Three weeks after the Miami Grand Prix, Formula 1 is back in Monaco. Due to the deadly floods in northeastern Italy, the Imola GP logically did not take place last Sunday, but Max Verstappen again demonstrated on Saturday that he was the boss. The double world champion, who won three of the first five races this season (the other two going to Sergio Perez, his teammate at Red Bull), signed his first pole position in the country of Charles Leclerc.
The Ferrari driver, always unhappy at home since the start of his career, finished 3rd in qualifying. But he will finally start 6th, after being punished for having “unnecessarily embarrassed” the Briton Lando Norris (McLaren), launched in a fast lap. Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Alpine) will therefore be 3rd on the starting grid, behind the indestructible Fernando Alonso. The veteran of Aston Martin (41 years old) was blown in extremis the pole by the Dutchman, leader of the world championship.
“Because we are not safe from a race that Red Bull does not win, we meet around 2:45 p.m.