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F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc takes Monaco GP pole
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix, the seventh round of the 2022 F1 World Championship, after an incident-packed qualifying session.
Charles Bradley
Edited: May 28, 2022, 8:30 PM
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Leclerc will start ahead of Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez – who both crashed out of Q3 together – after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
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Monaco Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc on pole from Sainz
Cla Driver Time Gap 1 Charles Leclerc
1'11.376 2 Carlos Sainz
1'11.601 0.225 3 Sergio Perez
1'11.629 0.253 4 Max Verstappen
1'11.666 0.290 5 Lando Norris
1'11.849 0.473 6 George Russell
1'12.112 0.736 7 Fernando Alonso
1'12.247 0.871 8 Lewis Hamilton
1'12.560 1.184 9 Sebastian Vettel
1'12.732 1.356 10 Esteban Ocon
1'13.047 1.671 11 Yuki Tsunoda
1'12.797 1.421 12 Valtteri Bottas
1'12.909 1.533 13 Kevin Magnussen
1'12.921 1.545 14 Daniel Ricciardo
1'12.964 1.588 15 Mick Schumacher
1'13.081 1.705 16 Alex Albon
1'13.611 2.235 17 Pierre Gasly
1'13.660 2.284 18 Lance Stroll
1'13.678 2.302 19 Nicholas Latifi
1'14.403 3.027 20 Zhou Guanyu
1'15.606 4.230 View full results
What happened in Monaco Grand Prix Q1?
Leclerc set the early bar at 12.939s, with Verstappen getting to within 0.054s of it. Leclerc then extended his advantage with a 1m12.569s, with Sainz 0.047s down.
Russell jumped to third, ahead of the Red Bulls and behind the Ferraris, just before the session was red flagged with 2m25s on the clock as Yuki Tsunoda clipped the wall at the Nouvelle Chicane.
At the restart, Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Lando Norris (McLaren) jumped up to fourth and fifth respectively.
Falling at the first hurdle were Alex Albon (Williams), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Nicholas Latifi (Williams) and Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo), who didn’t get to the flag in time to start a final run.
Monaco Grand Prix Q1 results: Leclerc fastest from Sainz
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'12.569 2
Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1'12.616 0.047 0.047 3
George Russell Mercedes 1'12.787 0.218 0.171 4
Esteban Ocon Alpine 1'12.848 0.279 0.061 5
Lando Norris McLaren 1'12.927 0.358 0.079 6
Max Verstappen Red Bull 1'12.993 0.424 0.066 7
Sergio Perez Red Bull 1'13.004 0.435 0.011 8
Kevin Magnussen Haas 1'13.069 0.500 0.065 9
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1'13.110 0.541 0.041 10
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1'13.313 0.744 0.203 11
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1'13.338 0.769 0.025 12
Fernando Alonso Alpine 1'13.394 0.825 0.056 13
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'13.444 0.875 0.050 14
Mick Schumacher Haas 1'13.469 0.900 0.025 15
Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1'13.541 0.972 0.072 16
Alex Albon Williams 1'13.611 1.042 0.070 17
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1'13.660 1.091 0.049 18
Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1'13.678 1.109 0.018 19
Nicholas Latifi Williams 1'14.403 1.834 0.725 20
Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 1'15.606 3.037 1.203 View full results
What happened in Monaco Grand Prix Q2?
Verstappen set the bar at 1m12.551s, quickly beaten for the P1 spot by Sainz and then Perez.
Leclerc stayed out for a second push lap and reset the bar at 1m11.864s, with Perez getting to within 0.09s, with Sainz third and Verstappen fourth.
Knocked out at this point were, Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Mick Schumacher (Haas).
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Monaco Grand Prix Q2 results: Leclerc fastest from Perez
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'11.864 2
Sergio Perez Red Bull 1'11.954 0.090 0.090 3
Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1'12.074 0.210 0.120 4
Max Verstappen Red Bull 1'12.117 0.253 0.043 5
Lando Norris McLaren 1'12.266 0.402 0.149 6
Esteban Ocon Alpine 1'12.528 0.664 0.262 7
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'12.595 0.731 0.067 8
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1'12.613 0.749 0.018 9
George Russell Mercedes 1'12.617 0.753 0.004 10
Fernando Alonso Alpine 1'12.688 0.824 0.071 11
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1'12.797 0.933 0.109 12
Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1'12.909 1.045 0.112 13
Kevin Magnussen Haas 1'12.921 1.057 0.012 14
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1'12.964 1.100 0.043 15
Mick Schumacher Haas 1'13.081 1.217 0.117 View full results
What happened in Monaco Grand Prix Q3?
On the first runs, Leclerc produced 1m11.376s out of the gate, 0.225s quicker than Sainz, with Perez and Verstappen both close behind the Spaniard.
On the final runs, Leclerc looked set to improve when Perez spun at Portier and was collected by Sainz, bringing out the red flags. Meanwhile, Alonso slid into the barrier at Mirabeau.
Perez will start third, ahead of Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Alonso, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) and Esteban Ocon (Alpine).
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Monaco Grand Prix Q3 results: Leclerc takes pole
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'11.376 2
Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1'11.601 0.225 0.225 3
Sergio Perez Red Bull 1'11.629 0.253 0.028 4
Max Verstappen Red Bull 1'11.666 0.290 0.037 5
Lando Norris McLaren 1'11.849 0.473 0.183 6
George Russell Mercedes 1'12.112 0.736 0.263 7
Fernando Alonso Alpine 1'12.247 0.871 0.135 8
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'12.560 1.184 0.313 9
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1'12.732 1.356 0.172 10
Esteban Ocon Alpine 1'13.047 1.671 0.315 View full results
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