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Alonso once again on top in Monaco

Fernando Alonso once again came out on top over the course of the second free practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, as light rain played its part in the latter stages of the session.

The Ferrari driver became the first driver to break into the one minute fourteen seconds barrier with a stunning lap with less than an hour a later.

Nico Rosberg improved to second for Mercedes, a tenth behind the Spaniard, with Sebastian Vettel in third.

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button failed to challenge the top of the times, finishing sixth and ninth respectively.

Light rain fell for the last half hour of the session, but that did not deter the drivers from continuing to work on their set-ups for Sunday’s Grand Prix. However, as the track temperature dropped, nobody could get close to matching Alonso’s time.

Robert Kubica was once again the first driver to set a benchmark time, pushing his R30 to its limits. However, the Pole soon found himself further down the times in eight.

The incident ran relatively untroubled with no big accidents. However a number of drivers once again encountered traffic, giving the teams a taste of what things might be like for Saturday’s first segment of qualifying.

Pos  Driver         Team         Time              Laps
1.   Alonso         Ferrari      1:14.904            36
2.   Rosberg        Mercedes     1:15.013  + 0.109   39
3.   Vettel         Red Bull     1:15.099  + 0.195   47
4.   Massa          Ferrari      1:15.120  + 0.216   44
5.   Schumacher     Mercedes     1:15.143  + 0.239   38
6.   Kubica         Renault      1:15.192  + 0.288   38
7.   Hamilton       McLaren      1:15.249  + 0.345   32
8.   Sutil          Force India  1:15.460  + 0.556   42
9.   Button         McLaren      1:15.619  + 0.715   37
10.  Webber         Red Bull     1:15.620  + 0.716   28
11.  Petrov         Renault      1:15.746  + 0.842   44
12.  Buemi          Toro Rosso   1:16.276  + 1.372   46
13.  Hulkenberg     Williams     1:16.348  + 1.444   48
14.  Barrichello    Williams     1:16.522  + 1.618   37
15.  Liuzzi         Force India  1:16.528  + 1.624   42
16.  de la Rosa     Sauber       1:16.599  + 1.695   36
17.  Kobayashi      Sauber       1:16.818  + 1.914   45
18.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso   1:17.023  + 2.119   28
19.  Kovalainen     Lotus        1:18.184  + 3.280   47
20.  di Grassi      Virgin       1:18.478  + 3.574   38
21.  Trulli         Lotus        1:18.667  + 3.763   13
22.  Glock          Virgin       1:18.721  + 3.817   41
23.  Chandhok       HRT          1:20.313  + 5.409   35
24.  Senna          HRT          1:22.148  + 7.244   11

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