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Leclerc on top on home soil as Ferrari surges ahead

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Leclerc on top on home soil as Ferrari surges ahead

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-21. Monaco Grand Prix, Thursday 20th May 2021. Monte Carlo, Monaco.

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Ferrari put up its strongest showing since 2019 during second practice for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix as home hero Charles Leclerc led the way.

Ferrari, currently fourth in the standings, emerged with the fastest one-lap package through the second one-hour session in warm and sunny conditions at the Circuit de Monaco.

Leclerc clocked a time of 1:11.684s during the Soft tyre runs to finish 0.112s clear of team-mate Carlos Sainz.

Leclerc had previously sat out almost all of the opening practice session due to a gearbox failure.

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The Ferrari drivers were the only duo able to dip into the 1:11s during the course of the session.

Title rivals chasing Ferrari

Honours have so far been shared between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen this year but the pair had to settle for third and fourth respectively.

Hamilton recovered from a scruffy first push lap on Softs to finish as Ferrari’s nearest opponent but was still almost four-tenths down on Leclerc’s best.

Verstappen, chasing a maiden Monaco podium, was just seven-thousandths of a second behind his title rival.

Valtteri Bottas was fifth overall, within a tenth of Hamilton and Verstappen, while Lando Norris was the lead McLaren driver in sixth spot.

AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly was seventh, and the last driver to classify within a second of leader Leclerc, as Sergio Perez took eighth for Red Bull.

Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi was an eye-catching ninth with Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel rounding out the top 10.

Past Monaco winners Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and Daniel Ricciardo were a low-key 11th, 12th and 15th respectively.

Schumacher shunt ends session early

The session was relatively free from drama, with only rookie drivers Yuki Tsunoda and Mick Schumacher encountering major issues.

Tsunoda swiped the barriers exiting Piscine and while he was able to recover his damaged AlphaTauri AT02 to the pit lane he did not re-emerge, leaving him with only 11 laps under his belt.

Schumacher, meanwhile, drifted wide through the left-hander at Massenet and clattered into the barriers.

Schumacher tried to take his damaged Haas VF-21 back to the pit lane but stopped at the exit of the chicane due to the broken right-rear suspension, causing the session to be halted five minutes early.

Saturday’s final practice session is scheduled for 12:00 local time

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