Championship contenders Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel picked up where they left off in Spain during Thursday morning’s opening session in Monaco, as the former headed the latter by the smallest of margins. In a relatively drama-free session, Hamilton lapped his Mercedes 0.196 of a second quicker than Vettel’s Ferrari, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen a further tenth and a half back in third place. Valtteri Bottas was fourth in the second Silver Arrow, while the other Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo was fifth, and the only other driver within half a second of Hamilton’s benchmark. Running supersoft tyres rather than the more popular ultrasofts, Daniil Kvyat was an excellent sixth...
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