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.

Charles Leclerc's Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton ended the day in third, while McLaren's Lando Norris was fourth fastest

Ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix both Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar talked about getting their first taste of the Monaco Grand Prix as an F1 driver. Don’t look now but both drivers seemed up to the challenge, even if Hadjar had to deal with some moments that left him “scared.”