Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB18. Monaco Grand Prix, Friday 27th May 2022. Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez narrowly claimed top spot during final practice for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Perez and Charles Leclerc traded first place throughout the course of the final one-hour session on Saturday, gradually lowering the benchmark.
Perez clocked a time of 1:12.476s during the closing moments of the session to eclipse Leclerc’s time by a mere 0.041s.
Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen trailed in third and fourth respectively.
Sainz was 0.370s behind Perez while Verstappen was a few hundredths of a second further back.
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly showed encouraging place to classify in fifth, with Lando Norris continuing his strong Monaco weekend by taking sixth.
Mercedes was once again off the pace, with Lewis Hamilton seventh and George Russell ninth, split by the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.
Fernando Alonso rounded out the top 10 for Alpine.
In a relatively uneventful session Lance Stroll was the only driver to hit the wall after bouncing over the kerb at the second part of Piscine.
Stroll suffered a side-on impact but the damage was relatively light and he was able to return his Aston Martin to the garage.
Qualifying for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix is scheduled for 16:00 local time
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:12.476 | 27 | |||
| 2 |  |
Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:12.517 | 0.041 | 29 | ||
| 3 |  |
Carlos Sainz Jr | Ferrari | 1:12.846 | 0.370 | 28 | ||
| 4 |  |
Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:12.881 | 0.405 | 29 | ||
| 5 |  |
Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:13.210 | 0.734 | 22 | ||
| 6 |  |
Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:13.226 | 0.750 | 19 | ||
| 7 | |
Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:13.375 | 0.899 | 26 | ||
| 8 |  |
Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:13.436 | 0.960 | 24 | ||
| 9 | |
George Russell | Mercedes | 1:13.476 | 1.000 | 26 | ||
| 10 | |
Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:13.585 | 1.109 | 23 | ||
| 11 |  |
Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:13.645 | 1.169 | 25 | ||
| 12 |  |
Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:13.827 | 1.351 | 26 | ||
| 13 | |
Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:13.838 | 1.362 | 28 | ||
| 14 |  |
Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:13.849 | 1.373 | 25 | ||
| 15 |  |
Alex Albon | Williams | 1:13.882 | 1.406 | 22 | ||
| 16 |  |
Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:14.104 | 1.628 | 29 | ||
| 17 | |
Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:14.260 | 1.784 | 22 | ||
| 18 |  |
Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:14.639 | 2.163 | 20 | ||
| 19 |  |
Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:14.861 | 2.385 | 25 | ||
| 20 | |
Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:14.910 | 2.434 | 26 |
Keyword: Perez beats Leclerc to top final Monaco practice session