Practice One – Alonso sets early Monaco pace

Fernando Alonso led the way as practice began on the streets of Monte Carlo on Thursday morning, and was the only man to break the 1m 16s barrier as he lapped his Ferrari in 1m 15.927s.

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel came close, however, tidily stopping the clocks in 1m 16.000s. Right behind them, Robert Kubica whirled his Renault round in 1m 16.016s…