On a sunny day the Williams F1 team would prepare for the first Thursday practice for the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix. With the Williams team having failed to score a single point so far this season the team was hoping that Monaco would see a change in their fortunes. Pirelli had brought their soft and super soft tyres for this race as the session got underway. First out would be the Sauber's followed by several other drivers including Valtteri Bottas for Williams. Both McLaren's had also come out to check the track. The second Williams of Pastor Maldonado also took to the track as drivers started to pit after their installation laps. Sutil and both McLaren's would complete two laps as both Valtteri and Pastor pitted.

Williams had brought several different front wings for the drivers to test. Pastor was running last years front wing while Valtteri had the new setup. The last driver to come out was Hamilton while Di Resta had completed three laps. The track was now empty with ten minutes of the session completed. First back out was Perez but he would pit without setting a time. With twenty minutes of the session completed no times had been set. Gutierrez would be next out and he would complete a timed lap of 1m:29.219, as he was joined by Ricciardo. Ricciardo would set a 1m:24.466 as Gutierrez improved with a 1m:24.130 to again be quickest. Hulkenberg, Pic, and Vergne were also out on the track as both Gutierrez and Ricciardo again improved.
Gutierrez set a 1m:21.984 only to be passed by Ricciardo with a 1m:21.493.

Button and Massa had also left their pits with fifty minutes remaining. Hulkenberg was third from Pic and Vergne. A 1m:19.77o from Gutierrez and a 1m:19.753 from Ricciardo as drivers continued to find time. For Williams Valtteri was first out as Raikkonen also come out. Massa goes fastest with a 1m:18.818 while Button was fifth with a 1m:21.423. We also had Rosberg and Alonso taking to the track as Button moved into fourth with a 1m:19.693. A 1m:19.075 from Ricciardo to see him second from Gutierrez, Button, Hulkenberg, Raikkonen, Pic, Vergne, and Valtteri. Valtteri's time was a 1m:25.111. A 1m:17.685 would see Massa improve to remain fastest. Alonso was down in sixth after his first run with Valtteri down in eleventh but his next lap would see him set a 1m:22.072 to be eighth. Pastor would join his team-mate out on the track with only four cars still in their pits. Rosberg would go fastest with a 1m:17.005 from Massa and Button now third.

Valtteri had improved with a 1m:20.123 but would drop down the times again being eleventh. Alonso would now go fastest with a 1m:16.842 but Rosberg would again move ahead with a 1m:16.195 as Alonso also found time with a 1m:16.302 to remain second. Massa was third from Hamilton, Webber, Raikkonen, Button, Vettel, Gutierrez, and Valtteri tenth with a 1m:19.005. Hamilton would improve to be third with a time of 1m:16.803. Pastor would move into fourth with a 1m:16.993 while Valtteri had pitted after completing nine laps. Webber and Vettel were sixth and seventh while Grosjean and Raikkonen were eighth and ninth. The drivers continued to use the soft tyre with thirty five minutes remaining. Valtteri had returned to the track after having made a front wing change. He was down in fourteenth as Perez and Sutil moved into ninth and tenth.

Rosberg and Alonso had both pitted as Grosjean moved into third seeing Pastor drop to fifth. Di Resta was now ninth with a 1m:17.777 as both Williams drivers continued to lap the circuit. The track had emptied as drivers returned to their pits to assess their performances with under thirty minutes remaining. Valtteri had improved with a 1m:18.830 to be fourteenth. Di Resta and Sutil were now ninth and eleventh while for
McLaren Perez and Button were tenth and thirteenth. Button would improve with a time of 1m:17.440 to be eighth. Valtteri would miss the chicane as he worked hard to learn the circuit. Pastor had pitted followed shortly after by Valtteri. First and second Rosberg and Alonso were back out with Alonso's time a 1m:16.282 to be quicker but remains second.

Pastor would return for Williams while for Ferrari Massa would set a new fastest time in the middle sector to finish with a 1m:16.394 to be third. Pastor was now sixth and Valtteri sixteenth. With just over ten minutes remaining the track was again very busy with the Red Bull's of Webber and Vettel seventh and ninth. Valtteri was also back out as Pastor continued to run with last years front nose and wing. With five minutes remaining only the Torro Rosso cars remained in their pits. There was little happening in terms of improved times with most drivers having put large numbers of laps on their soft tyres. Pastor would pit briefly as the session drew to a close. Perez would improve to be ninth with a 1m:17.378. Ricciardo would return to the track for his final run as Vettel pitted briefly. On quite used times Grosjean would set a 1m:16.380 to remain third.

With the end of the session it would be Rosberg from Fastest followed by Alonso, Grosjean, Massa, Hamilton, Pastor, Webber, Button, Perez, and Vettel tenth. Valtteri would finish in seventh in his first taste of the Monaco track. It was encouraging to see Pastor back near the front of the times but it is early days and Pastor could improve even more.

Pos Driver         	  Team		        Time     Laps
 1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m16.195s 30
 2. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m16.282s 26
 3. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m16.380s 20
 4. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m16.394s 22
 5. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m16.469s 27
 6. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m16.993s 26
 7. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m17.020s 26
 8. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m17.129s 28
 9. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      1m17.378s 24
10. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m17.380s 22
11. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m17.509s 25
12. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m17.548s 26
13. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m17.625s 20
14. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari        1m18.193s 25
15. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m18.454s 24
16. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m18.754s 27
17. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m18.830s 27
18. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m19.067s 24
19. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault      1m19.203s 20
20. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault      1m19.438s 27
21. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth     1m19.773s 19
22. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth     1m20.225s 20