2013 Monaco Grand Prix (May 23 - 26)

[Wouter Melissen]

As always at Monaco, the action already started on Thursday with Rosberg topping the first practice session. Many expect the Mercedes drivers to star in qualifying but the questions remains how long they can keep the competition behind them during the race.


Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m16.195s 30
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m16.282s + 0.087s 26
3. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m16.380s + 0.185s 20
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m16.394s + 0.199s 22
5. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m16.469s + 0.274s 27
6. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m16.993s + 0.798s 26
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m17.020s + 0.825s 26
8. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m17.129s + 0.934s 28
9. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m17.378s + 1.183s 24
10. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m17.380s + 1.185s 22
11. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m17.509s + 1.314s 25
12. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m17.548s + 1.353s 26
13. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m17.625s + 1.430s 20
14. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m18.193s + 1.998s 25
15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m18.454s + 2.259s 24
16. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m18.754s + 2.559s 27
17. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m18.830s + 2.635s 27
18. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m19.067s + 2.872s 24
19. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m19.203s + 3.008s 20
20. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m19.438s + 3.243s 27
21. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m19.773s + 3.578s 19
22. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m20.225s + 4.030s 20

Monaco GP: Nico Rosberg tops first practice session - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com (http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107587)

[henk4]

as long as they are ahead they cannot be overtaken, this is Monaco, a cart track.

[Wouter Melissen]

Rosberg toped the charts again in Practice 2 with team-mate Hamilton second:


Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m14.759s 45
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m15.077s + 0.318s 50
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m15.196s + 0.437s 37
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m15.278s + 0.519s 38
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m15.404s + 0.645s 41
6. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m15.511s + 0.752s 38
7. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m15.718s + 0.959s 10
8. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m15.959s + 1.200s 39
9. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m16.014s + 1.255s 32
10. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m16.046s + 1.287s 42
11. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m16.349s + 1.590s 43
12. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m16.434s + 1.675s 40
13. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m16.823s + 2.064s 42
14. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m16.857s + 2.098s 40
15. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m16.935s + 2.176s 44
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m17.145s + 2.386s 37
17. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m17.184s + 2.425s 42
18. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m17.264s + 2.505s 46
19. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m17.892s + 3.133s 40
20. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m18.212s + 3.453s 43
21. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m18.784s + 4.025s 40
22. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m19.031s + 4.272s 30

Monaco GP: Rosberg fastest again in second practice - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com (http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107592)

[Kitdy]

as long as they are ahead they cannot be overtaken, this is Monaco, a cart track.

Tire deg!

[henk4]

Tire deg!

then they just go slower, but still cannot be overtaken.

[pimento]

Tire deg!

I just [chose to] read that as 'tyre, dawg!' So now every time they mention tyre deg in the race I'm going to be all 'Yo dawg I heard you likes tyre, dawg so I put some tyre dawg in yo tyres dawg!'

[ringle]

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[Wouter Melissen]

As predicted the Mercedes team swept the front with Rosberg scoring his third consecutive pole position.


Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m13.876s
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m13.967s + 0.091s
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m13.980s + 0.104s
4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m14.181s + 0.305s
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m14.822s + 0.946s
6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m14.824s + 0.948s
7. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m15.138s + 1.262s
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m15.383s + 1.507s
9. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m15.647s + 1.771s
10. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m15.703s + 1.827s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m17.748s Gap **
11. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m18.331s + 2.343s
12. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m18.344s + 2.356s
13. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m18.603s + 2.615s
14. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m19.077s + 3.089s
15. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m19.408s + 3.420s
16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m21.688s + 5.700s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m26.095s Gap *
17. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m26.322s + 2.870s
18. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m26.633s + 3.181s
19. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.917s + 3.465s
20. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.303s + 3.851s
21. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth
22. Felipe Massa Ferrari

Monaco GP: Nico Rosberg takes third straight pole in Mercedes one-two - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com (http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107643)