Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix for Red Bull ahead of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon.
Row 1 | 1. (1) Max Verstappen 1’11.365 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB19 |
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2. (14) Fernando Alonso 1’11.449 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 |
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Row 2 | 3. (31) Esteban Ocon 1’11.553 Alpine-Renault A523 |
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4. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’11.630 Ferrari SF-23 |
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Row 3 | 5. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’11.725 Mercedes W14 |
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6. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’11.471 Ferrari SF-23 |
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Row 4 | 7. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’11.933 Alpine-Renault A523 |
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8. (63) George Russell 1’11.964 Mercedes W14 |
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Row 5 | 9. (22) Yuki Tsunoda 1’12.082 AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT AT04 |
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10. (4) Lando Norris 1’12.254 McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 |
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Row 6 | 11. (81) Oscar Piastri 1’12.395 McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 |
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12. (21) Nyck de Vries 1’12.428 AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT AT04 |
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Row 7 | 13. (23) Alexander Albon 1’12.527 Williams-Mercedes FW45 |
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14. (18) Lance Stroll 1’12.623 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 |
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Row 8 | 15. (77) Valtteri Bottas 1’12.625 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 |
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16. (2) Logan Sargeant 1’13.113 Williams-Mercedes FW45 |
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Row 9 | 17. (20) Kevin Magnussen 1’13.270 Haas-Ferrari VF-23 |
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18. (27) Nico Hulkenberg 1’13.279 Haas-Ferrari VF-23 |
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Row 10 | 19. (24) Zhou Guanyu 1’13.523 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 |
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20. (11) Sergio Perez 1’13.850 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB19 |
Penalties
Charles Leclerc: Three-place grid penalty for impeding Lando Norris
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Jere (@jerejj)
27th May 2023, 16:14
What a qualifying & ending. S3 proved decisive.
Checo will struggle to even reach the top 10 if/when the race is dry.
Josh (@canadianjosh)
27th May 2023, 16:16
Wow, only Max could pull that off. Would have been a heck of a race with Nando on pole. Max will likely set sail
Penator (@pauldstar)
28th May 2023, 8:33
Really? Only Max?
asd
27th May 2023, 16:18
Damn, Fernando had a poor last sector :(
Had he won the Pole Position at 41yo, it would’ve been a great statement in memory of Schumacher’s Pole Position effort at 41yo.
bosyber (@bosyber)
27th May 2023, 16:24
Verstappen had great final sectors the whole day, while quite often not nailing the first corner, and hence the 1st sector, which is where Alonso nailed it; I feel it is also partly setup/car related too. Ocon and Alonso probably set the best laps for their cars, and Verstappen was at his own solid level to nail it in a slightly faster car, IMO.
Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
27th May 2023, 16:29
Aston has been 2-3 tenths slower than the RB through the final sector all weekend. When I saw Max was only 2 tenths down at end of sector 2, I figured he had the pole. Sky commentators made the same mistake earlier in the session too, but it was quite consistent with his earlier gains in that sector.
Still, great qualy session and so little to choose between anyone at the end. Very glad it wasn’t ruined by any yellow or red flags.
d0senbrot (@d0senbrot)
27th May 2023, 18:26
Schumacher was already 43 when he won the 2012 qualifying.
Adam (@rocketpanda)
27th May 2023, 16:19
I rather wanted Alonso to take it but got to admit that last sector from Verstappen was incredible.
asd
27th May 2023, 16:23
No, it wasn’t, it was Alonso’s 3rd sector that was slow.
André
27th May 2023, 19:34
If Alonso was pushing so hard in S1 and S2, he would always run out of tyres for S3.
I luv chicken
28th May 2023, 2:13
Andre, so true about today’s tires, They’re only good for about 2/3 of a lap.
Sviat
27th May 2023, 16:22
Alonso disappointed. It looked like he was the worst of all in the last sector, losing so much time on every attempt. Verstappen just smashed him and gained almost three tenths in like four or five corners.
So, given his very bad starting position on the outside, Alonso will be third at best into the first corner, and third at finish, if he is lucky.
Ben
27th May 2023, 16:23
Nah, no one’s overtaking into Turn 1. Hopefully we get some rain and some carnage. I can’t watch a 70 lap train no matter how beautiful Monaco is.
JohnS
27th May 2023, 19:03
You got to remember the tires. Some say the softs are so bad that one has to decide to either burn them upmin the first part of the lap, and then baby them for the remainder of the lap, or baby them for the first part of the lap, and burn them up during the last part.
I think racing would be a whole lot different with Michelins.
Ben
27th May 2023, 16:22
Solid performances from Perez and Stroll. What they are doing in those two cars is incredible.
bosyber (@bosyber)
27th May 2023, 18:55
Well, 3 place grid penalty for Leclerc, Ferrari’s somewhat lackluster day got just that bit worse. And again, due to completely preventable incident that wasn’t managed well by the team/driver.
Mayrton
28th May 2023, 9:46
I am afraid of a bowling George, corner 1.