Monaco Grand Prix 2016 Qualifying: Results, Times from Thursday’s F1 Practice

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Published: May 26, 2016

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Daniel Ricciardo topped the classification of a practice session in Monaco for the first time in his career on Thursday, finishing ahead of Lewis Hamilton in FP2, who had set the pace in the morning's practice ahead of the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix.

Mercedes team-mate and world championship leader Nico Rosberg finished close behind the Englishman on both occasions in an electrifying day of practice, while grip appeared to be an issue in both sessions as a number of drivers found themselves in the barriers.

Read on for a recap of Thursday's practice action in Monaco.

 

FP2 Recap Here is how the classification stood at the end of FP2, per F1:



The virtual safety car was deployed early in the afternoon session when Romain Grosjean lost control at the chicane and crashed into the barrier, disrupting his efforts, and Hamilton had a similar scare minutes later but was able to regain control of his Mercedes and avoid damage to the car.

Meanwhile, Ricciardo was busy flying around the circuit on his ultrasoft tyres:



He soon improved that time to one minute, 14.607—close to a track record, per Pirelli Motorsport:



Despite his best efforts, Hamilton was unable to better the time and finished over half a second behind, with Rosberg following him.

Max Verstappen and Daniil Kvyat were able to improve on their respective fifth and sixth places from the morning, but Sebastian Vettel dropped from third to ninth, with a spin into the barriers summing up his disappointing afternoon:



After his crash in the first session, Felipe Massa missed the start of the second, per Williams Racing:



The 35-year-old was able to take part, though, and managed to compete 42 laps as he made a modest improvement to his 19th position from the morning.

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