Monaco native Leclerc has been the driver to beat all weekend and that continued following a pre-qualifying engine change, as he steadily lowered the benchmark to ultimately beat McLaren's Oscar Piastri to the top spot by 0.154s.
Running its distinctive Ayrton Senna tribute livery this weekend, McLaren had been finding life difficult in low-speed sections, but when it counted Piastri ran Leclerc closest to equal his best Grand Prix qualifying result.
