soft compound tires (red band) for the top. The only exception is Verstappen, very fast with medium tires and punctually able to improve the references marked by Leclerc. Twenty minutes from the end of the session, the Dutch also passes to the reds and then a sort of early qualification is unleashed. To blow the leadership to the world champion Leclerc thinks, in shape since FP1 with his Ferrari. The two McLaren are also close, who have not yet expressed all the potential to avoid trouble before the qualification.
The accidents
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Compared to a Friday where the red flags made it the master, during the free three the drivers were careful not to compromise the qualification. At the beginning of the session, Nico Hulkenberg made himself the protagonist of a long in the curve – the last – dedicated to Antony Nogés. Then very close to contact the curve of the Hamilton casino and the former Ferrari Sainz, with the Englishman who immediately apologized by radio: “I did everything possible to move”. Similar scene between Tsunoda and Hadjar, with the French forced to go long to the tobacconist to avoid the Red Bull of the Japanese who proceeded slowly in the tunnel. The first and only interruption then comes three minutes from the end, when Hamilton loses control of his Ferrari hitting the barriers of Massenet. However, there are no particular concerns in the Ferrari house, where we plan to be able to repair the SF-25 number 44 in time for the qualifications, scheduled at 16:00.
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