Monza 🌼is a special race for Ferrari given that the grandstands are packed f♔ull of the Tifosi.

Leclerc took a famous 🐼victory back in 2019 - his first year with the team - beating the two Mercedes drivers at Monza.

Ferrari's weakness on the straights means it is set for a difficult home 💝race.

“I’m very excited,” Leclerc said on Thursday. “It’s a very special pla⛎ce every time you come as a Ferrari driver, so I’m really looking forward to it. We’ve been in Milan yesterday, at the factory the day before and we can really feel the support for the race.

“I’m really ಞlooking forward to it, but it hasn’t been an easy weekend for u𓆉s recently. On paper it looks like a difficult track for us this year, but, of course, we’ll try everything.”

Leclerc spoke about the level of suppor꧋t he receives at Monza, d꧋escribing it as “very special”.

“Yes, here more than in any other place in the world,” Leclerc added. “Obviously, Ferrari has so much suppo💝rt all over the world, wherever we go and we can feel it, but coming to Italy it’s just💞 different.

“The amount of support we have h♋ere, we don’t get it anywhere else in the world. Even just leaving the hotel this morning, there were hundreds of people for you and that’s so nice to see here that we have so much support. It’s definitively very special.”

Carlos Sainz narrowl꧅y missed out on the win in last year’s race, finishing behind 🐈AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly.

Since making the move from McLaren to Ferrar෴i, Sainz says the reception from the Italian fans has been “very diffeꦇrent”.

“Very different for sure, yes, really good memories from last year,” he said. “I could already start to feel a bit, as I was announced a Ferrari driver well before driving here in Monza for McLaren, I could feel like the relationship with the Tifosi🀅 was different, like they knew I was coming to the team, and I felt some extra support that year.

“This year has been another step; it’s crazy, we were yesterday in the centre of Milan for an event and th൩e amount of support that you get as a Ferrari driver is just crazy. I don’t have any other word to describe it than crazy. And it’s something that I’m enjoying and I’m looking forward♐ to keep feeling for the rest of the weekend.”