Sergio Pérez only did one lap of 1:21.500 and that served to warm up tires with hard compound, while on his fifth lap he began to drop with a 1:18.222.
The Mexican Czech Perez started off on the right foot Monaco Grand Prix at the end of practice 1 in the second position, while the first place went to Ferrari con Charles Leclerc.
From the first moments of starting the stopwatch, the pilots took to the track in the principality. The one from Guadalajara only did one lap of 1:21.500 and that served to warm up tires with hard compound, while on his fifth lap he began to go down with a 1:18.222.
Czech he got within the average 1:16 until his ninth lap by staying by climbing to fourth position and being only .612 tenths behind Leclerc, who in just 15 minutes of session dominated practice with a time of 1:15.883.
Monaco broke the tradition of having its first day of activity on Thursday, so this Friday the first red flag of the weekend was experienced due to a problem in the Haas of Mick Schumacherwho was stopped at the entrance to the pits and caused problems for everyone.
During the second half of the session the times began to drop and Red Bull began to compete directly with Ferrari for the first position and in this fight he got Sergio Pérez.
Czech remained for much of practice in the middle of the table, but in the last 15 minutes he was second behind Max Verstappen with a 1:14.900 and later dropped to fourth place.
Despite Czech He had been conservative, the 32-year-old pilot returned to give something to talk about with the movements that occurred in the last moments. Pérez climbed to second place with a 1:14.570 and was only 0.039 behind Charles Leclerc, who led the first session of the weekend.
Al Sergio Pérez finished in second place, while in third place he finished Carlos Sainz with a 1:24.601 and in fourth place finished the Dutchman and championship leader Max Verstappen, who finished .181 tenths behind the Monegasque.