14:39
Pérez crashes
For his part, Sergio Pérez had to accept a severe setback in the team’s internal World Cup fight. While Verstappen starts the race in Monaco from pole, the Mexican is only in last place on the narrow street circuit. Pérez crashed at the Sainte-Devote corner just a few minutes after the start of qualifying and destroyed his car.
14:34
Leclerc with starting place penalty
Charles Leclerc was actually in third place, who was a good tenth short of pole. But for the Monegasque there was still a grid penalty after qualifying. Leclerc drove unnecessarily slowly on the ideal line in the tunnel and thus hindered Norris. The main blame lay with the Ferrari team and not Leclerc, because radio messages made it clear that Leclerc had only been informed about what was happening in front of him, but not about the pilots behind him. The penalty saw Leclerc slip to sixth place on the grid at his home Grand Prix.
14:24
Verstappen wins pole thriller
On Saturday there was an exciting fight in the street canyons of Monaco to pursue pole position. The last few minutes of qualifying developed into a thriller and the drivers got the best out of their cars one after the other. In the end, Max Verstappen was ahead thanks to an outstanding final sector. With a time of 1:11.365 minutes, the Dutchman beat Fernando Alonso with just 0.084 seconds.
14:14
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to the traditional Formula 1 race in Monaco. The race starts at 3 p.m.