Sebastian Vettel just came out on top in Monaco Thursday practice 1, in a spirited end to the session which saw 3 drivers lead within a matter of minutes.
It could have been 4 drivers, but Lewis Hamilton was held up on his final run, after setting the fastest sector 1 time of the day.
Vettel pipped Fernando Alonso by one tenth, while Nico Rosberg was 3rd after briefly leading. Felipe Massa was 4th, while the McLarens were 5th and 6th.
As expected, Pastor Maldonado impressed in 7th, having good experience of the Monaco street circuit. Michael Schumacher was more than 1.5 seconds off his teammate in 10th place.
Daniel Ricciardo in, 14th, came within 2 tenths of Sebastien Buemi. The Saubers were 15th and 16th, while the Lotus drivers finished 17th and 18th.
Despite setting 32 laps, Paul di Resta was massively off the pace in 19th position, only 2 tenths ahead of the Virgins. While Narain Karthikeyan got 37 laps under his belt, Vitantonio Liuzzi crashed exiting the tunnel.
He, along with Mark Webber, only set 3 laps each. The Red Bull driver failed to set a fast lap, appearing to be stuck in gear as he cruised around the circuit.
The following is a video of Schumacher’s crash:
As an afterthought, it seems appropiate to mention what happened in GP2 qualifying today. While many F1 drivers have been concerned about the use of DRS around this track, the feeder series had more fundamental problems:
Times from TP1:
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1.16.619 25
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1.16.732 0.113 24
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1.17.139 0.520 20
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1.17.316 0.697 24
5. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1.17.350 0.731 23
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1.17.534 0.915 24
7. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1.18.527 1.908 30
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1.18.578 1.959 24
9. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1.18.733 2.114 16
10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1.18.805 2.186 14
11. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1.18.928 2.309 19
12. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1.19.234 2.615 24
13. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1.19.395 2.776 24
14. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1.19.463 2.844 25
15. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1.19.768 3.149 25
16. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1.19.792 3.173 26
17. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1.20.083 3.464 23
18. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1.21.116 4.497 27
19. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1.21.548 4.929 32
20. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1.21.758 5.139 31
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1.21.815 5.196 17
22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1.22.840 6.221 13
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1.23.885 7.266 37
24. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault N/A 3
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