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Not for the first time, final practice poses more questions than answers, as true pecking order has yet to emerge.

Times from the final free practice session for the Pirelli Gran Premio d'Italia.

Mercedes has officially confirmed Kimi Antonelli as teammate to George Russell in the 2025 Formula One World Championship.

Today's team representatives press conference with Peter Bayer, Frederic Vasseur and Toto Wolff.

The car seems to be working well, but there is not much to choose between the top few teams.

We will have to see how the track evolves as from tomorrow morning, the more laps the Formula 1 cars and those of the other categories do and the track rubbers in.

We won't get carried away, it's still Friday, and it's just Free Practice: we need to make some more improvements ahead of tomorrow.

A decent day for us but there's a little bit of a difference across our cars.

We've seen that there is a lot of graining in the long runs across the field so it will be key to find a balance between qualifying and race performance.

It was a big challenge with the new track surface, but we reacted pretty well.

This morning was tough and this afternoon, with the set-up work, it was looking better on the medium tyres.

The tarmac is a lot smoother, which offers some opportunities from a set-up point of view.

It is going to be quite close between a few teams, and hopefully we will be right in that mix tomorrow.

There is quite a lot of work to do tonight in order to improve for tomorrow but overall, it was a positive start to the weekend.

Giving his clearest hint yet that he will partner George Russell next season, Toto Wolff sings Kimi Antonelli's praises despite crashing out of FP1.