[Racer Duck]

Jarno Trulli became the first victim of Monaco's famous arm-co barriers on Thursday morning. The Toyota driver, who won on the streets of Monte Carlo with Renault in 2004, had to abandon his broken car after smacking the wall on the approach to the tunnel. He had done 16 laps with a quarter of an hour of the 90 minute session to run.

Shortly afterwards, Nick Heidfeld was spotted crouching at the rear of his abandoned BMW-Sauber, which spent the dying minutes of the initial practice session mingling with the marshals outside the casino.

The session was disrupted by a 15-minute red-flag period when circuit workers fixed a suspected dislodged drain cover at the exit of turn one.

World championship leader Kimi Raikkonen finished with the fastest time, despite a late brush with the barrier at the entrance to the tunnel. He was about three tenths of a second ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen, and his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa respectively, all of whom posted laps within a tenth of a second of each other.

The session then ended with drivers allowed to put in a practice start on the actual grid.

Grand Prix of Monaco: Formula One Practice 1 Results
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Laps
1 1 K. Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 1:15.948 26
2 22 L. Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:16.216 27
3 23 H. Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:16.248 28
4 2 F. Massa Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 1:16.292 26
5 7 N. Rosberg AT&T Williams 1:16.653 27
6 4 R. Kubica BMW Sauber F1 Team 1:16.834 23
7 5 F. Alonso ING Renault F1 Team 1:17.498 25
8 17 R. Barrichello Honda Racing F1 Team 1:17.511 26
9 10 M. Webber Red Bull Racing 1:17.798 23
10 21 G. Fisichella Force India Formula One Team 1:17.835 26
11 12 T. Glock Panasonic Toyota Racing 1:17.942 26
12 16 J. Button Honda Racing F1 Team 1:18.153 26
13 14 S, Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:18.245
30 14 3 N. Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1 Team 1:18.263 13
15 8 K. Nakajima AT&T Williams 1:18.274 28
16 11 J. Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing 1:18.360 16
17 20 A. Sutil Force India Formula One Team 1:18.360 25
18 6 N. Piquet Jr. ING Renault F1 Team 1:18.955 32
19 15 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:19.176 35
20 9 D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing no time 3

Source: Paddock Talk

[2cool4hollywood]

Thanks for the post. I totally forgot to check for the results. It's crazy because I saw a story on E! TV I think about celebs in Monaco that reminded me and then I saw your post and was re-reminded.
It sucks to crash and burn the first day.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by 2cool4hollywood

Thanks for the post. I totally forgot to check for the results. It's crazy because I saw a story on E! TV I think about celebs in Monaco that reminded me and then I saw your post and was re-reminded.
It sucks to crash and burn the first day.

hey 2cool4hollywood, welcome to GoTeamsGo and the Motorsports Forum.

But that was last week .. Mr Hamilton won in the rain .. and Ferrari showed badly (the Italian press has been giving them lots of grief over their bad showing at Monaco.)

next up is Canada. here's the schedule:

Fri 06 June 2008
Friday Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Friday Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30

Sat 07 June 2008
Saturday Practice 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00

Sun 08 June 2008
Race 13:00