The 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 7th round of the 2022 season taking place in Monaco between the 27th and 29th of May.

The event timetable for the Monaco Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT
2nd Practice 17:00 local time - 15:00 GMT

Saturday
3rd Practice 13:00 local time - 11:00 GMT
Qualifying 16:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

[cmlean]

For the first time, there will be no Thursday practice with the first practice session to be held on a Friday.
Charles Leclerc will be seeking redemption following his bad luck in Spain.
Max Verstappen had it all fall into place following his off early in the race. He won't have the same luck with the barriers ready to bite on the smallest error.
The same will be for Carlos Sainz. There just seem to be too many small errors which are hindering his chances of a win.
Mercedes finally found some balance but were still a long way from the leading Red Bulls when the chequered flag fell. Monaco is a different kettle of fish. Get to the front and control the pace.
Daniel Ricciardo still hasn't shone this season. Monaco could be his chance for redemption.
My shining star so far has been Valtteri Bottas. He is extracting so much performance out of what has been a lower middle of field car. My feeling is that he was so underrated while in the shadow ow Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. He has real talent. Just a driver in the wrong era. He could have been one of the greats.

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FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:14.531	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
2	1:14.570	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
3	1:14.601	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	1:14.712	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:15.056	Lando Norris	  McLaren
6	1:15.083	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
7	1:15.157	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
8	1:15.211	George Russell	  Mercedes
9	1:15.387	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
10	1:15.499	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
11	1:15.536	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
12	1:15.539	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
13	1:15.749	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
14	1:15.806	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
15	1:16.110	Alexander Albon	  Williams
16	1:16.315	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
17	1:16.417	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
18	1:17.714	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
19	1:18.636	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
20	No Time		Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo

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FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:12.656	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
2	1:12.700	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
3	1:13.035	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:13.103	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:13.294	Lando Norris	  McLaren
6	1:13.406	George Russell	  Mercedes
7	1:13.636	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
8	1:13.912	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
9	1:14.059	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
10	1:14.134	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
11	1:14.239	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
12	1:14.267	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
13	1:14.468	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
14	1:14.486	Alexander Albon	  Williams
15	1:14.525	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
16	1:14.623	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
17	1:14.894	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
18	1:15.216	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
19	1:16.276	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
20	No Time		Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren

Daniel Ricciardo lost his McLaren in the swimming pool complex and brought out the only red flag for the session.

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FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:12.476	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:12.517	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	1:12.846	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	1:12.881	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:13.210	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
6	1:13.226	Lando Norris	  McLaren
7	1:13.375	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
8	1:13.436	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
9	1:13.476	George Russell	  Mercedes
10	1:13.585	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
11	1:13.645	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
12	1:13.827	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
13	1:13.838	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
14	1:13.849	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
15	1:13.882	Alexander Albon	  Williams
16	1:14.104	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
17	1:14.260	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
18	1:14.639	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
19	1:14.861	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
20	1:14.910	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:11.376	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
2	1:11.601	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
3	1:11.629	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:11.666	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:11.849	Lando Norris	  McLaren
6	1:12.112	George Russell	  Mercedes
7	1:12.247	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
8	1:12.560	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
9	1:12.732	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
10	1:13.047	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
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11	1:12.797	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
12	1:12.909	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
13	1:12.921	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
14	1:12.964	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
15	1:13.081	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
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16	1:13.611	Alexander Albon	  Williams
17	1:13.660	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
18	1:13.678	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
19	1:14.403	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
20	1:15.606	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo

[cmlean]

Yuki Tsunoda clipped the barrier going into the chicane at the tail end of Q1 bringing out the red flags. Teams lined up at the end of pit lane for one final opportunity to make it into Q2. Unluckiest of all was team mate Pierre Gasly who missed out on his last flying lap by less than a second as the time ended.
Q3 also ended in turmoil as Sergio Perez lost his Red Bull at Portier. Carlos Sainz was the next car on track and also spun trying to avoid the stricken Red Bull. The red flags were again thrown as the circuit was blocked. The session ended there as time was basically over.

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Race

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
2	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
3	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
5	George Russell	  Mercedes
6	Lando Norris	  McLaren
7	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
8	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
9	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
10	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
11	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
12	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
13	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
14	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
15	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
16	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
17	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
DNF	Alexander Albon	  Williams
DNF	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas

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