Charles Leclerc has revealed that he was struck down with food poisoning after the annual drivers’ dinner on Thursday night.

Speaking after practice on Friday, he said: “It all started, unfortunately, last night where I got food poisoned and couldn’t sleep all the night.

“I’m so tired, I just want to sleep now. So, it wasn’t so easy.

“This morning, I didn’t feel like I wanted to drive but obviously the huge motivation of the day was doing the FP1 with my younger brother.

“This is a dream that came true today for both of us, for all of our family that travelled all the way from Monaco to see that.

“It was a very emotional moment. I definitely had to put the helmet on very early because I also was emotional.”