Formula 1 took to the track for the FP1 of the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton sets the pace in the Principality ahead of Oscar Piastri and George Russell. Fifth was Charles Leclerc who suffered some damage to the floor at the end of the session
May 24, 2024
Soly a week ago there Formula 1 started the engines in Imola, but now it’s already time to look ahead because we know, motorsport is a world that moves really fast. The Circus, in fact, is already in the heart of the Principality for the eighth seasonal event, the most glamorous and iconic of the calendar, the Monaco Grand Prix 2024. Despite the sunny forecast, the clouds reigned supreme on the narrowest and slowest track in the championship. Dictating the pace on the streets of Monte Carlo, Charles Leclerc’s home race, in first free practice session was Lewis Hamilton with a time of 1:12.169preceding the McLarenextraordinarily colored with the colors of the Brazilian flag in honor of Ayrton Sennathirty years after his tragic death in Imola in 1994, by Oscar Piastri.
THEthe third half of FP1 was grabbed by the other Mercedes, number #63, of George Russellfollowed by the second car from the Woking team of Lando Norris. In the silver arrows’ box, comparison work was carried out between the two drivers: Hamilton used the old front wing shape, while Russell used the new one, with a less extreme design for the third and fourth elements compared to the previous one. For the home hero Charles Leclerc only a fifth time. The Monegasque, unlike the others, preferred it together with his teammate do not use soft tires and concentrate your work on simulating race pace with hard and medium sets. For him there was also a problem at the end of the session when a red flag for debris on the trackthe result of an impact with the walls of the Saint Devote of the Stake F1 Team Zhou Guanyuthat have the bottom of Leclerc’s SF-24 was damaged in the entrance area of the venturi channels and in the front part of the keel. The Ferrari mechanics are working in the garage to try to repair the bottom and avoid having to replace it.
F1, FP1 GP Monaco 2024 – Charles Leclerc
Sthis position for Fernando Alonso who complained a lot about the understeer of his Aston Martin. The Asturian precedes the other single-seater of the Silverstone team, that of Lance Strolland the two RB Visa Cash Apps Yuki Tsunoda And Daniel Ricciardo. Ferrari concludes the top 10 of FP1 Carlos Sainz. Eleventh time for Max Verstappen who has not yet found the right confidence in his RB20 to graze the very close walls of Monte Carlo, and twelfth for Sergio Perez. They then follow Valtteri Bottas, Kevin Magnussen, Alexander Albon, Nico Hulkenberg, Logan Sargeant, Esteban Ocon, Zhou Guayuwhich lost the check of his car at Saint Devote damaging the front wing, e Pierre Gasly. The French Alpine driver missed most of the first session for a problem with the exhaust system and power unit. Track activity will resume at 5pm for them FP2.
F1, FP1 GP Monaco 2024 – Max Verstappen
F1, Monaco GP: FP1 results
- Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes
- Oscar PIASTRI McLaren
- George RUSSELL Mercedes
- Lando NORRIS McLaren
- Charles LECLERC Ferrari
- Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin
- Lance STROLL Aston Martin
- Yuki TSUNODA RB
- Daniel RICCIARDO RB
- Carlos SAINZ Ferrari
- Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing
- Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing
- Valtteri BOTTAS Kick Sauber
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team
- Alexander ALBON Williams
- Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team
- Logan SARGEANT Williams
- Esteban OCON Alpine
- ZHOU Guanyu Kick Sauber
- Pierre GASLY Alpine
