Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz crashed in final practice at the Monaco Grand Prix after spending much of the day competing for fastest time. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the pace by 0.065 seconds from Leclerc. Sainz was third ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso. Hamilton ended the session 0.498secs off the pace, and when told where he was losing out to the fastest cars said over the radio: “Damn. Sainz was the most impressive Ferrari driver for much of the day, while Leclerc was struggling to get close to the Spaniard. That broke his suspension and sent him into the barrier on the outside in a virtual carbon copy of the crash Leclerc suffered in qualifying last year.

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