The core strength of the Ferrari has been pinpointed after their unexpected pace on Friday at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc was fastest in both practice sessions at his home﷽ round, wheไre he famously won for the first time a year ago.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton was third-quickest on Friday afternoon to continue Ferrari’s optimism after Imola, their home race last weekend, where they finally discovered some pe🌼rformance on the Sunday.

The already unique challenge of the tight and twisting Monaco circuit will have a layer of complexity on Sunday by a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:new mandatory two-stop rule.

But Ferrari are well-placed after Friday, ꧟and Jenson Button spotted the key to the SF-25’s speed.

“Even their d✤rivers said 🌌that they wouldn’t be quick today,” Button told Sky Sports.

“Looking at the speed traces, and the sectors where they are quic😼k, they might be running more power today tha🎉n others.

“But,♒ still. The car looks goo♔d out on track. They are able to get their front tyres working, which is the big thing.

“We heard from James Vowles at Williams, a lot of teams are strug𝐆gling for front tyre grip, and getting it in working grip.

“The Ferrari can. So it has a really 🔯good front end, and you need that around a street circuit𓄧.

“That’s where their strength lies at the moment.”

Saturday qualifying sessions have traditionally been a weakness, for Hamilton in particular, dating back two ღyears through his final Mercedes days.

But in Monaco he will arrive into arguably the most important 🍬qualifying session of the year comfortable with his competitive car.

Oscar Piastri backed despite F1 Monaco GP crash

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, the F1 standings leader, split the Ferr🅠aris as the second-f♎astest on Friday.

That was despite crashing in FP2 in the afternoon, a rare er༒ror.

“A little moment like thatﷺ can happen,” Sky Sports’ Naomi Schiff analysed.

“It was ꧃an easy mistake, a 🌳little lock-up. And you end up in the wall.

“It didn’t really cost them anything in terms of time. They came i💛n, a new front wing, and he was straight back out.

“He’s clearly confident in that car. Around here, that’s what you need. You need confidence that 🎀when you stick the car in, it follows what you are doing.”

Red Bull drivers Max Verst🌺appen and Yuki Tsunoda were 10th and 11th respectively.

“It wasn’t a great day for Red Bull, having the Racing Bulls up the road,” said Button, noting the sister team’s Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar finishไing fifth and sixth respectively.

“[Red Bull] seem to be struggling.

“It looks like, when you watch him drive, that there is a lot of understeer in that car.♓ One thing Max doesn’t like in an F1 car is understeer.”