After Charles Leclerc, and then team-mate Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Friday’s two sessions, championship leader Antonelli responded with the quickest time of the weekend so far.

Antonelli, who holds a 43-point lead over George Russell at the title summit, saw off Leclerc by 0.327 seconds with Hamilton – supported here by girlfriend Kim Kardashian for the first time – just four thousandths adrift of his team-mate.

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Russell had to settle four fourth, 0.763 back with Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri fifth and sixth for Red Bull and McLaren respectively. Lando Norris was only ninth and ended the session complaining that Hamilton had blocked him.

British driver Ollie Bearman will face a race against time to take part in Saturday’s crucial qualifying after he crashed out of practice.

Bearman lost control of his Haas at the top of the hill before slamming into the barriers and sustaining damage to his car.

Qualifying for Sunday’s 78-lap race gets under way at 4pm local time (1500BST).