After a week of waiting, the 2023 F1 World Championship is back in flames. This weekend's F1 Monaco qualifying session can be said to be very thrilling, lap after lap of purple, the position of the top is constantly changing, and Verstappen won the pole position of the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time with his last-minute extreme operation! Alonso was second, while Leclerc, who played at home, was third.
Due to the short distance of the track in Monaco, each team leaves early for their Q1. On the first lap, Verstappen ran 1:13.784 in first place, with Perez and Alonso in second and third. But with 11:30 left in Q1, Perez lost control at Turn 1 and crashed the left rear wheel into the wall, showing the red flag.
In the process of cleaning up the track, Perez's car was lifted by a crane, and the broadcast camera gave a shot to the Red Bull racing chassis, and Hamilton was lifted by the crane after going to the wall in the third practice, and the broadcast also gave a shot to the chassis of the Meiben W14 "B version car".
Mercedes W14 B version car
Red Bull RB19
The race then restarted and it almost became a rivalry between Red Bull and Aston Martin, with Verstappen running 1:13.038 to first place, but soon Alonso completed a lap of 1:12.886, but then Verstappen ran 1:12.664.
Unexpectedly, Tsunoda ran 1:12.642 on the last lap and once came to the first place, but in the end, it was Verstappen who was better, and the last lap was 1:12.386. Hamilton, who has a new car, "escaped" on the final lap, moving from 17th to 7th and entering Q2. However, Q1 Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu did not perform well, and finally ranked 19th, and did not enter Q2. Sargent, Magnussen, Hockenberg and Perez were also eliminated.
Coming to Q2, Verstappen was still a great horse, constantly brushing purple, and ran into 1:11.908 on the second time laps, continuing to be the first. Russell, who uses a new racing car in this station, also ran quite well, and once chased the third place.
Leclerc, playing at home, also tried his best to set his best, running 1:12.103 in Q2 to move from 7th to 2nd with 3:13 left in Q2. Hamilton "survived the death" again, running 1:12.156 on the last lap, rising from 12th to 5th. After Q2, Verstappen ranked first, Leclerc and Alonso were second and third, and Piastri, De Vries, Alben, Stroll and Bottas were missing out on Q3.
On a very difficult track in Monaco, pole position is undeniably important, so this section of Q3 is particularly competitive. Alonso made another effort, the first gallop lap three-stage brush purple, ran 1:11.706, and came to the first.
But Verstappen immediately hit back, and the second gallop ran 1:11.654 to regain the first place. Immediately afterwards, no one expected that Ocon ran 1:11.553 to surpass Verstappen, and Leclerc, who was playing at home, also ran the fastest lap of 1:11.471 to come to the first.
The constant change of top position also makes the final pole position competition very exciting. Alonso continued his strong momentum on the last gallop lap, 1:11.449! Room P is already getting excited! But Verstappen and his Red Bull racing cars still won't throw in the towel easily. Verstappen gave it his all and rubbed the wall near the end, but extreme running can also create extreme results! 1:11.365！ Pole position! Verstappen took pole position in Monaco for the first time in his career!
In the end, Alonso came second, Leclerc at home was third, and Ocon, Sainz, Hamilton, Gasley, Russell, Yuki Tsunoda and Norris were in fourth to ten. From 20:50 on the evening of May 28, Five Star Sports will bring the broadcast of the main race of the 2023 F1 Monaco Grand Prix, please lock in!