Daniel Ricciardo dominates second Monaco practice
ByAutoSport
Updated 26/05/2016 at 14:49 GMT
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo set an impressive pace as he topped the timesheets in second practice for Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix, finishing comfortably ahead of Mercedes.
Infiniti Red Bull Racing's mechanic works on car during the first practice session at the Monaco street circuit, on May 26, 2016 in Monaco, three days ahead of the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix
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The Australian clocked a 1m14.607s on the ultra-soft tyres and followed that up with another lap that was just 0.1 seconds slower.
Lewis Hamilton was the closest challenger but he was 0.606s slower with team-mate Nico Rosberg three tenths further back.
Hamilton set the early pace on the super-softs, but when Ricciardo, running the upgraded Renault engine, bolted on the ultra-softs he went top with a 1m15.015s.
Hamilton closed to within 0.198s of Ricciardo when he tried the ultra-softs, but the Australian improved again and the time remained unchallenged as attention turned to long runs.
Ricciardo's pacesetting lap was just over four tenths quicker than last year's pole position and just over a second slower than the qualifying lap record of 1m13.556s set by Sebastian Vettel in 2011.
Max Verstappen was fourth quickest, just under a second off the pace, ahead of the Toro Rosso duo of Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr, who managed just over 100 laps between them.
Kimi Raikkonen was the fastest Ferrari in seventh, with his team-mate Vettel having had a messy session.
The German spun at Mirabeau, tapping the barrier with the rear wing, and then clipped the wall at Ste Devote before continuing with only wheel rim damage.
When he finally got a clean lap together, the German clocked the ninth quickest time, two tenths off his team-mate and 1.662s slower than Ricciardo.
There were several other mistakes in Monte Carlo with Romain Grosjean bringing out the virtual safety car when he lost control on the exit of the tunnel and clouted the outside barrier.
The VSC was called into action again when Rio Haryanto got out of shape exiting the tunnel and clipped the inside barrier.
Kevin Magnussen then crashed at the final corner, causing another VSC, but there was better news for Renault as it managed to get Jolyon Palmer back out for the final 30 minutes following his crash in first practice.
Sergio Perez was eighth with Jenson Button completing the top 10.
It was a disappointing session for Williams with Valtteri Bottas 14th, 2.242s off the pace, with Felipe Massa 16th.
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