Ahead of Saturday's all-important qualifying in Monaco, Ralf Schumacher reckons Lando Norris will be feeling "a little scared".

Off the track, with F1 partners and sponsors placing such an emphasis on the American races these days, Monaco is no longer in rarefied air

Ahead of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, McLaren is turning back the clock. Back to 1968. The team unveiled a bespoke livery for this year’s Monaco Grand Prix, a design that pays tribute to the M7A, the car that Bruce McLaren drove to secure the team’s first Grand Prix win at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix.

A purple first sector for Hamilton came to naught as he encountered heavy traffic in the second sector, while Leclerc popped in a big lap on his fourth tour with the soft tyre to drop into the 1:10s with a 1:10.953 to go almost three-tenths up on Verstappen.

F1 and its governing body, the FIA, hope a rule change for Sunday’s race will change that. Drivers will be forced to change tires at least twice in the hope that more pit stop strategy could shake up an event where Saturday qualifying — and the resulting grid position — is often more important than race day.

Charles Leclerc thrilled the Ferrari fans by setting the pace in both practice sessions for his home Monaco Grand Prix on Friday after overcoming an early collision and despite low expectations.

Charles Leclerc laid down back-to-back fastest laps to clinch the practice hat-trick at the Monaco GP, 0.280s faster than Max Verstappen.

Andrea Stella has revealed that in order to achieve the right balance between downforce and mechanical grip McLaren will have to perform on-track experiments as simulation can only get the team so far in its bid to find the ideal setup for the Monaco Grand Prix.