Franco Colapinto ended Friday practice 15th for F1's Monaco GP | OneFootball

Franco Colapinto rounded off a solid free practice day at the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. The Argentine finished 15th in both sessions, despite a scare in the second one, when he brushed one of the guardrails on the street circuit.

In the second session, the Argentine completed 29 laps with a best time of 1:14.758 and ended up nearly three tenths behind Pierre Gasly, his teammate, who finished 11th. The timesheets were topped by Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari, 1:13.026).

Earlier, the Alpine driver completed 31 laps in the first free practice session on the Monaco asphalt and finished 15th with a best time of 1:16.189 (0.361 behind Gasly, who was 10th).

Colapinto got valuable track time ahead of Saturday’s qualifying, which in Monaco matters more than at any other circuit on the calendar. On a track where overtaking is almost impossible, starting near the front changes everything. Colapinto knows it and had already said so beforehand. “If we start in the top 10, watch the race,” he warned.

F1 Free Practice 1 in Monaco

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