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Fernando Alonso was in perfect for in Monaco and kept his Ferrari at the top of the time sheet through both practice sessions on Thursday.

The Ferrari looked great around the iconic streets circuit and seemed to have the edge over the RedBulls on the tight slow corners. RedBull may have been struggling with the super softs a little bit, granted not as much as they did last year on slow circuits, however the edge the team had in Spain last weekend doesn’t appear to be there on a street circuit like Monaco.

After finishing Practice1 out of the top 10 and spending a large amount of the practice time out of the car due to repair on a suspension issue, Nico Rosberg went out in Practice2 and put in some incredible laps, quickly smashing Michael’s time and pipping Sebestian Vettel to claim the second fastest time in the session.

Sebastian Vettel clearly had the pace on Thursday, finishing 2nd in Practice1 and 3rd in Practice2, there is every chacne Vettel could find more Pace on Saturday and is obviously a favourite along side Alonso to take Pole. Mark however did not have the same kind of pace his team mate had. Mark looked good in Practice one finishing the session in 4th place, Robert Kubica just splitting the two RedBulls. However in the second practice session he finished 10th just behind Buttons Mclaren.

The McLarens looked pretty low key and also seemed to lack a bit of pace around Monaco. Hamilton and Button came P7 and P8 in practice1 and continued their casual form in the 2nd practice session to record the 7th and 9th fastest times.

Friday is a rest day in Monaco and the circuit will be open again to public traffic.

There is rain predicted for Quali on Saturday and for the race. It appears to be a Vettel-Alonso fight for pole, however we will know more ofter the Final practice session on Saturday just ahead of quali.

below are the times for both Thursday sessions:

Practice1:

Pos  Driver         Team                   Time              Laps
 1.  Alonso         Ferrari               1:15.927            31
 2.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault      1:16.000  + 0.073   26
 3.  Kubica         Renault               1:16.016  + 0.089   28
 4.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1:16.382  + 0.455   24
 5.  Massa          Ferrari               1:16.517  + 0.590   29
 6.  Schumacher     Mercedes              1:16.589  + 0.662   21
 7.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes      1:16.647  + 0.720   32
 8.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1:16.692  + 0.765   29
 9.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1:16.805  + 0.878   23
10.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1:16.857  + 0.930   30
11.  Rosberg        Mercedes              1:17.149  + 1.222   14
12.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth     1:17.331  + 1.404   28
13.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes  1:17.704  + 1.777   26
14.  Petrov         Renault               1:17.718  + 1.791   38
15.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1:17.991  + 2.064   36
16.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     1:18.397  + 2.470   39
17.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari        1:18.434  + 2.507   37
18.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari        1:18.547  + 2.620   32
19.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1:19.527  + 3.600   23
20.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth        1:19.606  + 3.679   31
21.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth        1:19.902  + 3.975   30
22.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth       1:20.566  + 4.639   18
23.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth          1:21.688  + 5.761   27
24.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth          1:21.853  + 5.926   6

Practice 2:

Pos  Driver         Team                   Time              Laps
 1.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:14.904            36
 2.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:15.013  + 0.109   39
 3.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:15.099  + 0.195   47
 4.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:15.120  + 0.216   44
 5.  Schumacher     Mercedes                1:15.143  + 0.239   38
 6.  Kubica         Renault                 1:15.192  + 0.288   38
 7.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:15.249  + 0.345   32
 8.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:15.460  + 0.556   42
 9.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:15.619  + 0.715   37
10.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:15.620  + 0.716   28
11.  Petrov         Renault                 1:15.746  + 0.842   44
12.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:16.276  + 1.372   46
13.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:16.348  + 1.444   48
14.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:16.522  + 1.618   37
15.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:16.528  + 1.624   42
16.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari          1:16.599  + 1.695   36
17.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:16.818  + 1.914   45
18.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:17.023  + 2.119   28
19.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:18.184  + 3.280   47
20.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:18.478  + 3.574   38
21.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:18.667  + 3.763   13
22.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:18.721  + 3.817   41
23.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth            1:20.313  + 5.409   35
24.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth            1:22.148  + 7.244   11

All Timing Unofficial