It was a day of mixed fortunes for Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in Monaco on Friday, with Ferrari looking the closest challengers to Red bull for this week's win but beset by troubles of their own. Sainz started the day brushing the wall at the beginning of FP1, but he survived that encounter without incurring any damage and went on to top the timesheets with a lap of 1:13.372s, 0.338s faster than anyone else. He was also looking in form in the afternoon second practice session, and was third fastest with just under 20 minutes to go when he made a mistake and hit the wall - much harder this time - in turn 16 to bring out the red flags. Read also: Verstappen tops second Monaco practice...
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