There were two red flags, crashes and last-lap heroics in F1 qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Here are our bigges🌄t winners and losers from an exciting and unpredictable qualifying around💙 the legendary streets of Monte Carlo…

Winner - Lando Norris

Lando Norris left it late to snatch pole position for the Monaco G🍷rand Prix away from local hero Charles Leclerc by produci🍸ng a sublime final lap of qualifying.

Leclerc had set the pace in every session prior to qualifying but Norris turned the tables on the Ferrari driver when it mattered most to c꧃ome out on top ꦯby 0.109s.

It was a much-needed statement result for Norris, who topped qualifying for the first time since the season-opener in Australia toᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ give McLaren their first pole in th𒁏e Principality since 2007.

Norris now finds himself in prime position to fur🐻ther cut teammate Oscar Piastri’s 13-point championship le💧ad for the second consecutive weekend.

Loser - Mercedes

Mercedes suffered an utterly abysmal af🍬ternoon in Monaco, with their cars lining up only 14th and 15th on the grid for Sunday’s race.

George Russell did not set a time in Q2 after his W16 broke down with a loss of power after a suspecte🌠d electrical issue was triggered by him hitting a bump in the first sector.

Things went even worse for Kimi Antonelli, who crashed at the N♐ouvelle Chicance righ෴t at the end of Q1. It was a costly error from the 18-year-old Italian rookie who will start P15.

The last time both Mercedes failed to reach Q3 wa🎐s at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Winner - Ferrari

Ferrari came to Monte Carlo expecting the slow-spee𝓡d nature of the iconic circuit to expose the weaknesses of their SF-25, b𝓀ut they appeared to be the team to beat for much of the weekend.

Home favourite Leclerc may not have landed a home pole for a second year running that he would have been dreaming of,🌌 but P2, coupled with Lewis Hamilton’s lap to secure fourth, will have exceeded Ferrari’s expectations heading into the event.

Despite being visibly disappointed to have missed out on pole, Leclerc conceded second was😼 ultimately “the best we could do”.

* Hamilton has since been 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:handed a three-place grid penalty.

Loser - Alpine

It was a qualifying to forget for Alpine, with both Pierre♏ Gasly and Franco Colapinto eliminated in the first segment.

Gasly was the big name to be knocked out after he was unable to improve on his time after Antonelli’s accident initially brought out yellow flagಌs.

Alpine teammate Colapinto was slowest in qualifying but will start P18 thanks 🍬to penalties for rivals. It has so far been a baptism of fire for the Argentine on his return to F1.

Winner - Isack Hadjar

Racing Bulls’ French rookie Isack Hadj🌼aꦛr continues to impress.

Hadjar𒆙 ended up best of the rest in qualifying as he took a strong sixth with an outstanding lap. It markꦦs the 20-year-old’s best qualifying lap so far in F1. He will start P5 as a result of Hamilton's penalty. 

🐼With teammate Liam Lawson also reaching Q3 and starting from ninth,🃏 Monaco represents a fantastic opportunity for Racing Bulls to score some vital points.

Loser - Yuki Tsunoda

Another tough qualifying for Yuki Tsunoda, who failed to join teammate Max Verstappen in Q3 fourth time in se🧔ven races since his promotion.

12th on the grid will make it incredibly hard for Tsunoda to score any points in reality, though it was actually his best qualifying relative to Verstappen 🌌since his debut in Japan - despite a 0.540ꦇs deficit.

To make matters🍸 worse for Tsunoda, he was🗹 out qualified by both Racing Bulls.

Winner - Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso got the most out of his Aston Martin as he was narrowly🏅 pipped to P6 by jꦦust 0.001s. The two-time world champion was understandably delighted with the result. 

Boosted up ꧅to sixth on the grid, Alonso will be desperate to f🔜inally notch his first points of 2025 after missing out at Imola.

Loser - Lance Stroll

There were contrasting fortunes on the other sideꩵ 🍌of the Aston Martin garage, with Lance Stroll having a miserable weekend in Monaco.

Stroll, already hit with a one-place grid drop for ꧋causing a collision with Leclerc in FP1, could only qualify✤ 19th.

The Canadian then picked up an additional three-place penalty for impeding Gasly in Q1. Stroll won’t actually⛄ serve his penalty given his poor qualifying showing.

Winner - Esteban Ocon

Esteban Ocon delivered in all thr🎐ee parts of qualifying to put his Haas an eye-catching eighth on the grid.

The Frenchman produced a blistering lap to beat Lawson and Williams’ Alex Al🥀💎bon in Q3 and put himself in a strong position to score points on Sunday.

Loser - Carlos Sainz

Carlos Sainz was left to rue a frustrating afternoo𓃲n as he narrowly missed out on a place in Q3 and en🌠ded up 11th - arguably the worst place to start in Monaco.

Despite feeling like he had a lack of confidence and rhythm across the weekend, Sainz was adamant that he had the pace in his Williams to secuღre a better starting p🧸osition. He lamented what he described as being a “terrible” final Q2 lap on soft tyres.

As it turned 🌞out, Sainz will only line-up one place behind his teammate.