Friday, 5 June 2026:
- Free Practice 1: P12, 1:16.041, 31 laps
- Free Practice 2: P12, 1:14.512, 34 laps

• Carlos Sainz escaped the red flags and the different incidents on track in a flawless Friday at the Monaco GP which was a reminder to the entire grid of how close the walls are in this circuit.
• The Williams race driver worked with the Hard and the Medium compounds in the first session, and in the second one he used the Soft to set his personal best of the day: 1:14.512.
• Carlos finished two tenths away from the Top 10 in the first session and was only 56 thousandths short in the second session, proving that it will be essential to get it right with the set-up of his FW48 to maximize his options in a Qualifying session which is set to be incredibly tight.

QUOTES:
“Overall, it's been quite an intense Friday, with a lot of disruptions throughout the sessions with yellow and red flags and with 22 cars on track the traffic was tricky. Having said that, we managed to put together some solid laps and more or less cover our run plan. Right now, it looks like we’re just outside the top 10, so if we want to fight for Q3 tomorrow we need everything to be perfect and we need to make a good step overnight with car and tyre preparation".

COMING UP:
Saturday, 6 June 2026:
- Free Practice 3: 12:30 local time (12:30 CEST)
- Qualifying: 16:00 local time (16:00 CEST)