Leclerc, who is looking to bounce back on home soil after losing the lead of the world championship last time out in Spain, ended up just🅘 0.044s ahead ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚof Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz. 

Nearly four-tenths behind Leclerc was Sergio Perez, ꧑who headed Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen by a tenth. 

Lando Norris was fifth ahead of George Russell, whose Mercedes teammate Le⛎wis Hamilton ended up only 12th after a difficult session. 

Hamilton had been complaining about his Mercedes bouncing severely during  opening practice, and t🌼he seven-time world champion’s fortunes didn’t improve in FP2. 

The Briton was frustrated 🎐by traffic as he struggled to get in a clean lap on the soft tyre, before a lock up caused him to take a trip down the Mirabeau escap𝓰e road. 

P𒁃ierre Gasly, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel and Tuki Tsunoda completed the rest of the top 10. 

Second practice was punctuated when Ricciar🐭do hit the barriers at the swimming pool chicane, becoming the first driver to crash this weekend. 

Ricciar🔥do lost control of his McLaren at the entry to the corner, smashed into the barriers on the left-hand side before coming to rest at Piscine. 

While the under-pressure Ricciardo was unhurt in th𓂃e incident, the same couldn’t be said fo💯r his McLaren, which suffered heavy damage.