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F1 Monaco Grand Prix
2025 F1 Monaco Grand Prix - Friday Practice - As it happened
A recap of what happened in Friday practice at the 2025 F1 Monaco Grand Prix
23 May 2025
17:03
Top 10
Leclerc, Piastri, Hamilton, Norris, Lawson, Hadjar, Alonso, Albon, Antonelli and Verstappen.
17:00
Chequered flag
Leclerc on top in FP2 ahead of Piastri and Hamilton.
16:55
Into the final five minutes
Verstappen has just gone down the escape road at Turn 5. No harm done, though.
A tough day overall for Red Bull, with Verstappen in 10th. Tsunoda is 11th-fastest.
16:50
10 minutes on the clock
Leclerc, Piastri, Hamilton, Norris, Lawson, Hadjar, Alonso, Albon, Antonelli and Verstappen.
16:49
Piastri splits the Ferraris
Piastri goes second-fastest, 0.038s off Leclerc.
16:45
Hamilton makes it a Ferrari 1-2
Hamilton moves into second, just over a tenth off Leclerc.
Ferrari's best day of 2025 so far?
16:42
Good lap from Lawson
He's gone third for Racing Bulls.
16:40
Current top 10
Leclerc, Norris, Hamilton, Alonso, Albon, Verstappen, Russell, Sainz, Piastri and Bearman.
16:38
Hamilton
Hamilton improves - but he's 0.486s down on Leclerc's top time.
16:36
Leclerc improves again
Leclerc improves to a 1m11.355s, 0.485s up on Norris.
16:33
Leclerc on the softs
A 1m11.414s for Leclerc to go 0.4s ahead of Alonso at the top of the timesheets.
16:30
Order with 30 minutes on the clock
Hamilton, Alonso, Leclerc, Russell, Norris, Bearman, Piastri, Antonelli, Albon and Gasly.
16:29
Hamilton takes to the top
It's Hamilton's turn to go fastest in the Ferrari, 0.062s ahead of Alonso. Mediums for the seven-time champion.
16:28
Alonso goes fastest now
On the softs, Alonso takes to the top ahead of Leclerc.
16:26
Session back underway
Current order: Leclerc, Piastri, Antonelli, Russell, Hamilton, Gasly, Verstappen, Norris, Albon and Alonso.
16:21
Piastri
Piastri into the barriers at Sainte Devote đź’Ą#F1#MonacoGPpic.twitter.com/ZGX6LIXgKp
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 23, 2025
16:20
Piastri in the wall
Piastri has crashed his McLaren at Turn 1. His car is now missing its front wing.
16:19
Mighty lap from Leclerc
Leclerc sets a 1m12.103s on the hards to go fastest for Ferrari.
16:17
Piastri takes to the top
A 1m12.548s for Piastri puts him 0.3s ahead of Verstappen at the top of the timesheets.
16:15
FP2 back underway
45 minutes on the clock and second practice is back underway.
Current order: Verstappen, Piastri, Leclerc, Norris, Russell, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Alonso, Albon and Lawson.
16:12
Hadjar
đź”´ RED FLAG đź”´
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 23, 2025
Hadjar has clipped the barrier at the Nouvelle Chicane #F1#MonacoGPpic.twitter.com/nhVQw6wnmN
16:07
Red flag
Hadjar has clipped the barriers at the chicane in the middle part of the lap.
16:06
Verstappen storms to the top
A 1m12.922s for Verstappen has put him top of the timesheets. Piastri slots in right behind.
16:05
Norris tops the times
Norris sets the early pace with a 1m13.250s, 0.7s ahead of Albon.
