Qualifying Highlights | 2025 Monaco Grand Prix
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00:00he has one corner to go the 19th and final one around the racetrack Verstappen is the first
00:08driver to take the checkered flag at the end of Q1 Lewis Hamilton goes from at risk to P4
00:14and it's Lawson Bortoletto Alonso Stroll and Colopinto in the drop zone big improvement when
00:21he needed it for HĂŒlkenberg he is in 10th position Lawson takes that risk away goes to
00:27ninth position Alonso now cuts the beam and goes to seventh place under pressure Norris improves to
00:34second Gabriel Bortoletto can he find his way around the final corner and take a step forward
00:40when he needs to Tsunoda goes to 10th Bortoletto goes to 15th and now Hajar is trying to fight back
00:48and take the place back and does so to knock Bortoletto out along with Behrman and we've got
00:53a yellow flag out on the circuit we've got Lance Stroll backing off as a result and the checkered flag
01:00is out and the yellow flags are out for Kimi Antonelli into the barrier the red flag flies
01:07and he has found himself in the wall at the Nouvelle chicane
01:11let's clip that inside barrier yeah pop the tire hasn't he so he's done the opposite of Hadjur in
01:18free practice okay mate you're okay I'm sorry yeah I'm sorry I'm sorry about you okay though yeah I'm
01:27sorry yeah he's took the front tire off the rim and then had no front grip and that's taken him into
01:34the barrier very very unfortunate but tiny margins on this circuit
01:37oh and that's why Verstappen and Hamilton are under investigation
01:43might be a tough one to argue for for Hamilton
01:50Verstappen pushing behind three seconds
01:53sorry slowing down behind
01:55he said he was slowing down it's
02:00and it's Bortoletto Behrman, Gasly, Stroll and Colopinto who fall at the first hurdle
02:10lost power
02:13as you can see that Mercedes moving very slowly in the tunnel so does he have any power to get back
02:21it looks like it's switched off and a really really tough qualifying that is over for Mercedes with 10 minutes still on the clock in Q2
02:31Sainz could be under pressure here in the second Williams he's down to 10th Lawson improves up ahead of him as well the Williams has been good but Sainz is now on the cusp
02:40you must find an improvement and Hajar gets to P6 that's outstanding Albon is going to be really close to the top P3 for Alexander Albon ahead of the reigning world champion
02:52the second Red Bull is occupied by Yuki Tsunoda doesn't have a personal best Sector 1 or Sector 2 you add it all up and it's 12th position for Yuki Tsunoda he can't fight his way into the top 10
03:04Nor can Sainz, Sainz is done
03:06Sainz and that is a surprise when he's been in the top six for the last three Grand Prix in a row Tsunoda
03:13and then HĂŒlkenberg the third driver to join Russell who had a car failure and Antonelli who found the barrier at the end of Q1
03:21so Piastri green in the middle sector at this stage not as comfortable but very early first to set a decent time 10-5
03:32a 10-5 is the time for Lando Norris to beat fastest middle sector for the man second in the Formula One World Championship but first on the timing page and he's obtained provisional pole
03:43next to the Ferraris with Lewis Hamilton going to third behind the McLarens and it's over to Charles Leclerc
03:50personal best Sector 1 personal best Sector 2 but no purple sectors no outright fastest at the moment
03:56can he claw it all back at the end no he's got two tenths of a second to find McLaren 1-2 Ferrari 3-4
04:04there is still time in this final sector tidy enough small movement of the rear as he came out of Rascas
04:10we've seen him make up so much time in the final sector in the past but he is behind Charles Leclerc
04:16the driver who finished last year in P6 in the Grand Prix is P4 after the first runs
04:23Lando Norris is 13 points behind in the drivers championship he was seven thousandths of a second ahead through the first sector
04:32but Piastri is taking enormous time out of the benchmark that his teammates set
04:37and this is a fully attacking lap from the man from Melbourne chasing his first ever Monaco pole position
04:44Norris is up but it's only by two tenths of a second an electric lap from Oscar Piastri
04:50is going to be some time to beat it's a 1-10-1 can Norris claw back the time
04:55it was looking like Piastri in the middle sector but he takes it back by one hundredth of a second
05:02a mighty scrap between the two McLarens one and two with Norris the lead car
05:08Charles Leclerc on the left-hand side of your picture will be going to the extremity of the racetrack
05:15chasing a fourth home pole position
05:18Hamilton seeking to extend the all-time record and the reigning world champions only four hundredths of a second away
05:25this could be one of the closest ever Formula One qualifying sessions
05:29Hamilton's within a tenth of Lando Norris and gaining a couple of corners to go
05:35can Hamilton upset the McLarens?
05:37Well he was beautiful as he exited Vasquez maybe a little bit wide through the final corner
05:42Hamilton to the line Hamilton gets it to third
05:46but there was a massive cheer from the crowd because Charles Leclerc had the fastest middle sector of anyone so far
05:53can it be more Monaco magic for Charles Leclerc he's done it
05:59Charles Leclerc takes provisional pole
06:02he beats both McLarens
06:05he's ahead of Norris by six hundredths of a second
06:07but Verstappen is not done yet
06:10he is done in P5
06:12McLaren go again
06:14McLaren push on
06:15Piastri's behind at the moment
06:18six hundredths of a second he misses out
06:20Lando Norris has lost pole position
06:23can he retake pole position and break home hearts?
06:26He does!
06:27What an extraordinary qualifying hour
06:31concluded with Lando Norris on pole position for the first time ever in his Formula One career
06:39at the most special circuit when it comes to F1 qualifying
06:43that's pole for Lando in Monaco
06:46truly truly magical
06:49what we've just witnessed is a beautiful thing
06:52the trading of the times
06:53the precision of these drivers
06:55in the end
06:56we didn't get to see Verstappen play for that pole
06:59he made a mistake in the middle sector
07:00and that was done
07:02but what a truly beautiful lap from Lando Norris
07:06Lando Norris had started outside the top three on the grid
07:09for three of the last four Grand Prix
07:11nothing like pole position in Monaco
07:14to put that stat in the bin
07:15everyone lines up behind him tomorrow
07:18but Charles Leclerc chasing more history
07:20eight meters behind when it comes to the start