Lewis Hamilton set the pace from Oscar Piastri in opening practice at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion edged Piastri to the fastest time on soft tyres by just 0.029s, with Mercedes teammate George Russell third, just 0.126s off the pace.Lando Norris was fourth in the second McLaren - which is sporting a special Ayrton Senna livery for this weekend’s race in Monte Carlo.
Fernando Alonso was sixth ahead of Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll and the RB duo of Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo, with Carlos Sainz rounding out the top-10.It was a difficult session for Max Verstappen, who had a couple of hair-raising moments as he brushed Monaco’s famous barriers on his way to finishing 11th, one place ahead of Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez.
The session was punctuated by a red flag in the closing stages when Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu hit the wall at the exit of Sainte Devote and lost part of his front wing.
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