12:33
Where Antonelli came from to take that session is incredible. Leclerc again locks his brakes on the in-lap. His car looks a complete handful all of a sudden.
Hamilton in Monaco
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F1 Monaco LIVE: Final practice ahead of crucial qualifying
Live coverage of Saturday at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix
KEY MOMENTS
- Ferrari dominated on Friday with ending the day Hamilton fastest
- Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur will miss Saturday through illness
- Mercedes is under pressure to maintain its 100% 2026 record
The sixth round of the 2026 Formula 1 season takes place at the Monaco Grand Prix.
A divisive event among the F1 fanbase, Monaco is still viewed as the jewel in the championship's crown, with the narrow, twisting streets offering a challenge seen nowhere else on the calendar. With no time to rest on the 19-turn, 3.337km layout, even the smallest of mistakes can carry a huge penalty.
Ferrari lived up to expectations that it would be strong in Monaco, with Lewis Hamilton leading a 1-2 in second practice, reversing the order from the earlier FP1 session led by Charles Leclerc.
But the Scuderia will be without team principal Fred Vasseur on Saturday, after he was admitted to a local medical facility with an unspecified illness.
Max Verstappen has led the Red Bull charge and appears the best-placed driver to challenge Ferrari this weekend, with Mercedes some way off the pace behind the top three in the early exchanges.
McLaren has been unable to take advantage of the unique nature of Monaco, with an electrical problem for Lando Norris compounding the team's problems.
Audi has been the surprise package so far, placing both cars in the top 10 in each of the Friday practice sessions. If this can be replicated in qualifying, the team will certainly be in contention for a season-defining points haul.
2026 Monaco Grand Prix Saturday schedule
FP3 11:30am BST - 12:30pm BST
Qualifying: 3:00pm BST - 4:00pm BST
06 Jun 2026
12:56
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F1 Monaco Final Practice report
Kimi Antonelli fastest from Charles Leclerc as Mercedes strike back in Monaco F1 final practice
Formula 1 championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli set the pace as Mercedes hit back in final practice at the Monaco Grand Prix.
After Ferrari had led the way during Friday practice by achieving a one-two in both sessions, Antonelli and Mercedes appeared to make big gains overnight to resume the status quo in the 2026 F1 season with a Silver Arrows at the top of the timesheet.
Antonelli was fastest in final practice
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2026 F1 Monaco Grand Prix - Final Practice Results
2026 F1 Monaco Grand Prix - Final Practice Results
Kimi Antonelli topped final practice for the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, disrupting the early Ferrari dominance.
Mercedes unlocked significant pace overnight after lagging behind Ferrari and Max Verstappen on Friday. The Italian topped the session with a 1m12.720, the only driver to drop below the 73-second marker.
Antonelli in Monaco
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Top 10
The top 10 from FP2 are:
- Antonelli
- Leclerc
- Hamilton
- Russell
- Verstappen
- Piastri
- Bortoleto
- Hadjar
- Norris
- Hulkenberg
12:31
Leclerc fully drifts around the hairpin. Spectacular, but not fast.
12:31
Chequered flag
As the flag falls, Lawson and Russell fail to make it in time to set a lap. A Williams then dumps it at Sainte Devote, and drivers won't be able to improve.
12:29
Leclerc reports that his brakes are "horrendous". He has time for a second warm-up lap.
12:27
Ocon led the way out. With the backmarkers at the pit exit end of the lane, it is unusually the top drivers who will be hindered more by this situation.
12:26
Green flag
This is a proper Q1 simulation. A mess is what we can expect, with traffic certain to affect things.
12:25
We will get just four minutes of running before the chequered flag is shown. A mad dash doesn't even begin to describe what we are about to see.
12:24
Restart time
The session will resume at 13:26 local time.
12:23
The race director is currently inspecting damage to the barriers at Massenet. This will be a mad scramble with less than five minutes set to remain on the clock when the track goes green.
12:21
The clock continues to tick down, but we're still waiting on a restart time.
12:20
"It's the bottoming," reports Bearman. Haas promise to get the car ready for qualifying, but it will largely depend on the internal damage done when the rear tyre made contact with the wall. A gearbox change would put this on the limit for getting out in Q1.
12:17
Bearman has completely lost his rear wing. It looks like he lost the rear, with the rear-right then making contact with the wall. He has accepted fault on the team radio.
Replays show he lost the rear moments after passing Russell. Getting on the marbles, that was an error of judgment from the Haas driver.
12:15
Red flag
Bearman has crashed big time on the entry to Casino Square.
12:14
Hamilton is improving, but this isn't the dominant performance we saw on Friday. He goes second fastest, falling short of Antonelli by 0.331s.
12:12
The 73-second barrier has been breached, as Antonelli hits a 1m12.720s!
Leclerc was slightly off, but got caught by significant traffic in Rascasse, and that could have been very nasty.
12:11
Whoa! Lawson completly loses the rear out of the swimming pool, and goes full Tokyo Drift, sliding his Racing Bulls close to the wall. "F*** me that was close," said the New Zealander.
12:09
Here we go. The pits are beginning to empty, and the timing screen is filling up with "out lap" next to the driver's names.
12:05
There's the typical Monaco off. Albon runs deep into Sainte Devote, and is forced to find the tricky reverse gear to escape the runoff.
12:05
Up to P4 for Piastri on his latest run. McLaren took advantage of the relatively clear track as most of the field had returned to the pits to make changes ahead of a final fresh tyre run.
12:02
After his spin, Colapinto has suffered fairly significant rear wing damage. It's not a quick job to change a rear wing, but he should get back out for a couple of laps at the end of the session.
12:02
Traffic is becoming a huge issue now, especially in the final sector. Russell comes close to slamming into the barriers at Rascasse as he attempted to avoid Albon's Williams.