Ferrari’s Leclerc to start 1st at Monaco Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc secured the pole position at the Monaco GP after defeating McLaren’s Oscar Piastri to the fastest time in the qualifications by 0.154 seconds.

The home hero delivers! 💪@Charles_Leclerc was a man on a mission in qualifying #F1 #MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/rMyRbqtJ5D

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The leader in the standings Max Verstappen will start 6^th after a huge slide in the 1^st corner on his final run saw his car just miss the wall on the exit and he aborted his final lap.

The end of the qualifying means that the Dutch’s run of 8^th pole positions finished, leaving him 1 short of taking the outright record for straight poles from Ayrton Senna.

Today’s result was Charles’ 3^rd pole position at his home Grand Prix, but Leclerc is yet end on the podium at Monaco after having awful luck in previous races in Monaco.

In 2021, the Ferrari pilot sustained  driveshaft failure on the way to the grid and in 2022, mistakes with his strategy left him 4^th.