Carlos Sainz: "I enjoyed it today and had a lot of fun out there! The first time driving a Formula 1 car in Monaco is always special and something I had been dreaming for many years. In terms of performance, we were not too bad and maybe even better than where I expected to be on my first day here. But it's still early days and we don't really know what the others have done. It was a shame that we couldn't do more laps in FP2 due to the rain, because this is very important for a rookie driver like me but, all in all, the car feels good and I feel confident."

Phil Charles (Chief Race Engineer): "A pretty good first day for us here in Monaco, we can be satisfied. Both drivers settled in here really well. We can't forget that neither of them had driven a Formula 1 car here before and this is a super difficult circuit to come to for a first time and do well straight away! We're really pleased with both Carlos and Max, they took the right approach, starting off with a little margin and building themselves up through the sessions. We can definitely say that today's been very positive for us, the car seems to be working okay and as usual we will do our homework and build on all the positives. Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to do our long runs in FP2 because of the rain so it will be a bit of a tricky Sunday without that information, but we will work on this tonight and make sure we are well-prepared for the rest of the weekend ahead."

CLASIFICATION

Free Practice 1
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m18.750s - 49
2 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m18.899s 0.149s 42
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m19.086s 0.336s 27
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m19.134s 0.384s 31
5 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m19.245s 0.495s 40
6 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes 1m19.454s 0.704s 35
7 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m19.520s 0.770s 33
8 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m19.679s 0.929s 31
9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m19.762s 1.012s 47
10 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m19.766s 1.016s 32
11 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m19.791s 1.041s 28
12 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m20.202s 1.452s 15
13 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes 1m20.274s 1.524s 34
14 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m20.619s 1.869s 35
15 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m20.784s 2.034s 34
16 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m20.857s 2.107s 24
17 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m20.917s 2.167s 36
18 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m21.219s 2.469s 25
19 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 1m23.234s 4.484s 28
20 Roberto Merhi Marussia/Ferrari 1m23.404s 4.654s 31

Free Practice 2
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m17.192s - 12
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m17.932s 0.740s 16
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m18.295s 1.103s 14
4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m18.543s 1.351s 15
5 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m18.548s 1.356s 16
6 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m18.659s 1.467s 14
7 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m18.782s 1.590s 12
8 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m18.906s 1.714s 18
9 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m19.151s 1.959s 13
10 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes 1m19.266s 2.074s 13
11 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m19.300s 2.108s 13
12 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m19.560s 2.368s 15
13 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m19.566s 2.374s 14
14 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes 1m19.577s 2.385s 13
15 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m19.606s 2.414s 14
16 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m19.639s 2.447s 13
17 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m20.263s 3.071s 10
18 Roberto Merhi Marussia/Ferrari 1m22.017s 4.825s 9
19 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 1m22.943s 5.751s 13