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Leclerc Completes "Double Top" For Ferrari In Monaco Practice

Charles Leclerc completed a convincing 'double top' at his home Monaco Grand Prix on Friday, finishing second practice fastest ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz. The 24-year-old Monegasque driver, who was also quickest in the opening session, clocked a best lap in one minute and 12.656 seconds to outpace the Spaniard by just 0.044 seconds, leaving the two Red Bulls of Sergio Perez and world champion Max Verstappen third and fourth, more than three-tenths adrift. Lando Norris, still battling tonsilitis, was fifth for McLaren ahead of George Russell of Mercedes and Pierre Gasly, an impressive seventh for the Alpha Tauri team on a very warm afternoon in the Mediterranean principality.

Mercedes drivers all shaken up after Monaco practice

MONACO : Monaco's unforgiving street circuit proved a bone-jarring, eye-popping ride for Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton on Friday as they wrestled with bouncing cars and a bumpy surface.

Monaco Grand Prix: Charles Leclerc tops both practice sessions as Daniel Ricciardo crashes out, Lewis Hamilton 12th

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc topped the Friday practice sessions with a time of 1:12.656 to lead the field. Monaco native Leclerc will hope to finish the race for the first time in four appearances, but he looks to stand a very good chance of doing so after completing a Friday practice double. Ad/> Leclerc led a Ferrari one-two with Carlos Sainz taking second place by a fraction (+0.044s) while Red Bull's Sergio Perez (+0.379s) and Max Verstappen (+0.447s) — who has won the last three races — took third and fourth respectively.