Carlos Sainz has played down Ferrari's Monza chances after topping Formula 1's Friday practice, saying 'dreaming is for free' but Red Bull is still quicker on race pace.
, which corrects the long-run averages for fuel loads and engine modes and also puts Red Bull several tenths quicker on average in the FP2 long runs.
"It was great to be back on a track like Monza and to feel from the first lap of FP1 that our car is normal again after such a difficult weekend," Sainz conceded. "It was really good on high fuel, on my side I struggled quite a bit more on low fuel," Leclerc explained.
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