It is one thing to be chasing a grand prix win with Lewis Hamilton right on your rear wing, it’s another to be a Ferrari driver doing just that at Monza.

But that’s what Charles Leclerc faced last season at the Italian GP as he raced towards a possible second grand prix win.

He reckons that race was the most pressure he felt all season.

Leclerc started the 2019 Italian Grand Prix, his first race at Monza as a Ferrari driver, from pole position.

He built up a small lead at the start only for the Mercedes drivers of Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to close him down.