EL3: Ferrari at the forefront in Monaco, new record for Vettel

La Team Ferrari dominated the final practice session for the Monaco GP by placing its SF70-H at the forefront. Sebastian Vettel set the new lap record with a lap completed in 1’12”395, more than 3 tenths ahead of his teammate Kimi Räikkönen. The four-time world champion improved his performance this Thursday by more than three tenths.

The Mercedes are still behind. Valtteri Bottas finished in 3rd place, half a second from the new benchmark while Lewis Hamilton completed the top five behind Max Verstappen (Red Bull). Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) followed in 6th place almost a second behind Sebastian Vettel and ended the session losing his brakes.

The second Red Bull preceded the Toro Rosso de Carlos Sainz Jr. and Daniil Kvyat. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) and Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) completed the top ten ahead of Sergio Pérez (Force India) and Jenson Button (McLaren) who received a 15-place grid penalty.

The error ofOr with

Esteban Ocon (Force India) set the 12th fastest time, but the Frenchman made a mistake less than ten minutes from the end of the session, damaging his suspension following contact with the rail at the Piscine corner causing him to hit him. the wall of tires. The 2015 GP3 Series champion beat Felipe Massa (Williams) and Nico Hulkenberg (Renault).

OCO into the barriers at the exit of the swimming pool chicane #MonacoGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/NupF1mowuh

— Formula 1 (@F1) 27th May 2017

Romain Grosjean (Haas) took 16th place, one second behind his teammate Kevin Magnussen. The former GP2 champion finished ahead Lance stroll (Williams), Jolyon Palmer (Renault) and the Saubers of Pascal Wehrlein and Marcus Ericsson.

Qualifying for the Monaco GP will be contested from 14 p.m. and will be followed live on Canal+ and with our live text. The race will be visible in live streaming on our site.