Despite the crash: home pole for Leclerc

The 23-year-old from Monegasque raced to first place in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday, 0,230 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen in the Red Bull, before he touched the boards and caused the decisive phase of the knockout phase to be interrupted prematurely and his car was destroyed The car had to be removed by crane. If there is no major damage to the Ferrari, the Monegasque will start from pole position on Sunday. Otherwise he would be moved back 5 positions.

It is Leclerc's eighth pole in his career and the first for both Ferrari and him since October 2019 in Mexico. As is well known, a good position in qualifying is particularly important in Monaco because overtaking maneuvers in the race are even more difficult than on other tracks. Valtteri Bottas came third in the Mercedes ahead of Carlos Sainz Junior in the second Ferrari. World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton, who is 15.00 points ahead of Verstappen in the standings before the fifth World Championship round this Sunday (14 p.m.), did not get past seventh place in the second Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton experienced disappointment. © APA/afp / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC

Sebastian Vettel finished eighth in the Aston Martin. Mick Schumacher was unable to take part in the qualification. The 22-year-old son of record world champion Michael Schumacher had wrecked his Haas racing car in an accident around two hours earlier during training so that it could no longer be repaired in time. © Formula 1

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Despite the crash: home pole for Leclerc

Charles Leclerc has secured pole position for his Formula 1 home race in Monte Carlo.

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