Monaco Grand Prix

Antonelli Takes Pole Ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton

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06.06.2026 04:45
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Championship leader Kimi Antonelli continues to outpace the superstars and has secured the pole position for the Formula 1 race in Monaco.

The 19-year-old Mercedes driver edged out Red Bull superstar Max Verstappen by a razor-thin margin of 0.043 seconds on the final lap of Saturday’s thrilling qualifying session on the Monte Carlo street circuit; Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari finished third (+0.228). Mercedes boss Toto Wolff raved about “a lap for the history books.”

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen(Bild: GEPA)

“That was one of those laps you’d probably call magical. I put it all together,” said Antonelli himself. Thanks to pole position, the 19-year-old is well on his way to his fifth consecutive victory. Even before Sunday’s sixth race of the season, Antonelli leads the World Championship standings by 43 points over teammate George Russell, who will start from sixth place.

Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc(Bild: AFP/JAKUB PORZYCKI)

Leclerc frustrated
Local hero Charles Leclerc was also frustrated after finishing fourth in his hometown. “It’s definitely very close between all of us. We lost something today before qualifying; we need to look into that at the factory,” said his Ferrari teammate Hamilton. With strong performances in Friday practice, the Ferrari duo had still held out hope for their first win of the season.

Here are the final results:

Antonelli dealt them a major blow. “He’s just free, has a good tailwind, and then you can really let it fly, especially here in Monaco,” said Wolff, a native of Vienna, about the battle for grid positions. That’s even more important in Monaco than in other races because overtaking is nearly impossible on the tight street circuit.

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