After topping the opening practice session for home grand prix, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc made it a Friday clean sweep as he went quickest in the second practice session for Sunday’s 2025 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand, beating McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton to top spot in a session twice halted by red flags.  

It was championship leader Piastri and McLaren team-mate Lando Norris who led the way early in the session before they were usurped by Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen. However, at the 10-minute mark the session was halted for the first time when Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar clipped the barrier at the Nouvelle Chicane. 

The French rookie suffered a rear left puncture and stopped on track, bringing out the red flags. He was, however, able to limp back to the pit lane and one the brief stoppage had ended he was able to rejoin the action.

When the session resumed Piastri returned to the top of the order with a lap of 1:12.548, with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli slotting into just 0.039s behind. Leclerc was going even quicker, however, and the local hero posted a lap of 1:12.103 to take top sport. 

However, almost immediately after Leclerc’s heroics, Piastri brought out the red flags again. The Australian went straight on at Sainte Devote and broke his front wing. He too was able to continue and after returning to the pit lane under the caution and he was soon repaired and back out once the track went green again. 

After the resumption, Aston's Fernando Alonso and Hamilton traded the lead on hard Pirelli rubber before the field began to make the switch to the C6 Pirelli tyres for qualifying simulations. 

And it was Leclerc who found the most time on the red-banded tyres. The Ferrari driver opened with a 1:11.414 before working his way down to 1:11.355 just after the halfway mark. The Monegasque driver might have gone even quicker but after a personal best opening sector he lost fractions of time across the rest of the lap. 

Piastri got closest to the Ferrari star and his lap of 1:11.393 left him 0.038 off top spot and a little under seven hundredths clear of Hamilton who popped in a strong lap of 1:11.460 in the other Ferrari. 

Lando Norris ended up in fourth place, 0.322 off Leclerc in the other McLaren, while Liam Lawson took a surprise fifth for Racing Bulls with a lap of 1:11.823, while team-mate Isack Hadjar recovered to finish sixth, just two hundredths of a second behind the New Zealander. 

Alonso finished in P7 ahead of Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli, while Verstappen and Red Bull team-mate Yuki Tsunoda finished 10th and 11th respectively. 

2025 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Free Practice 2
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:11.355 32 168.358
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1:11.393 0.038 28 168.268
3 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:11.460 0.105 30 168.110
4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:11.677 0.322 32 167.601
5 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:11.823 0.468 32 167.261
6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:11.842 0.487 17 167.216
7 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:11.890 0.535 30 167.105
8 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:11.918 0.563 34 167.040
9 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:12.002 0.647 32 166.845
10 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:12.068 0.713 29 166.692
11 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:12.072 0.717 30 166.683
12 George Russell Mercedes 1:12.092 0.737 32 166.637
13 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 1:12.151 0.796 32 166.500
14 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 1:12.234 0.879 29 166.309
15 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 1:12.259 0.904 33 166.251
16 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 1:12.262 0.907 32 166.245
17 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:12.404 1.049 34 165.919
18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:12.512 1.157 30 165.671
19 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 1:12.541 1.186 33 165.605
20 Franco Colapinto Alpine/Renault 1:13.415 2.060 31 163.634