Lewis Hamilton was fifth, but as he chased a late improvement the seven-time world champion lost control over his Ferrari in the long left-hander of Massenet, sliding into the barriers with his right-rear and then right-front, causing a red flag that effectively ended the session.

Ferrari have a poor track record this season of making car setup changes which negatively affects them over a race weekend and so fans are begging them to not do that in Monaco

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