24/05/2025 13:40
Lewis Hamilton suffered a late crash in final practice for the
Monaco Grand Prix in which Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc will
head into qualifying as favourite. With just two minutes remaining,
and Hamilton chasing Leclerc's leading time of 1:10.953s, the
seven-time F1 champion hit a barrier at the top of the hill.
Hamilton appeared to be clearly caught out as he traversed the brow
by two slower cars ahead of him, Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli and the
Haas of Esteban Ocon. The stewards, though, decided no
investigation was needed. The 40-year-old smacked a barrier with
the right-hand side of his car, losing the right-front tyre in the
process and leaving his team with work to do to get his car ready
for qualifying. It brought out the red flags, leaving Leclerc out
front by almost three-tenths of a second over Red Bull's Max
Verstappen, whose best lap was set on the medium tyres earlier in
the session as he was unable to get the softs to work. more follows
