Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took the pole for the Monaco Grand Prix with the fastest time in qualifying on Saturday. His teammate, Valterri Bottas, will start second in Sunday’s race. While Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel had a solid qualifying run and wlll start the Monaco Grand Prix fourth, his teammate Charles Leclerc, the hometown kid in Monaco, had a miserable first qualifying session and failed to advance to Q2. He will start the Monaco Grand Prix 16th.
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Mercedes has failed to win the last two Monaco Grand Prix races, the team’s worst current winless run in a single Grand Prix. If Mercedes does record a one-two finish in Monaco, though — and the team is certainly set up for it given the qualifying results — it would be six such finishes in a row and the best streak in F1 history. Hamilton is searching for his fourth win of the season, and Bottas is looking for his third.
A starting position of third for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is a welcome result for a team entering the Monaco Grand Prix with confidence. Red Bull has collected 272 points at Monte Carlo, the team’s most at a single F1 circuit.
Below are the full qualifying results from Saturday’s session — the starting lineup for the 2019 F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
Monaco Grand Prix qualifying results, starting lineup
F1 qualifying for the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix took place Saturday, May 25 at 8:55 a.m. ET and was broadcasted live on ESPN2 with a live stream available on the ESPN app.
The F1 qualifying results and starting grid for the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix are below.
