Monaco GP: Kimi Antonelli snatches pole position from Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton in thrilling qualifying

06.06.2026, 18:48 skysports.com

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli snatched pole position from Max Verstappen in an epic qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Antonelli's incredible start to the season continues as he pipped Verstappen by 0.043s with his last run in Q3, where the pole-sitter changed three times in the last two minutes.

Ferrari were big favourites but Lewis Hamilton settled for third and Charles Leclerc crashed at the end in his attempt to take another pole on home soil, but will start fourth barring any grid penalties for damage.

George Russell only qualified sixth behind Red Bull's Isack Hadjar and could see his 43-point deficit to Antonelli increase in the Drivers' Championship given the difficulty of overtaking in Monaco.

McLaren had a disappointing qualifying with Oscar Piastri in seventh and Lando Norris in eighth on a track they were expecting to be more competitive at.

Alpine's Pierre Gasly and Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson made Q3 in an exciting qualifying that only saw one red flag when Gabriel Bortoleto crashed in Q1.

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