Mercedes “are out of reach for us” – Leclerc

Leclerc finished FP2 in 10th and couldn’t quite get things to work around the track whilst Lewis Hamilton topping the timesheet in both sessions.

"It was very difficult, particularly in FP2, as some things were not working on my second run," Leclerc said (quoted by GPFans.net).

One of the problems Ferrari have had in competing with Mercedes is maintaining a higher speed in low-speed corners, somewhere the Silver Arrows have seemed to excel so far this season.

Leclerc said: "We expected [Mercedes] to be strong here because they were very strong in the low speed corners in Barcelona for example, but we need to focus on ourselves, try to put these tyres in the right window - which we don't do at the moment - and then we'll see."