Charles Leclerc continued his promising start to the Monaco Grand Prix weekend by again setting the fastest time in the final practice session ahead of Qualifying on Saturday.

The session was briefly interrupted due to a red flag caused by Valtteri Bottas damaging his right front suspension after clipping the wall and then blocking the track at Rascasse, with the accident ending the Sauber driver’s participation in the session as well.

When Practice Three resumed though, it was Friday’s fastest driver Leclerc who was soon at the top of the timesheet again, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen once more struggling to match the Ferrari man’s pace after repeatedly losing time in the second and third sectors of the lap.

The 26-year-old, who is aiming to win his home race for the first time, put in a best lap of 1:11.369 and will be aiming to replicate that showing in Qualifying later today, live on Sky Sports F1. Reigning world champion Verstappen, meanwhile, closed to within 0.197 seconds of him in the closing stages of the session.

Elsewhere, Lewis Hamilton’s encouraging weekend continued as he put in the third-fastest time of the session, dipping under the 1min 12sec mark after a slow start to Practice Three, with Mercedes team-mate George Russell in sixth, sandwiching the McLaren of Oscar Piastri and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.

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Sky Sports F1’s live Monaco GP and Indy 500 schedule

Saturday May 25
1.10pm: F2 Sprint*
2.15pm: Monaco GP Qualifying build-up*
3pm: Monaco GP Qualifying*
5pm: Ted’s Qualifying Notebook

Sunday May 26
6.55am: F3 Feature Race
8.35am: F2 Feature Race
12.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Monaco GP build-up*
2pm: The MONACO GRAND PRIX*
4pm: Chequered Flag: Monaco GP reaction
5pm: Ted’s Notebook
5.30pm: The Indy 500

*also live on Sky Sports Main Event

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