Monaco Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton crashes after Charles Leclerc sets the pace from Max Verstappen ahead of qualifying | F1 News
Lewis Hamilton crashed from final practice after Charles Leclerc was the fastest ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix qualifiers.
Hamilton closed the session early with a thumping wall on turn 3 with two minutes remaining with an approach to Casino Square.
Slowly Mercedes and Haas may have caught Hamilton as his Ferrari was affected by the dirty air.
His car dealt a lot of damage to the right side as the seven-time world champion apologized to his team for putting it on the backfoot earlier Qualifying at Sky Sports F1 on Saturday at 3pm.
“I don’t know what he was trying to do if he didn’t crash because he would hit the car in front of me.” Sky Sports F1Jenson Button.
“This is the problem. You arrive there at such a high speed, arrive at the limit and have the car before.
“It was definitely Lewis’ mistake, but at that point it wasn’t an easy situation for him. The loss of downforce definitely hurt him.”
However, Leclerc is a beat-hit driver as he was nearly 30 minutes ahead of Max Verstappen as he continued his best pace from Friday and put both practice sessions on top.
The Ferrari driver set the best laps on the soft side, but Verstappen spent time in the medium.
Rand Norris was third and fourth in championship leader Oscar Piastri, with both McLaren drivers competing for a very important pole position in Monaco.
Hamilton was categorized as fifth, but Ferrari faces a race to repair his car in time for qualifying.
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Sky Sports F1 Monaco GP Schedule
Saturday, May 24th
1:10pm: F2 Sprint
2:10pm: Monaco Grand Prix Qualifying Build-Up
3pm: Monaco Grand Prix Qualifiers
5pm: Ted’s Qualifying Notebook
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Look back at some of the most dramatic moments at the Monaco Grand Prix
Sunday, May 25th
6.55am: F3 Functional Race
8:35am: F2 function race
12:30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Monaco GP Build-Up*
2pm: Monaco Grand Prix*
4pm: Checkered flag: Monaco Grand Prix Reaction
5pm: Ted’s notebook
5:30pm: Indy 500
* Live at Sky Sports Main Event
Next up the European triple header for F1 is the “Crown Jewel,” the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, with the race to begin live at Sky Sports F1 at 2pm on Sunday. Stream Sky Sports Now – No Contract, Cancel Anytime
