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Monaco GP: Ricciardo quickest in FP3 as Verstappen shunts
Daniel Ricciardo completed a clean sweep of Monaco Grand Prix practice sessions as his Red Bull Formula 1 teammate Max Verstappen crashed heavily late in FP3 on Saturday.
Scott Mitchell
Edited: May 26, 2018, 11:39 AM
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After enjoying a one-two in FP1 and FP2 on Thursday, Red Bull continued its fine form on the streets of Monte Carlo, with Verstappen initially turning the tables on Ricciardo.
Verstappen set two times good enough for top spot as Thursday pacesetter Ricciardo lapped just over a tenth slower than the Dutchman.
However, when Verstappen emerged for a late run on fresh hypersofts he crashed exiting the Swimming Pool section on his first flying lap.
Verstappen had a small wobble after clearing the Renault of Carlos Sainz approaching the right-left chicane, then clipped the inside wall as he turned in.
That broke the right front steering and sent Verstappen across the chicane's run-off and into the wall heavily on the right-hand side.
It was an almost identical crash to one Verstappen suffered two years ago, and gives Red Bull significant work to do to get the car ready for qualifying.
The session was red-flagged before resuming with three minutes remaining, and Ricciardo took full advantage to improve to a 1m11.786s, just one-thousandth of a second faster than Verstappen.
Sebastian Vettel headed Ferrari's charge two tenths back in third, with Lewis Hamilton best of the Mercedes drivers in fifth.
Kimi Raikkonen slipped in between the title rivals, a tenth back from his teammate after a lap that looked very strong before fading in the final sequence of corners.
Valtteri Bottas struggled initially in the second Mercedes, which required a rear wing change after the Finn clobbered the barrier in the Ste Devote run-off after attempting a quick U-turn having run straight on.
He did jump up the order with 20 minutes remaining by getting ahead of Hamilton into fifth on a 1m12.356s.
Hamilton then hit back with a time less than a tenth faster despite encountering a Williams just as he approached the final corner.
Brendon Hartley took best-of-the-rest honours in seventh behind the big three teams for Toro Rosso ahead of teammate Pierre Gasly.
Sainz, who also took to the Turn 1 escape road during the session but rejoined without damaging his car, and Williams rookie Sergey Sirotkin completed the top 10.
ClaDriverChassisEngineLapsTimeGap 1 
Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull TAG 23 1'11.786 2 
Max Verstappen Red Bull TAG 14 1'11.787 0.001 3 
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Ferrari 23 1'12.023 0.237 4 
Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Ferrari 26 1'12.142 0.356 5 
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Mercedes 26 1'12.273 0.487 6 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes Mercedes 27 1'12.356 0.570 7 
Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso Honda 25 1'12.752 0.966 8 
Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso Honda 23 1'12.761 0.975 9 
Carlos Sainz Renault Renault 24 1'12.850 1.064 10 
Sergey Sirotkin Williams Mercedes 23 1'12.854 1.068 11 
Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Renault 25 1'12.874 1.088 12 Esteban Ocon Force India Mercedes 23 1'12.940 1.154 13 
Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 22 1'13.025 1.239 14 Nico Hulkenberg Renault Renault 26 1'13.112 1.326 15 Fernando Alonso McLaren Renault 25 1'13.279 1.493 16 
Lance Stroll Williams Mercedes 26 1'13.595 1.809 17 
Charles Leclerc Sauber Ferrari 25 1'13.644 1.858 18 Romain Grosjean Haas Ferrari 21 1'13.881 2.095 19 
Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 20 1'14.192 2.406 20 
Marcus Ericsson Sauber Ferrari 28 1'14.221 2.435
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