Sainz and Alonso start at the front in Monaco

Although the streets of Monaco are not the best setting to experiment, Mercedes It has introduced up to six important updates, with a B version of its W14 that definitively leaves behind its revolutionary and failed concept without sidepods to bet on aerodynamics more similar to that of Red Bull or Aston Martin.

In the premiere of the new ‘silver arrows’, Hamilton has come to dominate the first free session in Monaco and has finished with good feelings. On the contrary, his partner George Russell He has found himself very uncomfortable, as he has made clear to his engineers on the radio during the batch that opened the training sessions.

The less ambitious but necessary improvements that it incorporates also seem to work. Aston Martin this weekend: New front and rear suspension. Modifications to the brake ducts and a rear wing adapted to Monaco.

Those from Silverstone have chosen to include some of the novelties that they had prepared for Imola and that they could not put to the test when the event was cancelled. Emilia Romagna GP due to severe flooding last week. Alonso has set good times from the start and that, like the rest of the riders, has not resorted to the softer compounds.

A spectacular accident by Alex Albon, who has destroyed his Williams in a side impact against the wall, has caused the second red flag of the morning after the one carried out by Kevin Magnussen (Haas). The second, with 3.39 to go, forced us to anticipate the end of the session, so no one has improved their times. Waiting for the free seconds this afternoon (5:00 p.m.), the two Spaniards Sainz and Alonso rule in Monaco.