The Monaco Grand Prix promised strong emotions in qualifying, and it did. The ‘culprits’ of this were mainly two men, maximum verstappen And Fernando AlonsoHE they played on pole position in the last round it’s crazy and they’re going to open the front row of the race tomorrow Sunday.

who is asturian He pushed the limits with his Aston Martinstroking the railings, he was very close to achieving it, but He lost to the Red Bull man, who will start on pole for the third time this season.. Charles Leclerc had to settle for third place to compete in the home race, where he never managed to reach the podium. After Monegasque, surprisingly Esteban Ocon and Carlos Sainz rounded out the ‘top five’.

Q1: Czech, KO in first place

Monaco does not forgive. Sergio Perezthe winner of this stage just a year ago, Eliminated at first change in classification. The Mexican driver, who improved significantly in the morning hours from Friday’s free practice and was only 73 thousandths of a second behind teammate Verstappen, made a mistake as soon as Q1 started and was second only to his teammate Verstappen. It is paid dearly in the principality. Checo entered after exiting Turn 1, losing control of his Red Bull and crashing into the wall, breaking the RB19’s suspension and also damaging the containment barriers, forcing the session to stop for several minutes with a red flag.

With 11 minutes left to secure a spot in the second lap, only Verstappen and Alonso among the favourites, seemed to have taken their places before Pérez’s crash. leclerc and they had to find time with Sainz. ferrari. The Madrid man was unsuccessful the first time and found himself in dangerous territory. To keep calm, Alonso set the best provisional lap (1.12.886) and Max (1.12.644) soon beat Leclerc with third and Stroll. It confirms the good feelings of AMR23 in fourth place.

Verstappen did not slow down and touched the wallThis weekend (1.12,386) broke the best-ever record this weekend, with Alonso half a second behind and Sainz suffering until the last minute to complete a lap that allowed him to move up to fourth place. Sargeant, Magnussen, Hülkenberg, Zhoy and Pérez have been eliminated and will start last on the grid this Sunday.. If the initial goal of all candidates for a win in Monaco this Q1 was to settle the process with as little risk as possible, Checo failed to do so and expects him to be a ‘hell’ tomorrow at a time when it’s a little less than a ‘hell’ to pass. mission impossible

Q2: Verstappen is not hiding and Alonso is very close

Max Verstappen didn’t want to hold on too much and Reduced his time by four-tenths to pass Q2 without incident (1.11.9) and Alonso responded with an almost perfect lap that got him close to 2 out of 20 followed by two Alpines.

Leclerc pushes the ‘machine’ and climbs to second place, almost the same thousandth as Alonso. Unlike Hamilton, who hit the wall once again after his free practice 3 crash and faced the final stages of this second lap in a risky area, Russell entered the ‘top 4’ with Mercedes. The British driver had to push his limits on the final lap to reach Q3 in fifth place, as Sainz passed seventh place.

Stroll leaves Aston Martin with just a buck in last pole fight. Along with the Canadian, Piastri, De Vries, Albon and Bottas were eliminated.

Q3: War is ‘hell’

The last 18 editions of the Monaco Grand Prix confirm this the main thing that is here to leave in an important position. Of the last 18 winners, 15 started from the front row and 12 took the race from pole position. That’s why the fight in Q3 is one of the most decisive and intense fights of the season. Pure adrenaline. And that was the case this time with two Spanish drivers. Alonso and Sainz are fully involved in the fightVerstappen seeks his best performance as Red Bull frontman without Checo Pérez and Leclerc, trying to break the ‘curse’ that haunts him at home.

Verstappen completed his first lap, which he started at a frenetic pace, especially in the third sector, to take the lead (1.12.102). Alonso crafted this to pass the championship leader and take the temporary pole position. (1.11.706). Sainz also beat Max and is only 29k behind Fernando.

But one last attempt remained, and Verstappen gave everything to improve Alonso’s time by only 0.52 per thousand. However, the Red Bull man confidently went to the garage and saw how Ocon made the fastest lap (1.11.553) and forced him out again in desperation.