Full results from Free Practice 2 for the Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, round 14 of the 2018 Formula 1 season.<doc-sep>Full results from Free Practice 1 for the Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, round 14 of the 2018 Formula 1 season.<doc-sep>Force India's Sergio Perez set the pace from Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen at a drying Monza after heavy rain had lashed F1's fastest circuit on Friday morning. While the conditions made the timesheet largely unrepresentative, Perez gave the reborn Force India further reason to cheer after their strong form at Spa by clocking a 1:34.000 time on intermediate tyres in the closing seconds of the session. Raikkonen ended up 0.550s adrift, with the second Force India of Esteban Ocon within a tenth of the Ferrari in third place. But the other Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel experienced a disrupted start to the weekend after problems at the rear of his Ferrari resulted in the team having to change his car's gearbox after just four laps. But given it was the spare 'Friday' unit on the Ferrari, Vettel will not receive a grid penalty. Mercedes completed most of their running when conditions were wetter and duly slipped down to 10th and 11th positions respectively with Valtteri Bottas and championship leader Lewis Hamilton. Daniel Ricciardo lost early time with a glitch on his car but ended the session as the lead Red Bull in fifth place as the team started a back-to-back comparison test between Renault's new and old engine. Ricciardo ran the upgraded 'Spec C' while team-mate Max Verstappen, who was seventh after leading the timesheet earlier in the session, continued to use the 'Spec B' from Belgium. "What we need to do is make a call at the end of today to see if it makes sense to put both drivers onto the C-spec for the rest of the weekend," Horner told Sky F1. Ricciardo's use of the new unit means he is hit with major grid penalties for the second consecutive weekend, with the Australian to start among the back rows. And, like at Spa, Renault's Nico Hulkenberg also has new engine parts installed - although he was already due a 10-place drop in any case for causing the Spa start-line pile-up last Sunday. Hulkenberg and team-mate Carlos Sainz both finished inside the top 10 on the P1 timesheet. Meanwhile, the Monza rain was unwelcome news for McLaren test driver Lando Norris, who completed scant running on his second consecutive P1 outing and finished bottom of the timesheet. Italian GP Practice One timesheet Driver Team Time 1) Sergio Perez Force India 1:34.000 2) Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari + 0.550 3) Esteban Ocon Force India + 0.593 4) Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso + 1.024 5) Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull + 1.207 6) Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso + 1.438 7 Max Verstappen Red Bull + 1.665 8) Carlos Sainz Renault + 1.995 9) Nico Hulkenberg Renault + 2.107 10) Valtteri Bottas Mercedes + 2.238 11) Lewis Hamilton Mercedes + 2.546 12) Charles Leclerc Sauber + 2.648 13) Kevin Magnussen Haas + 3.066 14) Fernando Alonso McLaren + 3.426 15) Romain Grosjean Haas + 3.683 16) Marcus Ericsson Sauber + 3.790 17) Sebastian Vettel Ferrari + 3.867 18) Sergey Sirotkin Williams + 3.929 19) Lance Stroll Williams + 4.253 20) Lando Norris McLaren + 4.282 Get Sky Sports F1.<doc-sep>Sebastian Vettel said he has no concerns over the legality of his Ferrari in response to Lewis Hamilton’s claims of “tricks” the Italian team used to gain an advantage at the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton, who arrived late at Monza on Thursday to begin preparations for the Italian GP because of what Mercedes described as “an unavoidable personal commitment”, insisted at the time he was not insinuating Ferrari had broken Formula One rules, a comment that did not seem to convince Vettel. The German narrowed the gap to Hamilton in the world championship to 17 points with Sunday’s win at Spa, where the Ferrari enjoyed a power advantage to which Mercedes had no answer. Vettel overtook Hamilton on the opening lap with such alacrity Hamilton said: “He drove past me like I was not there”, and prompted his reference to Ferrari having “tricks”. Vettel said yesterday. “I think he said in the press conference something with tricks. But then I think he said many times as well that he doesn’t want it to be interpreted in the wrong way and I think, maybe he did, I’m not so sure.” Sign up to The Recap, our weekly email of editors’ picks. Hamilton was unable to respond because he did not attend the usual Mercedes pre-race press conference. Mercedes would not elaborate on what had delayed him, nor was there an explanation from the driver. Hamilton did arrive day evening and met fans to sign autographs. He will take part in practice as normal on Friday. The FIA race director, Charlie Whiting, has repeatedly said Ferrari comply with all of the governing body’s rules and Vettel agreed. “In terms of is the car legal or not, the FIA are responsible for it,” he said. “We have several checks throughout the weekend to prove that, so as long as I don’t hear anything on that front then I believe it is fine.” Vettel won his first grand prix at Monza for Toro Rosso a decade ago, a race for which he has great affection, but he has yet to win at the track for Ferrari. With the straight-line speed and power advantage his car is enjoying, he is in the best possible position to return a home win, which would be Ferrari’s first since Fernando Alonso in 2010. “Things are going in the right direction,” he said. “But the opponent we have is still very, strong. It is good to see we are getting stronger and in some areas we have caught up and in some areas even have a little bit of an edge. We still have a lot things that can be improved, a lot of potential that can be unleashed, a lot of processes that can be improved.”<doc-sep>
Sergio Perez led Force India to the top of the timesheets in a rain-hit opening Formula 1 practice session for the Italian Grand Prix, finishing half a second clear of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen Heavy rain throughout the morning left the track soaked, resulting in the cancellation of the GP3 practice session that was due to precede the opening F1 practice session. Singapore #3 - Safety Car Singapore #3 - Safety Car" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-ZCkqyj81n0?wmode=opaque&controls=0&rel=0" name="Singapore #3 - Safety Car" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of Singapore #3 - Safety Car The rain eased enough for drivers to head out from the very start of FP1, making the switch from extreme wet tyres to intermediates early in the session. Low grip conditions saw a number of drivers experience off-track moments, with Max Verstappen having a big sideways moment at Parabolica before saving the spin and continuing. A flurry of late improvements on a drying track in the closing minutes of the session ended with Perez shooting up to P1 on his final flying lap, recording a best lap of 1m34.000s. The lap saw Perez knock Raikkonen off the head of the standings, leave the Finn to settle for second place. Perez’s Force India teammate, Esteban Ocon, finished third-fastest, less than half a tenth behind Raikkonen. Brendon Hartley took fourth place for Toro Rosso, two places ahead of teammate Pierre Gasly, with Daniel Ricciardo splitting the duo for Red Bull. Max Verstappen followed in seventh place ahead of the Renault pair of Carlos Sainz Jr. and Nico Hulkenberg. Mercedes opted to limit its running in the session as Valtteri Bottas completed just eight laps en route to P10 ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton in 11th, who clocked up six laps. Charles Leclerc took 12th for Sauber ahead of Kevin Magnussen and Fernando Alonso, with Romain Grosjean taking P15 for haas. Marcus Ericsson followed in P16. Sebastian Vettel recorded just four laps for Ferrari as a hydraulic issue prompted the team to change the spare gearbox on his car, leaving the German driver 17th overall ahead of Williams drivers Sergey Sirotkin and Lance Stroll in P18 and P19 respectively. Lando Norris propped up the timesheets in his second FP1 appearance for McLaren, finishing 4.2 seconds off Perez’s time. Stoffel Vandoorne will return to the McLaren MCL33 for FP2 later today.