Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc may have topped both free practice sessions for the 2019 Italian Grand Prix, but Mercedes was clearly in a league of its own when it came to cornering speed. F1technical.net’s Balázs Szabó is reporting from trackside. Friday started exactly in the same way as one year ago with the rain playing a key role across the whole first practice session. While drivers had to use the wet-weather tyres in the first part of the session, the track started drying out for the dying minutes of the session, enabling the teams to use Pirelli’s slick tyres. In the end, Leclerc proved fastest with a late attack. However, lap times and track observations were meaningless...
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