The Ferrari driver will start Sunday's race in sixth despite heading into qualifying as one of the favourites for pole at Silverstone

We’ve got issues for sure, particularly today from Q2 onwards. We were fighting with something inside the car. It’s not an excuse. I need to be better.”

Charles Leclerc headlined a twice red-flagged final Formula 1 practice session ahead of the British Grand Prix, as tiny margins among the frontrunners set the scene for a closely fought battle for pole.