Pastor Maldonado said his car was 'feeling really go🤡od' following practice on Thursday for this weekend's Monaco Gr💯and Prix.

Maldonado🐟, who of course won the last race in Spain, was fifth quickest in both sessions yesterday in his Williams and he✱ ended up seventh in the combined times, his best effort a 1 minute 16.760 seconds.

"The car is feeling really good thi🅷s year and looks competitive in the running we have done today, so we're happy with that," confirmed the Venezuelan. "It's a sh꧙ame we didn't get to run as much during the afternoon, as we would have liked to have gathered a bit more data on the tyres but we still have P3 on Saturday. I love this circuit and think it's going to be a competitive Grand Prix."

Team-mate Bruno Senna meanwhile was also upbeat, even if he was onl🔯y 17th in FP1 and 13th in FP2.

"It w♔as great to be able to do both sessions today as it meant that we could learn bit by bit. It's been quite a few years s🦹ince I drove something competitive here so it was good to have extra time to remember the track," he commented.

"We're chipping away and the afternoꦜon session was hampered by the rain, but every little helps."

"This morning we had a productive session with both drivers successfully working through their test programmes, but unfortunately the wet second session in the afternoon proved more problematic and limited useful running," summ❀arised Mark Gillan, William💧s' chief operations engineer.

"Both drivers were happier w♋ith the car balance in the second session but we still have quite a bit more to do in preparation for Sunday."