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Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 in opening practice

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Kevin Magnussen led the pack at an early start on the medium tyres – so the Dane established the first place benchmark with a time of 1m 36.852s on yellowwall rubber.

Esteban Ocon and Nico Hulkenberg then took the lead on the medium and the hard tyres, respectively, before Lewis Hamilton finished fastest at 1m 34.527s. The opening five minutes of the hourly schedule.

But it didn’t last long, as Verstappen – unlike Hamilton on the hard tyres, at this stage – was fastest on his second attempt at the first, which went into 1. No. 1 corner final race.

Time continued to slide as the drivers completed their initial quest, and several had off-track moments at Turns 1 and 11 at the end of the long, winding back straight, where they were on the new track. Struggling for grip on the surface.

In the meantime, Nyck de Vries lost the rear end of his AlphaTauri and spun midway through the long, sharp right-hand turn 12 before Carlos Sainz 1 The score of 33.823 meters ran the fastest.

Hamilton was faster ahead of Verstappen, still on the same set of hard tracks, posting 1m32.465s, which he beat with a fourth lap attempt, finishing the first session with 1m31.826s.

The teams then pitted, and after a short pause, many drivers switched to the soft for the first time, with Hulkenberg being the first to do so, and was officially back on top of the time in 1m 31.392s just before the half-way mark .

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19

Photography: Jack Grant / motorsport pictures

Once past it, Verstappen and Perez completed their first race on the soft road, with the latter beating Hulkenberg in 1m31.054s despite having to catch a big 4/5 in between a quick turn 4/5 in the fluid part of the lap early on. A snapshot of oversteer near Hard Rock Stadium.

Perez was unable to beat Hulkenberg at this stage, however, and his Red Bull car, second behind Haas, was in focus as Hulkenberg crashed at Turn 3 on his third lap attempt on the same set of soft tyres.

Hulkenberg was only marginally slower than his personal best on his second slippery flight as he went slightly off course through Turn 3 and quickly lost the back of his car, spinning and going The right hits the wall and sends debris across the track.

The race was suspended for eight minutes as Hulkenberg’s car had to recover from a damaged right front wheel.

When FP1 resumed ahead of the final quarter, Verstappen resumed action on the padded and improved the first place benchmark to 1m30.549s – this time he completed his flight without a moment in the first section.

Leclerc was relegated to second by Sainz a few minutes later, pushing Fernando Alonso to fourth.

Going into the final five minutes, Leclerc made a second run on his soft ball and took the lead over Sainz, still 0.253 seconds behind Verstappen in the lead, while Sainz’s second attempt failed. Not giving up quickly because he lost his SF-23 and had to go into the Turn 1 tiebreaker.

As Ferrari prepared to try the soft tires for a third time, Mercedes finally switched off the medium tyres—Russell lost a chunk of time early on when his team decided to remove a development steering component that, according to his design, This part was considered too heavy early feedback.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W14

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W14

Photography: Mark Sutton/ motorsport pictures

The Mercedes drivers, who initially stayed in the middle after the red flag, were out of order and only de Vries kept them off the back of the field, who did not reappear after completing 10 laps of the hard – — This is the least number of drivers in FP1 of all drivers.

Hamilton led Russell and Leclerc pushed again between them, with the seven-time world champion jumping from 19th to first in 1m 30.337s.

Leclerc then moved ahead of Verstappen with a time of 1:30.449, putting him in second until Russell completed his soft-sliding flight, also jumping from 19th to lead with a time of 1:30.125 The result is ahead of Hamilton.

Sainz’s third soft run set a personal best before the end of the race, but it couldn’t move him ahead of Verstappen’s fourth, with Red Bull switching to the hard tire in the closing minutes.

Pierre Gasly had a wild moment in the Turn 3 decider after a huge bump late through Turn 2, but ended up ahead of Alonso Alpine’s sixth place.

Lance Stroll finished eighth behind his Aston Martin teammate, with Hulkenberg ninth despite his early retirement.

Ocon is in the top 10, with Baku double-winner Perez only 11th and not going any faster after his first soft pitch.

Leclerc reported that his rear checkered flag was “moving slowly” on his lap.

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Sainz frustrated: 'I felt we had the speed'

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Carlos Sainz can look back on a disappointing game. The Spaniard damaged his front wing after a failed pass on Esteban Ocon, while the Monaco track was plagued by rain and the Ferrari driver spun at medium speed.

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Ocon: 'I have much respect for Aston Martin'

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Esteban Ocon had a great Sunday afternoon. Across the streets of Monaco, the Frenchman appeared to be at one with his Alps, which eventually even earned him a podium finish. Ocon told a news conference that he looked back on the weekend with a very good feeling.

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Perez “cannot afford another zero” in F1 2023 season

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The Red Bull driver was last in Sunday’s race and was out in Q1 qualifying.

He went on to make five pit stops in a dismal race that saw him twice passed by team-mate and race winner Max Verstappen, who now leads the championship by 39 points.

Although it marked Perez’s first game of the season without scoring, the Mexican said his error was “costly” and “unacceptable”.

He said: “We paid for my mistake and it was very costly. I just have to apologize to my whole team because it was unacceptable for this kind of mistake to be made.

“I have to move on and learn from it, I can’t afford another zero in the tournament.”

Despite the poor finish, Perez had a “very good” start to the race, finishing 15th on lap 30, but dropped back into the standings after a couple of incidents and a period of rain.

He also collided with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen in the corner on lap 34, breaking his front wing.

Perez said he “didn’t know what happened” but was “considerably hurt” by the incident.

He added: “It went well. Unfortunately I hit traffic early on and that put us back where we were. Then it rained and we were one of the last to pit.

Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB19, Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo C43

Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB19, Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo C43

Photography: Simon Galloway/ motorsport pictures

“Then I cut the wall and it all became a mess. Me and Magnussen broke my front wing and he just came out of the chicane (deeply) and it went bad.

“When you’re in those positions, you’re always taking a lot of risks.”

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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said it had been a “bad weekend” for Perez, blaming the poor result on a crash in qualifying that “put you at a disadvantage”.

He also said Perez was inside Ocon’s maintenance window before getting stuck behind slow-moving traffic.

Horner said: “We took a very aggressive strategy. Stopped on the first lap and you could see how fast he was in the free space and how much the others were saving.

“He actually came back inside the pit window on Esteban Ocon, and then (Logan) Sargeant and the slow car started to struggle and, of course, you couldn’t overtake.

“Then he got involved in a melee with (George) Russell and damaged the front wing. It was just one of those weekends where he got nothing done.

“He saved a lot of money in the pool, so he might need a new pair of underwear after that.

“For him, it’s just one of those weekends where[he should]turn the page and I think for him, the sooner he gets to Barcelona the better.”

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