Despite finishing second in FP2 having earlier hit the wall, Oscar Piastri feels improvements can be made for the reigning constructors’ champions

If McLaren’s history of stuffing things up for Oscar Piastri repeats itself, the Australian driver will have no chance of winning Sunday night’s Monaco Grand Prix.

Fresh off Max Verstappen’s surprise win at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the championship battle intensifies as McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris look to extend their lead and claim the team’s first Monaco victory since 2008.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc headed McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Friday practice at the Monaco Grand Prix. Leclerc, who won his home race last year and was pessimistic about his chances coming to Monaco, was just 0.038 seconds ahead of McLaren's Oscar Piastri.

Championship leader Oscar Piastri was one of many drivers surprised by Ferrari’s pace on Friday after local hero Charles Leclerc topped the times in both practice sessions at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri says the new mandatory two-stop regulations at the Monaco Grand Prix have created so many potential scenarios that his head is “still kind of untwisting itself” trying to understand them.

Monte Carlo Grand Prix prediction 1: Oscar Piastri to win the Monaco Grand Prix - 15/8 Bet365 Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc is racing in his home race in Monte Carlo, with the 27-year-old having secured an emotional victory last year.

Sunday's eighth round is at Circuit de Monaco, with Oscar Piastri and McLaren teammate Lando Norris leading odds ahead of Max Verstappen.

Leclerc, who on Thursday said he had 'low' expectations for this weekend's race, clocked a fastest lap in one minute 11.355 seconds to top the times ahead of championship leader Oscar Piastri of McLaren by 0.