Schumacher, whose father Michael was a five-time Monaco winner, was uninjured in the accident that made it impossible for his team’s mechanics to repair his badly damaged car in the two hours leading up to the first quarter at 1300 GMT.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen from the Netherlands controls his car during the second free practice session for the Formula 1 race on Sunday at the Monaco race track in Monaco on Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo / Luca Bruno)
Monaco: Mick Schumacher smashed his Haas car in the third practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday and set the session on the red flag. Red Bulls Max Verstappen leads the timesheet and excludes the German rookie from qualifying.
Schumacher, whose father Michael was a five-time winner in Monaco, was uninjured in the accident that made it impossible for the mechanics of his team to be strong repair the damaged car in the two hours leading up to the first quarter.
« Unfortunately, Mick won’t take part in the # MonacoGP qualifying session this afternoon because the chassis crash was damaged in the # FP3 crash, » tweeted Haas.
As a result, Schumacher’s first experience of the mythical Formula 1 race is compromised by having to start in 20th place on Sunday.
Red Bulls Verstappen was 0.047 seconds faster than Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari, Charles Leclerc in the other third Ferrari to continue the encouraging performance in training on Thursday when the session was abandoned in less than two minutes.
Mercedes World Champion Lewis Hamilton was 0.726 seconds seventh behind Verstappen as he had no chance to set a fast lap.
Hamilton leads Verstappen 14 points ahead in the drivers’ standings, which is going into this legendary fifth leg of the season.
Given the tight, implacably tight street circuit that makes overtaking difficult – the 2003 race is notorious as the only F1 race in history that doesn’t involve a single overtaking maneuver – a good qualifying performance is essential.
As for Schumacher, he will be Don’t forget his first weekend in Monaco in a hurry for the wrong reasons after oversteering from Casino Square to hit the barriers and tear off the entire rear left wing of his car.
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Hamilton, who leads Verstappen in the Formula 1 classification by eight points, set the best time in the second session with a lap of 1 minute and 18.170 seconds.
It was the fourth Saturday in a row that the Japanese rookie was surpassed by the more experienced French.
Hamilton went on to 98 career wins after Red Bull made a mistake after a surprising second tire change that put him 14 points ahead of Verstappen in the drivers’ standings.
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