Fernando Alonso fastest in Monaco practice

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso has ended the opening day of practice for the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix as the fastest man.

The 2006 and 2007 race winner set a 1:15.123s benchmark on Pirelli’s ‘super soft’ compound tyre, which will used for the first time in race conditions this weekend.

Alonso’s best saw the Spaniard 0.11s clear of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, while Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel rounded out the top five.

It was a fraught day for reigning Monaco winner Mark Webber, with the Australian failing to complete a flying lap in Practice 1 due to a gearbox issue.

Webber then completed a total of 42 laps in the afternoon session despite a KERS problem to emerge eighth fastest.

Tonio Liuzzi missed the afternoon session after crashing on his way into the Nouvelle Chicane in Practice 1, while Michael Schumacher also found the barriers – spinning his Mercedes into the fence at Sainte Devote.

Vitaly Petrov and Jaime Alguersuari had their mishaps in the afternoon, with the pair making minor contact with the walls at Nouvelle and Sainte Devote respectively.

West Australian Toro Rosso test driver Daniel Ricciardo was 14th fastest in Practice 1 – with the session coming immediately after first practice for Formula Renault 3.5, where Ricciardo had set the fastest time.

See below for the full practice results

Practice 2

1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m15.123s
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1m15.228s	0.105
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m15.321s	0.198
4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1m15.448s	0.325
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1m15.667s	0.544
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m15.781s	0.658
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1m16.356s	1.233
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1m16.642s	1.519
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1m17.101s	1.978
10	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1m17.126s	2.003
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1m17.337s	2.214
12	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1m17.541s	2.418
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1m17.570s	2.447
14	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m17.581s	2.458
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1m17.633s	2.510
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1m17.706s	2.583
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m17.789s	2.666
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1m18.266s	3.143
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1m18.490s	3.367
20	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1m19.053s	3.930
21	Jerome D’Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1m19.185s	4.062
22	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1m19.338s	4.215
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1m22.066s	6.943

 

Practice 1

1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1m16.619s
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m16.732s	0.113
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m17.139s	0.520
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m17.316s	0.697
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1m17.350s	0.731
6	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1m17.534s	0.915
7	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1m18.527s	1.908
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1m18.578s	1.959
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1m18.733s	2.114
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1m18.805s	2.186
11	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1m18.928s	2.309
12	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m19.234s	2.615
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1m19.395s	2.776
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m19.463s	2.844
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1m19.768s	3.149
16	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1m19.792s	3.173
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1m20.083s	3.464
18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1m21.116s	4.497
19	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1m21.548s	4.929
20	Jerome D’Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1m21.758s	5.139
21	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1m21.815s	5.196
22	Tonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1m22.840s	6.221
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1m23.885s	7.266
24	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	No time

 

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