Red Bull’s Sergio Perez narrowly claimed top spot during final practice for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Perez and Charles Leclerc traded first place throughout the course of the final one-hour session on Saturday, gradually lowering the benchmark.
Perez clocked a time of 1:12.476s during the closing moments of the session to eclipse Leclerc’s time by a mere 0.041s.
Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen trailed in third and fourth respectively.
Sainz was 0.370s behind Perez while Verstappen was a few hundredths of a second further back.
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly showed encouraging place to classify in fifth, with Lando Norris continuing his strong Monaco weekend by taking sixth.
Mercedes was once again off the pace, with Lewis Hamilton seventh and George Russell ninth, split by the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.
Fernando Alonso rounded out the top 10 for Alpine.
In a relatively uneventful session Lance Stroll was the only driver to hit the wall after bouncing over the kerb at the second part of Piscine.
Stroll suffered a side-on impact but the damage was relatively light and he was able to return his Aston Martin to the garage.
Qualifying for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix is scheduled for 16:00 local time
Position
Driver
Team
Time Gap
Laps
1
Sergio Perez
Red Bull
1:12.476
27
2
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:12.517 0.041
29
3
Carlos Sainz Jr
Ferrari
1:12.846 0.370
28
4
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:12.881 0.405
29
5
Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri
1:13.210 0.734
22
6
Lando Norris
McLaren
1:13.226 0.750
19
7
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:13.375 0.899
26
8
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
1:13.436 0.960
24
9
George Russell
Mercedes
1:13.476 1.000
26
10
Fernando Alonso
Alpine
1:13.585 1.109
23
11
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri
1:13.645 1.169
25
12
Mick Schumacher
Haas
1:13.827 1.351
26
13
Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin
1:13.838 1.362
28
14
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo
1:13.849 1.373
25
15
Alex Albon
Williams
1:13.882 1.406
22
16
Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren
1:14.104 1.628
29
17
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
1:14.260 1.784
22
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1:14.639 2.163
20
19
Guanyu Zhou
Alfa Romeo
1:14.861 2.385
25
20
Nicholas Latifi
Williams
1:14.910 2.434
26
