Oscar Piastri lamented the number of times he’s brushed the walls during a “pretty messy” F1 Monaco Grand Prix weekend. Piastri is set to start Sunday’s race in Monaco from third on the grid. Throughout qualifying, Piastri looked like he was on the back foot relative to McLaren teammate Lando Norris.

Charles Leclerc has made it a clean sweep of Friday's F1 Monaco GP practice by heading Oscar Piastri in the second session. Last year's Monaco Grand Prix victor Leclerc was just 0.038s quicker than McLaren's championship leader Piastri, while Lewis Hamilton ensured both Ferraris featured in the top three.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Oscar Piastri is doing what he needs to do to win a first Formula One title, the sport's most successful driver of all time Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday.

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.