Charles Leclerc beat Oscar Piastri to top spot in second practice at the Monaco Grand Prix to double down on Ferrari’s unexpected early advantage in Monte Carlo.

Australia's championship leader Oscar Piastri goes into the tyre wall nose first at Sainte Devote, but still ends the day second fastest in practice at the Monaco F1 Grand Prix.

Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri believes McLaren has the pace to compete for pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix - as long as it can recover from a “very messy” Friday.Piastri escaped lasting damage after going straight into the tyre wall at Sainte Devote just 19 minutes into the second free practice session and recovered to set the second-fastest time.