F1 GP Monaco, Free Practice 2: Ricciardo flies, ahead of the two Mercedes

La Red Bull (or rather the PU Renault updated) has gained wings and Daniel Ricciardo he thus took home the second session of Free tests in Monaco, thanks to the best time of 1:14.607, achieved with the ultrasoft compound. The Australian left behind the two Mercedes, respectively Hamilton e Rosberg, separated by 6 and 9 tenths. Verstappen he took fourth place, followed by his two cousins Toro Rosso, with Kvyat before Sainz. Seventh and ninth time for the Ferrari, divided by Force India of Perez, while Button closes the top ten. Even in this second session there was no shortage of off-track exits and accidents, with three interventions by the VSC.

News – Temperatures rise, the green lights in the pit lane and Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari starts the second Free Practice session. The start for most of the drivers is on the supersoft compound while only Haas starts with the ultrasoft and immediately stops the clock: Gutierrez is in the lead but then it's Grosjean's turn, in 1:17.938.
Raikkonen, Kvyat, Perez and Hulkenberg are the only ones to start on the soft tyre. Vettel moves to third place and Kvyat climbs to second position. Gutierrez regains first place but Nico's Mercedes arrives to put everyone in line, lapping in 1:16.694.
Ten minutes from the start the first VSC of the afternoon: it was for Grosjean's Haas which hit the barriers exiting the tunnel. We're back on track, and behind Rosberg there are Hulkenberg, Gutierrez, Kvyat, Alonso, Button, Perez and Grosjean.
Hamilton takes the lead in 1:15.489. The top ten are all on supersoft, Force India and Kvyat on soft, Gutierrez and Grosjean on supersoft.

Massa and Palmer are the only two still in the pits after going off track in FP1, while Sainz climbs to third position on the supersofts. Ricciardo takes the lead in 1:15.315 and the purple tyre. Verstappen took fourth place with the same compound. Ricciardo drops to 1:15.015 while Verstappen overtakes Sainz in third place.
Another round another VSC; this time it is the Haryanto Manor that loses control upon exiting the tunnel.

Thirty minutes from the start the rest of the grid also begins to switch to utlrasoft. Kvyat takes fourth place. Ricciardo is still the leader and now Hamilton, the only one still not to have switched to purple, follow him, Verstappen, Kvyat, Sainz, Raikkonen, Perez, Rosberg, Hulkenberg and Alonso. Rosberg takes third place in 1:15.537 while Button takes ninth place. Hamilton improves but remains second.
Vettel spins at Mirabeau, damaging his front wing and returning to the pits. Meanwhile, Palmer is ready to return to filming after the long break. He rides supersofts. Ricciardo has dropped to 1:14.607, and Hamilton, Rosberg, Verstappen, Kvyat, Sainz, Raikkonen, Perez, Button and Hulkenberg are chasing him.

Thirty minutes from the end VSC enters the scene again, with Magnussen's Renault against the barriers. At the restart the pilots have now moved on to distance tests. After replacing the wing, Vettel managed to set the ninth fastest time on the ultrasoft compound.
The session ends with Ricciardo in the lead ahead of the two Mercedes.

F1 GP Monaco – Times, results and laps Free Practice 2
1 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m14.607s – 40
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m15.213s 0.606s 36
3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m15.506s 0.899s 48
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Renault 1m15.571s 0.964s 42
5 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso/Ferrari 1m15.815s 1.208s 53
6 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Ferrari 1m15.981s 1.374s 54
7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m16.040s 1.433s 38
8 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m16.120s 1.513s 48
9 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m16.269s 1.662s 40
10 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m16.325s 1.718s 46
11 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m16.487s 1.880s 49
12 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m16.723s 2.116s 43
13 Esteban Gutierrez Haas/Ferrari 1m16.782s 2.175s 40
14 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m16.849s 2.242s 47
15 Romain Grosjean Haas/Ferrari 1m16.874s 2.267s 23
16 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m17.286s 2.679s 42
17 Kevin Magnussen Renault 1m17.530s 2.923s 29
18 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m17.562s 2.955s 39
19 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1m17.761s 3.154s 24
20 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m17.999s 3.392s 49
21 Rio Haryanto Manor/Mercedes 1m18.647s 4.040s 10
22 Pascal Wehrlein Manor/Mercedes 1m18.814s 4.207s 46