Monaco GP 2024: Charles Leclerc clocks fastest time at Monte Carlo, Hamilton continues to dominate

Driving at his home track at Monte Carlo Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc dominated the Free Practice Session 2 at Monaco GP ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Leclerc in his upgraded Ferrari clinched the best time of the day as he clocked 1:11.278 second. 

Meanwhile, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton also clinched his fastest time of the day. Hamilton clinched second position with a gap of +0.188 to the leader. Meanwhile, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso clinched third position with a gap of +0.475. 

Improving from his horrible run in FP1 Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racings clinched fourth position. With a gap of more than half a second to Leclerc Verstappen finished fourth while McLaren’s Lando Norris clinched fifth position. 

Charles Leclerc pulled out Red Flag in FP1

Earlier today, in the final moments of the FP1 session, a red flag was displayed. The interruption occurred after Zhou Guanyu crashed his Sauber into the wall, scattering debris across the track. Fragments of carbon fibre were subsequently sucked up by the floor of Charles Leclerc's Ferrari. Leclerc promptly radioed his team to report the issue.

He, along with other drivers, headed to the pits as this was the first red flag of the weekend. However, the marshals quickly cleared the debris, allowing the session to resume for the final 10 minutes of the first Free Practice session of the week.

Here are top 10 of FP2 at Monaco: