Lewis Hamilton has often blamed himself for his problems at Ferrari so far - but might it be his car to blame after all?

Charles Leclerc, in P4, qualified nearly half a second quicker than seventh-placed Hamilton, but still had complaints after qualifying.

He told Canal+: "I'm disappointed once again, it's been like this all season. Very hard car to drive, we need to work.

"I'm satisfied with my laps but the grip is lacking. For tomorrow you don't hope for much because in the race it will be hard to gain positions. But if we do a good start, why not?"

Hamilton himself said: "[It's been] challenging as always in qualifying for me. I've been nowhere all weekend and 13th I think in almost every session. So honestly, I feel grateful to have got to Q3 and P7.

"I needed a better lap at the end but as I said, I'm grateful to be there. Trying to find the time to bond with this car on single lap is something I'm finding very difficult at the moment.

"But we don't give up and there's always a way. We keep pushing and trying and we've got amazing support so just keep working hard."