Practice Two – Alonso rules the streets

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso continued to set the pace in Monaco on Thursday afternoon, in a second practice session that confirmed everyone’s fears that the key to qualifying will be to find a clear lap.

After the track had rubbered in following this morning’s session, Alonso used Bridgestone’s super-soft option tyre to lop a second off his morning time to post 1m 14.904s, and again he was the only driver to break into that bracket. But behind him only 0.842s separated the fastest 11…