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Monaco GP: Charles Leclerc seals practice double  as Ferrari top Red Bull…Lewis Hamilton struggles

Charles Leclerc sealed a practice double on Friday at the Monaco GP as a Ferrari one-two in the day’s second session appeared to put them a step ahead of Red Bull.

Having appeared tightly matched with Red Bull in the opening session, Ferrari separated themselves from their title rivals in P2, as home hero Leclerc edged team-mate Carlos Sainz by less than half a tenth.

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Sergio Perez beat world championship leader Max Verstappen to third, with both Red Bulls three to four tenths back from the Ferraris.

Lewis Hamilton endured a nightmare day as the seven-time world champion failed to build on progress made at last weekend’s Spanish GP as he finished 12th, almost a full second behind his Mercedes team-mate George Russell, who was sixth behind the impressive McLaren of Lando Norris.

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It was not all good news for McLaren though, with a heavy crash for Daniel Ricciardo at the Swimming Pool section ending his session after just 15 minutes and bringing out a red flag that caused a brief delay.

Ricciardo’s incident appeared somewhat inevitable, as almost all the drivers struggled to manage 2022’s new bigger cars on the famous narrow Monte Carlo streets for the first time.

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