Charles Leclerc laid down back-to-back fastest laps to clinch the practice hat-trick at the Monaco Grand Prix, his soft tyre lap 0.280s faster than Max Verstappen on the mediums. The session ended two minutes early when Lewis Hamilton crashed at Massenet,

Lewis Hamilton and Lance Stroll have both been slapped with three-place grid penalties for impeding during Monaco Grand Prix qualifying. The verdicts mean that Stroll will start from the very back of the grid and Hamilton will line up in P7 at a notoriously difficult track to overtake on.

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Lewis Hamilton crashes in final practice ahead of Monaco GP qualifying - The seven-time world champion lost control of his Ferrari at Massenet with just under two minutes remaining

Charles Leclerc achieved the free practice hat-trick topping FP3 with a 1:10.953s, having led FP1 and FP2 as well. Max Verstappen finished P2 with Lando Norris in P3, as Lewis Hamilton crashed bringing out the red flag and the session to an early end.

Norris took pole position from Ferrari’s home favorite Charles Leclerc, with Sunday’s iconic grand prix next up in Monte Carlo

Lewis Hamilton penalised for Max Verstappen incident in qualifying - Follow live F1 reaction from Monaco as Norris steals pole position from Charles Leclerc at the death

After topping the first two practice sessions, Charles Leclerc was able to continue his track dominace in the third practice session. Max Verstappen and Lando Norris also improved this session. The fastest lap continously swapped between Leclerc,

Neither Leclerc nor Hamilton made the final Q3 stage of qualifying last time out at Imola, as Leclerc made his displeasure quite clear. “We are just P-nowhere at the moment,”