adminMONACO. — Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel set an impressive pace in second practice at the Monaco Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton ended the session eighth.
Championship leader Vettel was 0.487 seconds quicker than Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, with Hamilton more than a second off the pace.
Hamilton was top in the first session but Mercedes were less competitive later, a concern for the weekend.
Jenson Button was 12th for McLaren on his one-off return to Formula 1.
The 2009 world champion, standing in for Fernando Alonso while the Spaniard races at the Indianapolis 500 this weekend, was just 0.035secs slower than and one place behind team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne. — BBC Sport
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