Formula 1: Australian Oscar Piastri has landed a front row spot on the grid to begin the Monaco Grand Prix with Charles Leclerc taking pole.
Piastri to start front row in Monaco | 01:11 Charles Leclerc was pleased but far from overjoyed to have claimed the all-powerful pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix.
And then of course there’s Ferrari itself. For so long its own worst enemy, can the Italian team put old demons to rest at Formula 1’s most famous race?Leclerc’s qualifying triumph took him to 24 career pole positions, equalling the tallies of three-time champions Nelson Piquet and Niki Lauda. As a comparison, Max Verstappen has turned 32 of his 39 pole positions to victory, a record of 82.05 per cent.
He finally got his chance to start from pole the following year in what appeared to be shaping up as a title-challenging season, but a calamity of embarrassing strategic missteps by the pit wall saw him drop from first to fourth in what felt like a seminal moment in the breakdown of the relationship between the Monegasque star and team principal Mattia Binotto, who left Maranello at the end of the year.
“In the past there were some mistakes,” Leclerc said. “We were in different situations. I think the team has got a lot stronger since then.Sunday is the acid test. At the scenes of years of home heartbreak, the stars have never been better aligned for Leclerc to win his home race.PIASTRI’S VICTORY SHOT, BUT NORRIS MIGHT HAVE TO PLAY THE TEAM GAMEPiastri is due for some recognition.
McLaren has Norris to try to exploit that pressure. While he’s nominally in a battle for third with Carlos Sainz — assuming the top four hold their starting positions — Woking could direct all its strategic plays at trying to unseat Leclerc from the lead. “Of course if you get a trophy at the end, especially the biggest one, then it feels nice, but I think the momentum in the last few weekends is definitely already helping with results that in the history books mean not a lot.
As much was underscored when he had to abandon his final Q3 lap for having hit the barriers at the first turn, a sign of just how hard he had to push to coax any kind of competitiveness from his car. It won’t apply to all circuits, but it’s the clearest indication yet that Red Bull Racing is under genuine pressure from Ferrari and McLaren this year.
Some long-suffering backmarkers enjoyed moments in the sun on Saturday that could gift them golden chances to put some points on the board at the bottom of the championship table on Sunday.
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